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 Tournament Advice, Matt Snell, 28. Aug 2003 08:40 | ||
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| I recently played in a Limit Hold 'Em tourney with the following situation. There were about 13 players left out of 163 entrants. The tournament paid top 9 players, ranging from $1100 down to $150 (entry was $35). Out of the 13 players, I was sitting in about 8th or 9th chip lead, relatively short stacked. I was under the gun with AQ offsuit, with 3 of the people that were below me in chip position left to act. A raise by me under the gun would have almost put me all in. What would you do? I mucked the hand (which, of course, would have won), and to of the lower chip position people went all in and both lost to the big blind (who had J-J). I think I made a bad call under the gun with that hand, but I was jockeying to get to the final table, albeit short stacked. Was that a REALLY bad play under the gun??? I ended up 6th by the way. Thanks for the advice! | ||
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| Re: Tournament Advice, noiseboy, 28. Aug 2003 09:45 | ||
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| Depending on prize structure, usually the REAL $$$ is all at the very top few spots like 1-3 or the top two. Don't worry about making your money back, worry about winning a big prize. I think you have to RAISE, then bet the flop no matter what, you are going to see all five cards. Your raise has more chance of success because you're close to the money, hands like small to medium pairs might fold because they are thinking along the lines that you are. Also, with the raise UTG, people will give you credit for a really good hand and you might win without a fight. You want to take advantage of the people who think "I just want to make it into the money, then I'll open up" because you can chip up a lot right out of the money. Good Luck!! | ||
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| Re: Tournament Advice, Jav, 28. Aug 2003 09:51 | ||
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| If a normal size pre-flop raise will basically commit you to the pot, then I think you're probably short-stacked enough that A,Q is one of the hands that you are going to have to play. Even UTG. You just can't wait for Aces or Kings. When you're down to 13 people, you either had 6 or 7 at your table. With a short table and a short stack, I think you need to either push all-in with A,Q and hope no-one calls you, or bet about half your stack, and hope you can push someone off on the flop. But if someone else had JJ that hand it sounds like you would have ended up in a race. That's the kind of thing you just have to survive when you're short-stacked though. If someone else had raised before you then you could muck it, but otherwise I think you have to play it. | ||
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| Re: Tournament Advice, coach, 28. Aug 2003 15:04 | ||
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| I'd have raised ...I start to get very worried later in the tourney that aq may be the best hand by far that I see until the blinds "choose" a hand for me to play...remember if you miss and they miss you win!!! | ||
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