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Originally Posted by Beerocrat
Good job sippin, was railing until I couldn't. There was an AQ hand in the blinds vs a late raise I was surprised you flatted but when you're dealing with big money inching up the ladder things get tough. And you're a better player than me.
Also, I miss you. I'll never forget that night in the NY, NY piano bar when my now wife said you and Kevin could come to our room and watch. I think you watching the ME final table live that year prepared you for this.
My tribute to your home country below.
Looking excellent! I miss that trip, had such a blast with you guys. I basically swore off MTT's for 10 years when Darvin Moon 70/30'd Begs. Looking back kind of wish I hadn't.
That AQ hand was 25BB vs a HJ open. Felt like a reasonable calling range to my shove was like 88, AQ+. Because I felt I couldn't get called by worse, and I could still play post vs hands that I dominate call was good. Laddering was a consideration too since any $ I made laddering has real utility for me in my life at the moment.
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Originally Posted by suzzer99
Yeah sippin - I kinda remember the hand where you tried that big bluff and got snapped off. What was it exactly? Wasn't it BvB?
Chris opened Ac9x on the button, I defended Qx9c in the BB. Flop was 7c6c4c and went check check. Chris had taken some trappy lines out of position but I was 90% certain he was going to play straightforward here with his value, so figured a turn probe and river bet would be effective most of the time. Turn was a 7 and I bet about 60% pot. He thought a while and called. I figured his range was a lot of A high and broadways with K/Q/J of clubs types, as well as some pot controlled 6x hands. River was an offsuit 8 and I bet something like 35-40% pot. I felt like that would have been reasonable sizing with most of my value considering his line and perceived range, and my only bluffs are really T9-K9, JT-KJ. I think he just soul read me and wrecked me.
There was another weak river bluff I made vs Vycheslav where I should have bet turn and river and only bet river and got called. Let the pressure get to me there instead of just doing what I thought was right. Valuable lessons all the way along though that I'm hopeful I can use to my advantage in the future.