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01-18-2008 , 08:41 PM
This is the 6th hand dealt in a freeroll qualifier. In the hand, I had folded every hand, including my blinds when they were raised, so my table image is tight (or as tight as possible for only 6 hands played). So I tried using the TAG image to my advantage, and concentated on playing my position more so than my hand. I am trying a variety of new strategies, and this is one of them.

Questions I would like answered are:
1. Could the hand have been played differently given the information at the table.
2. Am I pot committed to call the turn, seeing as how I have already committed 800 to the pot.
3. Did I play the hand correct.

Hand #13831600C9001022: Million $ Freeroll - FREEROLL Qualifier
Seat 1: tybeedave (1400.00 in chips)
Seat 2: apriluscious (3050.00 in chips)
Seat 4: Hero (1460.00 in chips)
Seat 5: raul2026 (1460.00 in chips)
Seat 6: Dr. Agnostic (1400.00 in chips)
Seat 8: VILLIAN 1 (3240.00 in chips)
Seat 9: mincemeat (1360.00 in chips)
Seat 10: shaunyello9 (1640.00 in chips)
jobless 888: posts small blind $10
quadizzle: posts big blind $20
Dealt to HERO [ Ac Qd ]
mincemeat: raises to $40
shaunyello9: folds
tybeedave: calls
apriluscious: folds
baddad361: folds
HERO: raises to $170
raul2026: folds
Dr. Agnostic: folds
jobless 888: folds
VILLIAN 1: calls
mincemeat: calls
tybeedave: calls
*** FLOP *** [ 6h 4d 2s ]
VILLIAN 1: checks
mincemeat: checks
tybeedave: checks
HERO: bets $690
VILLIAN 1: calls
mincemeat: folds
tybeedave: folds
*** TURN *** [ Ad ]
VILLIAN 1: bets $600
HERO: is all in
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01-19-2008 , 01:52 AM
what site? How do you qualify? what do you win? how many entrants/how many places win a seat/or money? it seems like you have put thought into your table image and how it relates to playing this hand, which is good, but you may have overthought said image as only 6 hands have been dealt. this probably is not enough time for players to "see" this image you have portrayed...especially if this is a free qualifier that anyone could enter...it's easy to overthink at a freeroll- a lot of players are just playing bingo during these things and have no idea what the term "table image" means.
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01-19-2008 , 02:12 AM
Please try to refrain from betting 1/2 your stack 4-handed with Ahigh on a nothing board in a reraised pot...
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01-19-2008 , 02:48 AM
Its on Players Only. They offer 2 free daily qualifiers to the monthly $100,000 tournament. Ten players qualify. I regularly place in the top 30, and my highest was 13th. I try to play in these often so that I can get MTT experience, as well as try new styles as I am learning.

Last edited by WhatItDew; 01-19-2008 at 02:54 AM.
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01-19-2008 , 02:58 AM
yeah if it's an open entry freeroll then this is way too much "thought". perhaps (a very very big perhaps) you could make a similar move PF and make a cont. bet post flop late in a freeroll tourney when the donkmasters have been weeded out. at this stage of the game you can just pretty much count out any type of play other than ABC poker. don't get fancy at all, just fold a bunch and wait for primo hands. ace queen is nice still to raise preflop esp.after limpers and in late postion, but not this much, and you must dump post flop to any bet with this flop.
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01-19-2008 , 02:58 AM
It's early in a freeroll, so the play is going to be wild. You have no fold equity ever, so bet your strong hands heavy and check/call or check/fold more modest holdings.

You can't rely on an image almost ever in small stakes tournaments, especially freerolls, and certainly not after 6 hands. It's not out of the realm of possibility that you haven't seen a better hand than 63o in that span, which doesn't mean you're tight, it means 6-high is an awful hand.
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01-19-2008 , 03:02 AM
the styles you say are learning are probably dependant on your villian having some basic thought process with knowledge of the game. you can't really count on this in early stages in freeroll/micro limit tournaments...these players will call with any two preflop (which is great! but you have to just fold if you do not hit a flop) this guy could have called you with 26 suited (because it was sooooted!!!!)
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01-19-2008 , 11:18 AM
I'm not looking at the end result here...I'm trying to find out if I made the right play for tournament poker. I'll tell you the end result though. I lost to 53 offsuit, which verifies your theory and mine regarding freeroll play. Nonetheless, I would like to judge the play.
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01-19-2008 , 11:22 AM
I would have to say you are decent here with TPGK. Original PF raiser is already out. If the villian had anything like AK he would/should have rr pf There are no chances of a flush on the board. Only thing I would be thinking about is a possible strait if he's holding two low cards.

I would have checked on the flop unless your raise was for isolation or to steal the pot. YOu could have probably done the same with with 1/200 and saved some of your stack for later streets.

As is I would have also checkd the turn considering he called my big raise postflop and I had nothing off the flop. He would either really suck or be holding a monster hand. I would have guessed a monster hand and let him bet into me. Chances are, this early in the game I can't get a good read, I fold and live to see another day if he gives a big raise on the turn.
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01-19-2008 , 01:33 PM
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Originally Posted by WhatItDew
I'm not looking at the end result here...I'm trying to find out if I made the right play for tournament poker. I'll tell you the end result though. I lost to 53 offsuit, which verifies your theory and mine regarding freeroll play. Nonetheless, I would like to judge the play.
Ten four-that is what we were doing, judging the hand with the info given. MTT's are completely and totally situational poker. playing a hand one way can be great poker at a certain limit and horrible at another. In this instance, this was def. not the correct play. what you are saying is good-do not be results oriented, but at the same time you need to treat each situation in an MTT differently. in this case, you've got to play the hand differently, imo.
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01-19-2008 , 01:42 PM
I stopped reading when you said you tried to use your tight table image to your advantage.

It's a freeroll, thinking that deep about a freeroll is ridiculous.
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