Wednesday, September 19, 2007

bubble play 3rd cash


only recorded part of this bubble play... actually there was one hand that you'll probably see in the 2nd cash video with 88...
I caught the end of my KQs call all in from the big blind from someone trying to push me around.
Moved tables and folded a couple hands noticed one person trying to dominate the table, everyone else was tight. Raised with 78 and he tried to check raise me... Very unlikely that a J72 flop hit him, and who knows, he might give me way too much credit for a hand, if I get called I've got outs, but I really felt he was trying to bully me, so it was more of a reresteal than me thinking my hand was good there, although it probably was. He could have had AK, AQ, TT 99 88, J with bad kicker or nothing at all. As I've stated before I don't mind taking risks on the bubble to accumulate chips. the bubble came MUCH quicker than I wanted though, and I didn't really get a chance to steal the blinds. If I would have recognized it was approaching the bubble sooner I could have made some plays earlier, and then just stolen the blinds for a couple rounds. Flat called an early position raise with AQ... knew he was strong, a fold wouldn't be a bad decision, but I had position on him, and I felt he had like JJ,AK,AQs. I felt at this stage of the tournament he might try to limp with AA or KK. I figured a king comes he's going to lead out and I'm going to come over the top and win, but if a queen comes or an ace comes I'm going to win a decent pot. He bet less than a third of his stack so if he didn't have KK or AA it was an easy call... It would be a bad decision to push all in preflop because he could be strong, and if the flop misses, I get more information and a chance to outplay him. As it turned out I hit the queen, and he shoved... Well, to lay down to a bet in a pot like this when I HIT a pair I felt was playing too weak. He could have AK, he could have JJ and either felt to deeply invested into it and pot committed, or maybe he also has AQ, or maybe I gave him too much credit and he was just raising with KQs or KJs or rags intending to push. I figured I was beat about half the time here, but I could be beat and still win if I called and I was getting like 2 to 1. I was wrong, he had KK, but I got lucky and hit my ace and won.
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post video I made a play on a guy who had raised a lot and gotten caught and raised the next hand. I had A3 and came over the top. It was bad timing and he went all in for like 1000 more chips so I had to call, he had 77, I hit my ace. played a little impatiently but it worked out okay, although I won't do that again. Then I had a flushdraw and gutshot draw and chose to checkraise the player all in, He had a set of 10s, I hit my flush, then he paired the board and won with a fullhouse and I was out.... I failed to gear down enough after the bubble.. I slowed down a little bit, but I was still over aggressive, and getting too involved in too many big pots with marginal hands and draws.

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