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Originally Posted by Stephen17
do you think being so early in the tourney should help my decision ie my thinking at the time was its just so early to bluff all them bb lol thats what really made me fold, is this stupid thinking ?
This will be player dependent. Many good players will bluff early to gain chips so that they can do more things or at least play with a full arsenal for longer.
I prefer to bounce out early in tournaments than hang on and then fail to make the money. Also in most tournaments I bring enough for more than one buy-in. That helps with the fear mentality. And it also helps with playing very aggressively early (long ball).
There are tournaments where I can only play once and in these cases my mistakes are almost always in your direction. I talk myself out of calls/raises for all the wrong reasons.
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Also do you think the pfr played his hand fine is it profitable to call on the turn oop for all he knows i could of had 75 suited or was going to snap him off with 2 pair he has no info on me.
At the time i really just thoughts hes got to have ace 5 suited i mean minimum he must of put me on was top 2 so what do you think of his shove i think in the pfr eyes i look so strong so why would he think he can get me off my hand if that makes sense this is why i also thought he cant be bluffing as i look so strong.(this was kind of my main thinking at the time) That i look so strong so i why is this guy gonna bluff 300+ bb into me 5 mins into the tourney surely you can wait for a better spot lol
I was trying to put myself in his head like this random guy has raised into 2 people in a big pot really considering it was 5 mins in and now my plan is to bluff him.
I just couldn’t see it happening 5 mins in a tourney this random guy is repping a massive hand that could be a calling station for all I know and now I’m going to try get himOff his hand by putting my whole stack in after playing 3 hands. This is what my decision come down to haha I was screaming in my head he can’t be bluffing for this reason
do you get what i mean when Im talking about this psychological aspect. what do you think of my thoughts here ?
I think this is Monsters under the bed thinking.
When a player bombs the river for > pot it is always polarizing. Either he has a monster or he has a bluff.
In this hand it is unlikely he would do this with just one or even two pair because the straights came in and you can have a set. And he has showdown value. Similarly with AA/88 he shoves the turn in case you are semi-bluffing or have the hand you actually had or even top two you might call.
So I would look at the flop and decide if there are enough combos of bluffs vs. combos that have 5's. And consider that if he does have 75s its probably all going in on the turn.
Also consider that with most combos that have a 5 villain is folding a lot of the time to your turn raise. So A
5
is one of the only hands you are really afraid of. Maybe some other flush draws that have a 5 like 6
5
.
Finally, calling here has additional advantages because you are showing your hand and if you are catching a bluff you will have the image of being sticky. So maybe it will help avoid facing bluffs down the road.