Hello all, wanted your thoughts on my play from a $60 live tourney.
$60.00 buy in
10k starting stack
35 players
28 remaing
Blinds 200/400
Mostly everyone has ~9-10k stacks.
Action: UTG+1 limps...folds to me Kh Qs in the cut off. I raise to 1000. Bb folds and sb raises to 3000. We both are around ~9k pre. Everyone folds and it was back on me. Around 22 bb and i felt as thought villainas range is pretty snug but not so narrow that he only has AA or KK. Folding pre after i raised would be nittt? I call the raise and to the flop we go.
Qc 8s 6h and the villain goes all in for ~6k and he barely has me covered.
I raised pre bar sue it was relatively a tight table. Early limper has limped quite a few pots in early position and never 3betted or got a a show down as he would fold to action post flip so his limp doesn’t mean anything from early position.
Now on the other hand,Villain was an older gentleman’s in his 50s. i would say he was pretty snug preflop. I saw a showdown where he raised utg and ended up winning with JJ playing it cautiously. Last time we tangled i did end up tuning a flush when he turned trips and played it slow and put in a sizable raise on the river that he paid off. Other few hand where he was in a multi-way pot mad check calling nets mad folding on turn or river.
When he 3 bets me pre from the sb, i put his range 10+ and AJ suited or off + as i suspect my table image was much looser and aggressive almost of the players at the table and maybe he thought my range was too wide in late position thus the 3 bet.
Currently there is $6400 and it costs me $6000 to call and my tournament life. Thoughts? Thanks for the read and feedback!
Thanks for the feedback. At the time, I felt as though the villain would have shoved with 10+ and maybe even AK suited as we both had only a pot size bet left post flop.
Thanks for the feedback. At the time, I felt as though the villain would have shoved with 10+ and maybe even AK suited as we both had only a pot size bet left post flop.
Your read on villain is he's a snug player in his 50's, and players like that won't 3b in this spot without a very strong hand. He's probably calling with TT and likely even JJ too, as well as hands like AJ/AQ.
So calling the 3b with KQo will get you in deep trouble here. You're way behind QQ-AA and will get stacked on a Kx/Qx flop.
Your read on villain is he's a snug player in his 50's, and players like that won't 3b in this spot without a very strong hand. He's probably calling with TT and likely even JJ too, as well as hands like AJ/AQ.
So calling the 3b with KQo will get you in deep trouble here. You're way behind QQ-AA and will get stacked on a Kx/Qx flop.
Essentially, I think mixing it up with that sort of hand is a large mistake. First of all, you only have 22 big bets to play with. You're facing a pretty substantial reraise from the small blind early I am tournament, who understands that they are acting first.
Yes, he may have missed the flop but the bigger problem is that you're pot committing yourself too hard at this point in the game. I think your assessment about his range is decent, but folding after his reraise would be much better.
Be careful with statements like: "Folding pre after i raised would be nittt?". In this spot you have been raised for 1/3 of your stack, the SPR is so low that you are close to committed with a huge range disadvantage.
Keep in mind the situation in context of your stack. Calling is the worse play here imo.. I think 4-bet bluff is better than flatting with KQo in a SPR Pot of 1.
Thanks for all the feedback! I did convince myself to make the call with only 6k left in my stack.
Villain showed AA and i bricked the turn and river. Sometimes i find myself folding too much,so i am trying to improve my play on that regard. Nonetheless much was learned from the experience.
