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 How to play when you are the chip leader?, Dr_Monkey, 24. Jun 2003 06:22 | ||
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| I was in a sit and go NL tourney and in won a hand that knocked out 2 players. I was BB and had pocket AA. Someone went all in, next person called. I raised to make the caller go all in. I had over 4000 in chips after this hand with 3 other players left. They had less than 2000 but more than 1000. My first thought was I should be guaranteed a spot in the money. The 75/100 blinds were just starting. If figured I could let the 3 other players knock each other out. Then once in the money, I could get aggressive. This is usually my plan. Play smart and good hands to get in the money. Then play aggressive. It has worked pretty well. I usually will get 2nd or 3rd. Have had an occasional 1st. But usually there is a big stack and the blinds are high that once I am second, I am at a disadvantage. Anyways, the game progressed and the other 3 players really weren't going anywhere. They are each winning their share of pots and I was losing money to the blinds. I was about 3800 and UTG. I got AKo and called. The next bettor raised. SB and BB folded. I called. Should I have went all in? he had probably 1600 in chips. If he called and lost I would still have a decent stack. Blinds where 150/300 by this time. The flop came with Q and rags. It didn't help me in my opinion. I checked. He bet. I thought. Got scared. and folded. Should I have called? Worst I could do for the hand was lose 1600. I bailed on a few more hands after getting bet into later. Still 4 people and I was under 2000 and the blinds were 250/500. I ended up playing more hands and took 2 people out. Came in 2nd. Happy with the outcome, but I think I misplayed the chip leader role. Is it advisable to raise more hands than fold? What kind of hands should I play? Should I raise the small stack when they are in the BB? Especially if I hold an Ace or any pair? I have been in tourneys where the chip leader is a chip bully and makes most people fold. I want to be this guy. But I am not sure what he is playing. Any guidelines on how to play when you are chip leader? | ||
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| Re: How to play when you are the chip leader?, stdioh, 24. Jun 2003 08:37 | ||
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| I generally cut down on the hands I play when I am the chip leader, but I also bully a lot. It is a really subtle science though. If it is early on and I have a huge lead I will just play very tight and only try to win the odd hand here or there solidly. When other players are getting desperate and it is around bubble time, if I am the big stack, then I'll start thieving. The best way to do it is on the flop, I find. Basically, I'll loosen up to about ring game tightness and wait for good checkraising opportunities. If I catch a good hand on the flop, I'll play it right, but if I catch nothing and it checks around to a late position player who them makes a bet and I have them in a dangerous situation (lets say that they bet T100 into a T500 pot with a remaining stack of T1500 and blinds are T50-T100 ... unless this player is very unwilling to steal in general, I'll often put in a big checkraise here...come back betting at T700. That still lets me get away from the hand so if they come back all-in and I've got nothing I can fold it and not be out that much money, but much more often than not I'll now be able to steal the whole thing as everybody between us will fold and most players in the tourneys I play really fear the checkraise. | ||
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| Re: How to play when you are the chip leader?, palman, 25. Jun 2003 00:25 | ||
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| When I'm the chipleader, and I'm on a semi-bluff, just throw the guy in for half his chips, if he goes all in he probably has something decent, and you save yourself half of his 1600, and he will fold an 800 bet as much as he folds a 1600 bet. But to get back to my point, yes with AK you shoulda just put him all in. My logic is this. With 4 players, a raise doesnt often mean AA or KK. At Worst you're up against a pocket pair where you're a 55-45 dog. However, in no limit, people with pocket pairs usually try to get in cheap to see if they flop a set, or go all in to hopefully go up against someone without a pair (they do this especially if short stacked), so I would even say he likely doesnt have a PP. At best you're up against AQ or anything else where you're a huge favorite. Throw on top of that the good chance he will fold, your expectation for going all in is very positive. AA or KK- if it happens, chalk it up to bad luck. Its 4handed play, the odds of him holding either of those are too small to even factor in. | ||
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