Go go go!

Ship it!!

Got the siq double up defending my BB and flopping top pair...8 left

(P84)

Second for $3.4k. Solid score, and I got to experience the wild variance of a turbo final table which is always good for some sweating.

(https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Xw5AiRVqfqk

^ this was the soundtrack for the FT...one of my favorites)

WP zera. You are the king of the $109 turbo.

Decent stacks in both the $55 30k and the $33 10k, P185 & P232 respectively--let's do this.

~50 runners left in each

Half of stack lost in 30k, 99<A7o

Lots of chips gained in 10k, QQ>A3o

Edit: Busto in 30k, EP raises Q9s and snaps my BTN 10bb jam (AKo)--hits boat by turn, gg me

Edit_2: More than doubled up in 10k with a JJ-fueled boat. vamooo

Apparently nobody believes I ever have a hand, even from EP--in his defense I was raised 8 out of 9 times that orbit

JJ>{QTs, 88} for heaps

what an exciting final table!! KILL EM

Angel is big stack in the $10k with 5 left and been battling it up with what seems like a pretty good reg. Doubled through him with a flush over flush cooler a few min ago. Hero called him with midpair and won a little bit before that.

edit: aforementioned "pretty good reg" actually a confirmed fish

Result:



But I was also berated along the way --I managed to get over it eventually, but this hurt my feelings a lot:

Her push/fold charts are super old at this point, no?

Oh, and nice work!

ty!

without delving too deep into strategy, from my understanding of the methods use to derive said chart, it represents a crude model of GTO pushing ranges, assuming perfect calling ranges of our opponents, and (importantly) disregarding prize structure and future EV concerns

naturally, A) following this chart and B) assuming anyone else is following this chart are both sure-fire ways to burn money rapidly. I like having a very rough model of the inner workings of the equilibrium (that, and the tab is always open on my browser), but I certainly don't follow it (or anything close to it) in practice

top 3 stack in the $109 turbo (44 remain), top 3 stack in the $20 5k (decent amount left)...let's keep this streak going!

edit: P20 in turbo

Keep this up and you will be banned from the $109 turbo soon.

no go on either--ran QQ into AA (standard) in the 5k and KTo for 2bb into...AA naturally in the turbo

gg

i've noticed a big issue with the turbo is the ridiculous amount of stalling that goes on near the bubble...understandable, as a min cash is over 3x BI for that tournament frequently, but it does severely limit my ability to accumulate chips around that time if I don't pick up hands. I did try stealing from the BTN/CO twice 2 people from the money I believe but just got snap shoved on from the blinds each time and didn't have anywhere close to the odds I needed to call

Let's switch it up a bit and maybe have some fun. Have a look at this hand from last night's Thousandaire maker. It is folded to hero in the SB with ~36bb effective stack. Hero holds A5s (clubs). No reads on villain other than that he is definitely competent (not necessarily good, just definitely not a fish).



If you have the time, chime in!

What do you make of villains range pre?
Flop?
Turn?

Note sizings throughout (requires a bit of mental math, the hand is not in converted form).

Hello friends--it's been a while.

Played a somewhat full schedule today, excluding some lower buy in events--I recently moved, and my new computer won't be here for a bit so I'm forced to grind off of a 17 inch macbook pro, reducing my table count slightly.

Ran extremely poorly today and couldn't make anything happen. Coming off my past week, I can't complain too hard. Plan to play Mad Monday tomorrow, then might take a day or two off. I've been putting in perhaps too many hours recently, and my eyes and body seem to be failing me a bit.

I have a big stack with 65 of 681 runners left in the $22 10k, which is cool but a bit irksome as I can barely even stay awake as I type this (watching replays of EPTs to keep my brain functioning). Hopefully I'll be able to make a deep run.

Best of luck to all.

Glad I stayed up so late for this huge event. Bubbled final 2 tables in 19th, 77<AKs for $70. Really ecstatic about this big payday, it's what us MTT players dream about as we put in that huge volume grinding.

I feeel you angel Zerra, sick game we play.Keep on grinding.

Around average stack in the mad monday main event, player 182. 59 runners remain.

Want to type up a longer post about some other things, but that will come later.

Doubled up to 16bb AQo>44. Really good time to win a flip. Let's try to keep this going.

4 tables left

Busted in 34th, AJo<AKo. Was watching the final tables--this tournament ran extremely shallow considering how much money was in play. At one point it the final 5 stacks were all about even [good]...and all around 10-14bb [bad].

I'm also adding a mini poker challenge--running up my play money balance on Stars.net via Spin n Gos. Each morning as I drink my coffee I'll 3-5 table the 25k games. Ran up 350k into 680k on Day 1

Had no idea you could do this. Might do this myself. So they just gave you the numbers and you produce the graph using some program/excel? How organized are they/did you have to filter through by game type "manually"?

pre reasonably strong flatting a 3x.

flop I also think is pretty strong, when you 3x and check flop I don't think he expects you to c/f barely ever, so when he stabs I think he has a lot of A high for value and 22-88, 4x if he has that (maybe A4s/54s flat pre).

would fold turn w/o reads that he's overly stab-y.

Exactly that. I had to filter through game type manually, which was a pain--it would be easier now as I play less cash and SNGs. I used Excel.

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I think in game I assumed the highest pocket pair he has there is 55 perhaps...think 66+ is jamming pre almost always in my experience (with the TT+ likely 3b/calling). Up to 25bb, I'd expect him to jam 22+, and at 36bb, I'd say 66+ or so. It depends on how he views my SB 3x raising frequency.

On the flop, I do think I'm getting owned by the better A his. However, I expect the best of those to 3b/c or jam pre. As such, I stand to get owned by the the mid-above mid A his and his 4x. I do figure the A8 type A his to check back with some frequency given their showdown value, as I don't think he expects me to c/c many K hi type hands that he's beating. He can certainly cbet them for protection though.

On turn, I agree that it should be a fold. I think what made me call in game was his timing and sizing (white magic baby). Despite that, I don't think a call is winning me many chips, and is likely losing me a few. Conventional wisdom certainly doesn't make the 9d a particularly appealing barrel card.