Hi everyone!
Hope all is well with everyone.
Yesterday I was playing the final table at the Mini HR 150K Garuanteed at Pokerstars (55$ dollar buy in) NL HoldEm. When we are are 6 players left i found myself in this situation and I am frustrated with the result. The prizes are getting big and it was very frustrating exiting like this.
Below is the hand history:
PokerStars hand nr 238980709698: Turnering #3475415002, $25+$25+$5 USD Holdem No limit - Nivå XLIV (300000/600000) - 2022-10-02 2:39:54 CET [2022-10-01 20:39:54 ET]
Bord '3475415002 91' 9-max Plats #6 har knappen
Plats 1: mattt65 (19 392 112 i marker, $890.17 bounty)
Plats 2: Diegomann (23 028 926 i marker, $1480.99 bounty)
Plats 4: cko510 (7 094 692 i marker, $633.54 bounty)
Plats 6: RFNunesT (6 594 464 i marker, $1365.93 bounty)
Plats 8: SSstrong (6 263 696 i marker, $1870.72 bounty)
Plats 9: Jonkoponko (14 151 110 i marker, $987.54 bounty)
mattt65: lägger ante 75000
Diegomann: lägger ante 75000
cko510: lägger ante 75000
RFNunesT: lägger ante 75000
SSstrong: lägger ante 75000
Jonkoponko: lägger ante 75000
SSstrong: lägger small blind 300000
Jonkoponko: lägger big blind 600000
*** HÃ…LKORT ***
Utdelat till Jonkoponko [4d 7s]
mattt65: raise 600000 till 1200000
Diegomann: fold
cko510: fold
RFNunesT: fold
SSstrong: fold
Jonkoponko: call 600000
*** FLOPP *** [7c 4c As]
Jonkoponko: check
mattt65: bet 1575000
Jonkoponko: raise 11301110 till 12876110 och är all-in
mattt65: call 11301110
*** TURN *** [7c 4c As] [Jc]
*** RIVER *** [7c 4c As Jc] [Jd]
*** VISNING ***
Jonkoponko: visar [4d 7s] (två par, knektar och sjuor)
mattt65: visar [Tc Ac] (färg, ess hög)
mattt65 vann 28902220 från potten
mattt65 vinner $493.77 för eliminering av Jonkoponko och spelarens egen bounty ökar med $493.77 till $1383.94
Jonkoponko slutade turneringen på 6:e plats och får $2034.24.
*** SAMMANFATTNING ***
Total pott 28902220 | Avgift 0
Bord [7c 4c As Jc Jd]
Plats 1: mattt65 visade [Tc Ac] och vann (28902220) med färg, ess hög
Plats 2: Diegomann foldade innan Flopp (satsade inte)
Plats 4: cko510 foldade innan Flopp (satsade inte)
Plats 6: RFNunesT (knappen) foldade innan Flopp (satsade inte)
Plats 8: SSstrong (small blind) foldade innan Flopp
Plats 9: Jonkoponko (big blind) visade [4d 7s] och förlorade med två par, knektar och sjuor
My questions are as following:
1. I am second in chips against the only player that is able to eliminate me.
Should this hand be played differently consdering this? I pushed because I thought my play looks like a draw - he might have a strong Ace and as the board is so wet i don't know how to play the hand OOP.
2. I learned that i need to defend my BB with pretty much any two (especially with my chip stack) but i sometimes find myself hitting troublesome hands, like this one with bottom two.
Should we ALWAYS defend with any two in the BB when someone opens late?
3. I understand that we got it in "good", but when seeing his hand and realizing that its 50/50
I am worried that i should have played it more carefully? Or am I just result oriented?
I would LOVE to get some feedback regarding above. Have a great day everyone!