Somewhere around 4 posts ago, I hit 200 posts. I don't know if that is an accomplishment or a testament to how much time I am wasting on this blog....
Last night I played the Mookie, the $26 token Frenzy, and a $3 90 player KO. As well as things went the night before (see "Oh What A Night"), they went exactly opposite last night. I didn't cash in a single one of them.
In the Mookie, only a couple of hands in, I made a loose call in position with 9s7s to change100's 3x BB raise. The flop comes 9h2c3c. I don't remember the betting exactly, but the turn brought a 6d and I end up calling change100's all in. I thought about it real hard and finally decided she must be on AcKc or similar flush draw and I am surely ahead here and can win a flip. She flips over pocket Queens. Oooops. I'm getting ready to close my laptop and I see all the chips coming to me. WTF???? The river brought a 7 to give me two pair.
I hit a few draws and managed to stick around for the first break and then some. We were down to 25% of the field left and I was below average in chips, when I was in the BB and someone raised 3x BB for the millionth time. I figured it for a steal and re-raised all in with my mighty AJ. Oooops. AA calls my all in and I am done. I don't like putting my tournament on the line with Acecrap hand, but I figured 75% of the time that is purely a steal and my resteal takes the pot. Am I wrong about that? Were there too many hands that had me beat that I should have just folded there? 4 BBT3 tournaments and only 1 cash. But I have hit the points 3 of 4 times. Gotta get those points, just ask this Points Junkie.
Token frenzy was a joke, as usual. You either win with your made hands, or someone sucks out on you. I mean it's rare you make a bad move in those. They are just too easy to wait for good hands and maximize your pots.
In the $3 KO, I was running over the field. With 50 left I was the chip leader for a long time. I was getting cards and people were calling my all-in's assuming I was trying to bully. Overbets were working great. Then I ran into this hand.
14 players left, the money is at 9. I am in 3rd place in chips but very close to 1st. The chip leader is at my table. I'm in the BB and I get AA. The CL raises 3x BB from the cutoff and I re-raise to 3x his bet. He insta-shoves. I think for just a second as I know I will be out of the tournament if I lose this hand. This is a $3 tournament, so of course I call and he flips over 99. A 9 on the turn sends me home in 14th place.
But lets assume that this was a $3000 buy in tournament. Do you fold AA that close to the money? Preflop, do you fold AA ever? It just made me sick to go from chip leader to out in a matter of minutes.
Oh well. For some great tips on Micro level KO play check out this site. And if your lucky you may even be able to get an autograph from him.
Stay patient....
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YAY! lol. Fun Mookie last night. Sorry if I took my seething rage out on you. Even if I think that is a bad call on principle.
No harm Waffles. I would never take offense to your ranting. Or at least if I did, I would fire back at you. All in good fun.
See you in the next one!
You should never be folding AA there, or in any regular tournament. The only time it is appropriate to fold would be in a satellite where you are essentially guaranteed a prize spot by just folding.
Regarding your consideration of folding AA in that spot... anonymous is right on in his point above that this should never be considered unless in a satellite tourney of sorts, where simply not playing anything guarantees a prize. In any regular tournament you have to want to always maximize your chances of getting your money in ahead... and holding AA preflop is definitely one of the best situations you're looking for! Even when it makes you "...sick to go from chip leader to out in a matter of minutes." Still, take some consolation in the fact that your money got in the middle with you ahead.
Of course you would never fold there. The only difference in a $3k MTT is that the chipleader probably wouldn't call off most of his stack with 99.
Plays like that are just proof of how profitable these games can play. Glad to see you're getting the hand of them - took me a couple shots at first too. I see a victory in your near future.
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