My first CardRunners video is now available for download/viewing, so if you're a member of the site, it would be much appreciated if you give it a look. The topic is playing out of position on the river. If you like it or have suggestions, go ahead and leave a comment and rating.
I finally hit a little more of a stride in tournaments over the weekend, getting a couple of pretty good scores in 90-man SNGs and 45-man SNGs. Soon I think I'll be ready to go ahead and play my Step 6 on Stars.
I've talked before about how playing "small ball" often works out well in tourneys, keeping your bet sizes smaller than normal. The obvious advantages are that you lose less when you're bluffing, but you also get called more often by worse hands (although obviously you make less when you are called in that case), and you also induce some spazz-outs some of the time.
MP1: t1485 M = 33
MP2: t1425 M = 31.67
CO: t1455 M = 32.33
BTN: t1500 M = 33.33
Hero (SB): t1755 M = 39
BB: t1500 M = 33.33
UTG: t1380 M = 30.67
UTG+1: t1500 M = 33.33
UTG+2: t1500 M = 33.33
Pre Flop: (t45) Hero is SB with Ks Ah
2 folds, UTG+2 calls t30, 1 fold, MP2 calls t30, CO raises to t90, 1 fold, Hero raises to t270, 3 folds, CO calls t180
Flop: (t630) Jc 9s Kc (2 players)
Hero bets t275, CO raises to t550, Hero raises to t1485 all in, CO calls t635 all in (Nail top pair but on a kind of gross board...given the stack sizes, I'm never folding, but I want to induce as many bruffs as possible by underbetting and hoping he goes nuts with AT,AJ,QJ,JT, or...)
Turn: (t3000) 7c (2 players - 2 are all in)
River: (t3000) 2d (2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t3000
CO shows 8d 9d (a pair of Nines)
Hero shows Ks Ah (a pair of Kings)
Here's one more:
SB: t1335 M = 17.80
BB: t1460 M = 19.47
Hero (UTG): t1365 M = 18.20
UTG+1: t1530 M = 20.40
MP: t6275 M = 83.67
CO: t1260 M = 16.80
BTN: t1730 M = 23.07
Pre Flop: (t75) Hero is UTG with Kh Kd
Hero raises to t150, 4 folds, SB calls t125, 1 fold
Flop: (t350) 8d 4d Ks (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t175, SB calls t175 (I could even bet less here, just because I want to keep in the hand - I want him to call me down with 66, A4, etc.)
Turn: (t700) 3c (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t350, SB raises to t700, Hero raises to t1040 all in, SB calls t310 all in (Another 1/2 pot bet, whereas in a cash game I'd be betting more, mostly because there would be more money behind that bet in our stacks. Whether because of the sizing or whatever, he decides either middle pair is good or I'll fold pocket jacks...or more likely he just knows he doesn't want to fold and doesn't want to make a decision on the river.)
River: (t2720) Qh (2 players - 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t2720
SB shows 8s Ah (a pair of Eights)
Hero shows Kh Kd (three of a kind, Kings)
Hero wins t2720
-BRUECHIPS
2 comments:
The only problem with betting small is time when you miss value from failing to get someone's stack. Unlike a cash game where you have 100-200 blinds and some pot size bets or a raise is required to get all the chips in the middle in a tourney with 40/60 blinds you dont necessarily need a raise, As long as you are consious about stack sizes often a bet/bet/bet line will get the job done even when the bets are undersized.
Also, in a cash game you are trying to maximize value when you are called down: hence you bet pot to get the most out of your good hands. To an extent in a tourney it is more important to simply accumulate chips. When you have a nutlike hand like top set betting small and assuring a call could be better than betting big and hoping for a call.
Congrats on the CR vid! Can't wait to see it.
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