Okay this is an $11 non turbo 180 man on stars.

18 ITM and im sittin at 22 out of 26.

Thinking about it I guess I should of shoved, feel free to be as honest as you want. Id rather be told I suck than be told it was not bad and still convince myself I am a decent player when I am nowhere near that.


PokerStars Game #18276375421: Tournament #92810764, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (150/300) - 2008/06/21 - 01:01:36 (ET)
Table '92810764 3' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Mi7eyMou3e (9490 in chips)
Seat 3: Simonian (5668 in chips)
Seat 4: BIGGEN01 (11249 in chips)
Seat 5: langester (3700 in chips)
Seat 7: CHRONICRIVER (13486 in chips)
Seat 8: Langer 1981 (4925 in chips)
Seat 9: MR_pwnsU (4611 in chips)
Mi7eyMou3e: posts the ante 25
Simonian: posts the ante 25
BIGGEN01: posts the ante 25
langester: posts the ante 25
CHRONICRIVER: posts the ante 25
Langer 1981: posts the ante 25
MR_pwnsU: posts the ante 25
Mi7eyMou3e: posts small blind 150
Simonian: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to MR_pwnsU [Qh 6h]
BIGGEN01: folds
CHRONICRIVER said, "a 10"
langester: folds
CHRONICRIVER: folds
Langer 1981: folds
MR_pwnsU: raises 325 to 625
CHRONICRIVER said, "im going to fold if yr in big"
Mi7eyMou3e: folds
CHRONICRIVER said, "it will save me"
Simonian: calls 325
*** FLOP *** [Ad 6d 3d]
Simonian: checks
MR_pwnsU: bets 800
Simonian: calls 800
*** TURN *** [Ad 6d 3d] [Js]
Simonian: checks
MR_pwnsU: bets 3161 and is all-in
Simonian: calls 3161
*** RIVER *** [Ad 6d 3d Js] [9s]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Simonian: shows [4d 5d] (a flush, Ace high)
MR_pwnsU: shows [Qh 6h] (a pair of Sixes)
Simonian collected 9497 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9497 | Rake 0
Board [Ad 6d 3d Js 9s]
Seat 1: Mi7eyMou3e (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 3: Simonian (big blind) showed [4d 5d] and won (9497) with a flush, Ace high
Seat 4: BIGGEN01 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: langester folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: CHRONICRIVER folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Langer 1981 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: MR_pwnsU (button) showed [Qh 6h] and lost with a pair of Sixes

I don't like raising garbage to steal blinds at this stack size. You have a stack you can resteal with, but you lose your FE if you lose just a few BBs more in chips. Also, if the blinds go up before you find a good spot, you still have a nice pushbotting stack for the next level, but any chips you lose severely impact your pushing FE. So, right now every chip you have is precious and trying a LP blind steal is not worth it unless they're really weak/tight, which obviously isn't the case as you got called by 54s. I also don't like trying to get someone to fold anything in this spot. I mean his most likely hand is Ax, and he's never ever folding it. You tried to steal, you got caught, just give up and start pushbotting your 10 BB stack.

fold pre-flop. Your stack is very awkward for opening hands that you have to play post-flop. Your stack is a good-reshove stack. Play it as such.

As played, check turn and you could make a tough river decision when he bets into you on a non-diamond river. If he checks a fourth diamond, you can turn your hand into a bluff and shove.

Fold preflop.

a) You're not on the bubble yet.
b) Your stack isn't healthy enough to spew chips like this.


Having raised

a) I like your raise amount
b) I'd probably check behind the flop, but bet the turn if checked to again
(obviously fold if he bets it)


Edit: I was thinking about it, and I did want to tell you that I like your courage on this hand. However you did break the cardinal rule of bluffing: Always leave yourself outs. Which if he has a flush - you don't.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (7 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

saw flop|saw showdown

SB (t9490)
BB (t5668)
UTG (t11249)
MP1 (t3700)
MP2 (t13486)
CO (t4925)
Hero (t4611)

Preflop: Hero is Button with Q, 6.
4 folds, Hero raises to t625, 1 fold, BB calls t325.

Flop: (t1100) A, 6, 3 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t800, BB calls t800.

Turn: (t2700) J (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t3161 (All-In), BB calls t3161.

River: (t9022) 9 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t9022
Main Pot: t9022 (t9022), between BB and Hero. > Pot won by BB (t9022).

Results in white below:
BB has 4d 5d (flush, ace high).
Hero has Qh 6h (one pair, sixes).
Outcome: BB wins t9022.

with ur stack this is a preflop fold

Min prf min raise is horrid.

The flop bet is too big.

You're beat on the turn but betting anyway.

The river you find out your effed.

This whole mess could have been avoided if you either fold prf or raise to 900 (or even shoved) and actually steal the blinds.

what these guys said...I'm in the fold pre hand cause this hand is so not conducive to good flops

I think you'd be surprised how few hands people would fold to 900 but call to 625.

Ok we tried to steal a blind, and c-bet. Cool. Gotta do that ATC sometimes.

But - there is absolutely NOTHING he calls the flop with that he's not playing all the way on the turn.

Give up when he calls the flop, or - check behind and try and bluff the river. If he called with just one diamond, he might fold a river if no diamond. He will never fold the turn.

edit: also like to add that I HATE the pf raise size. If your minimum raise is 2.5X, you will always be giving yourself the right odds - pf raise size: 750-1000

2.5x'ing has so many more advantages than disadvantages at this stage.

I know I just keep quoting people to point this out, but I'll try to stop after this.

explain.

fold preflop imo

I've actually been wondering about this alot lately. I will call very light to min raises in my BB (maybe leakish). I think in this case they fold to a 3x more often since it's a big chunk compared to their stack but if the blinds were half the size I would agree. Is that a fair assumption?

I would like to hear more on this actually...