$245 PLO8 MTT
The structure is very similar to "WSOP"-circuit events. 5k starting chips with levels 25/25, 25/50, 50/75, 50/100, 75/150, etc...
Hero showed up 10 min. late and sat at an existing table. Hero got full stack after watching 4-5 hands.
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level 2:
hero dealt: As Kc 9d 3s (A3 suited)
hero limps in sb
(5 players to flop; pot size = 250)
flop: K 4 8
hero bets flop (200)
4 players fold.
Analysis: Standard to bet flop w/ TPTK + 2nd nut low draw.
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Hero was not involved in this hand.
SB showed aggression on all streets w/ stacks were all in by the river.
board: 2 T Kc 4c 7c
(2 players to the flop)
sb: AA3Ks - PFR in SB
mp: Ac 3c Jx 8y
Analysis:
Play seems standard for SB, while MP looks like it might have been a loose peel on the flop. Turn and River are standard.
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"Tournament status screen" shows blinds 75/150 and TD announces it. A little later, players notice it's the wrong amount for blinds at that level (it should be 50/75). What should happen?
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Introduction to Level 3
Hero finds it weird and remembered that structure was supposed to be identical between the PLO and PLO8 MTTs. He tries to find George (Tournament Director) to ask about the blind structures.
George confirmed with the tech (who "programmed the blind structure") that the NLHE blind structure was partially used and he was mad about it. It was the first time something like that had happened.
Hero asked if chips should be given back since it was just a limped pot and only 1 hand got through. TD said that they can't go back in time to replay the blinds at that level because everyone played that at same blind structure.
Hero actually limped UTG and ended up checking it the whole way to win a pot for ~725 chips. (4 bb and 1 sb) rather than 350 chips.
Needless to say, this is a question for Matt Savage on his twitter account (IMO, the best tournament director)!
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75/150
hero's stack at level 5:
5725
hero in CO: dealt A338 (A3 suited)
hero limps in CO
Hero had relatively tight image compared to rest of villains who had 30-40% VPIPs or higher!
4 players
limped pot preflop
flop: 7h 2h Kx
all players check
turn: 7h 2h Kx 6y
all players check
river: 7h 2h Kx 6y 9h
check to hero on river
hero bets 1/3 pot
1 of 3 villains call
hero shows nut low + pair of 3s
hero scoops!
Analysis: Guess of villain's range: 2nd nut low and ace hi or pair of deuces
ak82 (a2)(k8)
folds to hero on button
hero raises
flop:
Qc 8x 2c
Analysis: This is actually not a good flop for hero: bottom 2 pair + no low draw. Hero showed aggression and was bet/folding here.
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hero moved to new table:
Q56 (rainbow)
hero in BB: dealt Q962 (rainbow)
checks around on flop
turn:
Q56T (2 tone)
sb: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
villain: raises pot
sb: folds
hero: folds
Analysis: Hero is bet/folding 2 pair on turn. Villain (who was unknown) is representing top 2 pair plus.
Without a low draw, hero doesn't have enough equity (or stack depth) to do much more than fold.
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hero: dealt A952 (A2 suited)
UTG - raised utg (somewhat competent)
hero called
933 2 diamonds
UTG: checks
hero: bets 2/3 pot
UTG: check raises all in
hero: calls
villain: shows A532
Hero does not catch a low to get a quarter and doubles up villain.
stack: 6400 -> 2600
Analysis:
Villain appeared to be competent at the time (relatively tight in terms of pre-flop).
Hero should have checked back flop. If villain shows no aggression on turn card (and say it's a low card), then it's valid to bet.
At the time, hero is representing naked 3 on "locked down board", but if villain has AAxx, they're probably never folding (especially if villain has flush draw too)
villain hand - hero equity
AA** - 21%
A2** - 60%
A3** - 20%
composite range:
aa,a2,a3 - 41%
against a 5% range (usually consisting of AA*, A2*) - hero only has 36% equity
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hero on button: dealt AT52 rainbow
hero limps behind 2 other players
(4 players to flop, bb checks)
Qx Js Qy 8s Td
4 checks
Qx Js Qy 8s
3 checks
hero bets 3/4 pot
villain: middle-aged woman - calls bet
Qx Js Qy 8s Td
villain: middle-aged woman - calls bet
hero tanks river, then checks
villain: shows AAKK double suited
Analysis: Hero should have bet less on the turn bluff (50-60% pot). Hero may have (defaulted) to thinking about "balancing". It's kind of dumb considering no players really had baseline on my post-flop bet sizing.
Hero's turn bet is representing Qx and is willing to give someone with Qxxx a free draw on a rainbow board.
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200/400 blinds
hero can't find any playable hands/situations - ex) Q568 rainbow UTG+1
hero's stack: 1800
UTG: hero dealt AAT4 (A4 suited)
hero raises to 1000
folds around
Analysis: I'm unsure if raising (versus open limping) is smart here as there was a somewhat "preflop" aggressor on button which have might have gotten me into a heads up situation with a hand that can "crush" (ie: 60+% equity).
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blinds: 300/600
hero: 1600
hero folds to player with ~30-40% PFR with KQJ9 no suit
analysis:
hero got "reminded" by villain who plays 40-80 "mix games" due to pot odds, but it's definitely standard to fold here, IMO.
Against a random hand, hero's out of the tournament 50% of the time. There's better places to get it in at that time.
If it's a pot odds question, hero barely has ~37% equity against a random Axxx hand. It plays ok post flop (ie: fit/fold), but is really a balancing hand at best.
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hero dealt: AA35
folds to hero in HJ:
hero: raises all in
(3 players to flop)
action was checked through on all streets
JJ835
one player backdoored a low to get half
hero's stack - 1000
Analysis: Standard. 2 "competent regs" (40-80 mix reg + a guy who played a bunch of MTTs) who had recently been talking about players waiting 5-6 hours for KK or AA in NLHE thought it was funny I was "waiting for them" (Hero obviously wasn't waiting just for them to get it in - Ace-wheel or better is sufficient).
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[blinds pass]
hero in HJ: dealt AQ72 (no suits)
2 limpers
hero raises in HJ all in (1400)
original 2 callers call hero's bet
board: 87jaq
no betting by either villain
1 player shows: straight for high (bb had t9xx)
1 player shows: 45xx for low
hero is scooped and out of the tournament
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busted: 13/42 (5 places pay)
Saturday, December 3, 2011
PLO Cash Gaming @ Harrah's St. Louis
After waiting an hour to get on either 1-2-5 NLHE or 1-2 w/ 5 bring in PLO, I get placed at the 3rd PLO table (must move to one of the 2 ring games).
There was also a 5/10 PLO (1k min - 5k max)
3rd hand
all involved players' effective stacks (bb = $5) - 100bb
AKQJ (AJ) (KQ) double suited
hero: UTG - limps
button: calls
sb: pre-flop aggro villain who pretty much made sure it was a raised pot raised
hero: calls
button: calls
pot: 28bb
flop: j93 (2 suits to hero's KQ flush draw)
sb: checks
hero: bets pot
button: calls
sb: folds
turn: j93 3
hero: bets all in (60bb)
button: folds
I played 3-4 rotations before our table was broken and all players moved to one of the 2 main games. I felt tired and didn't move to 1 of the 2 main games.
I also tried to get into cash game on Saturday night, but they only had 1 (1/2 PLO) and 1 (5/10) PLO.`
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hero played ~1.5 hours
+47bb
There was also a 5/10 PLO (1k min - 5k max)
3rd hand
all involved players' effective stacks (bb = $5) - 100bb
AKQJ (AJ) (KQ) double suited
hero: UTG - limps
button: calls
sb: pre-flop aggro villain who pretty much made sure it was a raised pot raised
hero: calls
button: calls
pot: 28bb
flop: j93 (2 suits to hero's KQ flush draw)
sb: checks
hero: bets pot
button: calls
sb: folds
turn: j93 3
hero: bets all in (60bb)
button: folds
I played 3-4 rotations before our table was broken and all players moved to one of the 2 main games. I felt tired and didn't move to 1 of the 2 main games.
I also tried to get into cash game on Saturday night, but they only had 1 (1/2 PLO) and 1 (5/10) PLO.`
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hero played ~1.5 hours
+47bb
Friday, December 2, 2011
245 PLO MTT @ Harrah's St. Louis
$245 PLO MTT
The structure is very similar to "WSOP"-circuit events. 5k starting chips with levels 25/25, 25/50, 50/75, 50/100, 75/150, etc...
I arrived 15 min. late and a new table was opened up consisting of late regs + 1 or 2 players randomly added to the table to balance number of players at each table.
(Q9)(75) double suited)
hero: 5k
bb: 5500
folds to hero in CO
hero raises to 125
bb: calls
2 players
Ax 9c 5c (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: checks
hero: bets flop ~2/3 pot
bb: calls
Ax 9c 5c 2x (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: check
hero: check
Ax 9c 5c 2y Az (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: check
hero: check
hero wins pot
Analysis:
Hero sometimes/probably should have bet 2nd/3rd pair on turn. Villain likely had a flush draw (or gutter) and shut it down when the turn was a brick.
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25/50 level
w/ 4 limpers in front
hero decides to check BB with AAQ4 (AQ) single suited [ss]
hero missed flop (it was a relatively mid connected board with a flush draw - ex) QT7 two tone) and folded
Analysis: Hero can try to get it in on good flops/turns, but hero decides to try to play well post flop.
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2 limpers:
hero on button: dealt A553 (A5) ss
hero limped in multiway pot
UTG+1 was older man who seemed weak-tight and showed very little aggression over 2 rotations
UTG+1 limps
HJ: limps
button (hero): limps
sb: folds
bb: checks
(4 players)
Kh 6h 5x
bb: checks
UTG+1: bets 200
HJ: folds
hero: calls
bb: folds
(2 players)
Kh 6h 5x Ky
Hero misread turn bet as 200 and put 200 in chips. Rest of table told me it was 600, so hero tanks, then end up calling for 600.
I was told my 200 was binding, but given the option to fold. However, i was not planning on it.
Sadly, the 100 and 500 color chips are very close color shades. Since villain was on other side of table and lighting was horrible, it was relatively easy to miss. It's always worth it to ask about bet sizes if not sure (although I didn't realize the colors were that similar when examining them in my stack.
Kh 6h 5x Ky Ax
villain: bets 600
hero: folds
Analysis:
Hero can fold preflop.
It was a good laydown by the river...the question is when do you let it go? A case can be made to fold the turn (and was original hero's action when seeing 200 bet)...
River bet sizing screamed crying call from villain and was somewhat easy fold.
A trend at this MTT: lots of people played their buttons with any 4 cards in limped/raised pots. It seemed kind of excessive...unlike previous MTTs.
hero in late position: dealt A994 (A9 suited)
early position raise
1 call
hero calls
on AT7 (monotone) board.
Checks to hero in position
hero bets ~1/2-2/3 pot
all players fold.
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Level 4: (blinds: 50/100)
Hero gets moved to a new table and observed this hand at the new table.
3 players in limped pot
flop: Kd Jd 5x
utg+1 checks
mp: checks
button: bets ~4/5 pot
utg+1 calls
mp: folds
Turn: Kd Jd 5x 4y
utg+1 checks
button: bets near pot again
utg+1: c/r all in
button: calls
utg+1 shows KKxx (no flush draw or J54 side cards)
button shows: Qd Td 8d 3x
button bricks and is out of the MTT.
Analysis: I'm not sure what to think about the play from UTG+1 for checking back twice. Stacks are getting in on the flop if UTG+1 bets.
My perception of UTG+1: it seemed like button was more of a "NLHE" player and would more often check top set there.
Normally, it's ok to be checking back this board if it's a lower set (treating as drawing hand to boat) sometimes as hands (such as button) are equity favorites on flop...it can be deceptive seeing as 2-3 PSBs are good enough to get it in.
But, IMO, the higher the set, the more a player should bet and get money from JJxx and 55xx.
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hero in CO: dealt AQJ7 (AQ suited, Q or J were 2 big cards T-K)
1 player limped in front
hero: isolation raised in CO
all other players fold
1 player folds and accidentally shows 6432 rainbow
Analysis: I'm not limping 6432 rainbow in a PLO game, even a cash game w/o flush draws. It's rarely going to flop nut draws... Because the highest card is a 6 and it has a gap, the straights will almost always be "non-nut".
hero's stack: 4275 @ 1st break
blinds: 75/150
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limped pot (2 players)
hero in bb: Ks Qd Ts 5c
flop:
Kd 8s 3s
hero checks
older villain bets 3/4 pot
hero: check raises to 575
(2 players)
Kd 8s 3s Jc
hero leads 1025 on turn
villain tanks/folds
Analysis:
Hero checkraising 2 pairs + flush draw is relatively standard. Hero is happy to get villain to fold the turn though.
Equity against top 2:
On the Flop 600,000 trials (Randomized)
board: Kd8s3s
Hand Equity Wins Ties
k8 50.57% 298,470 9,842
ks qx ts 5y 49.43% 291,688 9,842
On the Turn 1,152,480 trials (Exhaustive)
board: Kd8s3sJc
Hand Equity Wins Ties
k8 53.40% 605,076 20,736
ks qx ts 5y 46.60% 526,668 20,736
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hero in mp: dealt Ad Ks Jd 7c
folds to hero in MP
hero raised as PFR in MP
button (young lady) calls
BB calls
(3 players)
flop: Td 4d 2c
bb: checks
hero: checks
button: checks
(2 players)
turn: Td 4d 2c Qd
bb: checks
hero: checks
button bets 1100
hero: calls
(2 players)
river: Td 4d 2c Qd 2h
hero: checks
button quickly bets 2200
hero: tanks, calls
villain shows QQxx
hero mucks and decided to show Ad Jd..
hero's stack: about 1850
Analysis:
Flop: Argument can be made to c-bet flop. But, hero just has a naked nut flush draw, so equity is not super great.
Turn: This is a big difference b/w PLO and NLHE. Hero really should bet the turn here (rather than hesitate, then check). Medium flushes are calling at least one street. Sets are also calling to "hope" to boat up. As played, hero can c/r too, but it reps naked ace high flush blocker, or nut flush.
River: At the time, hero thought about it a while and thought hard about folding. But, there was suspicion that villain may bet medium flush draws on the river even with the board paired as villain seemed to be (kinda) NLHE oriented for lines.
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2 other players were involved with this hand.
effective stacks: 3000 at 100/200 blinds
JT7 rainbow flop
player 1: checks
player 2: bets 1450
player 1: raises all in (3000 total)
player 2: calls all in
player 1: Q98X
player 2: A983
Analysis: With stacks this shallow, freerolling is not the hugest of concerns and usually very standard if getting freerolled in this spot. C/R by player 1 is good too.
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hero in BB: dealt JT97 (T9 suited in spades)
hj: limps
same young lady raises on button to 3x (600)
sb: folds
hero calls (hero had 600 chips left)
hj: calls
(3 players, 1900 in pot)
5x Ks Qx (hero has backdoor flush draw)
all players check
5x Ks Qx 8s (hero has flush draw)
hero checks
button bets: 2/3 pot
hero looks at hand and calls
villain shows: KQxx (no flush draws)
5x Ks Qx 8s Ay
hero doubles up to 3100
Analysis: Hero should have bet the turn, but forgot there were 2 spades in hero's hand!
Checking turn by villain is ok b/c the only real draws are broadway wraps.
hand equity
range flop turn
turn equity:
kq** 54.22% 51.13%
jx ts 9s 7x 45.78% 48.72%
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HJ: Has been very loose and passive preflop, never raising preflop.
hero in CO: dealt KK54 (K5)(K4) (double suited)
HJ: limps
hero: raises
but: calls
bb: calls
CO: raises, but dealer says he doesn't hero CO say he wants to raise pot, so it's assumed a min raise.
hero: tanks, then helps and repots
but: tanks sometime, then calls all in
bb: tanks for ~2 min, then folds
button: shows AJJT (JT suited)
hero: KK54 (K5)(K4) double suited
CO limper: shows AA**
bb (older lady) - folds, saying she folded QQxx
Board:
236
236 8 (flush draw on turn; no one has flush draw)
236 8 t
Hero's stack: 12800
CO: eliminated
button: very short stack
Analysis:
When villain limp-raises, 99% of time it's aaxx. For some reason, hero was dumb and tried to get rid of player to trap dead money...
Older lady tanked forever and said she folded qqxx (which is a super standard fold given the action in front, IMO.) Some at the table were saying it was a tough laydown...which points towards the lack of PLO MTT experience (not that hero really got it right either...)
Hero should have just taken a flop multiway in this spot and still wonders how that mistake even happened.
PPT Equity preflop
AA** 65.76%
KK54 ds 36.81%
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blinds: 100/200
hero: dealt Ah Qh Td 9s
folds to hero in HJ
UTG+1: limps
UTG+2: limps
hero: raises 5.5x (1050)
folds to UTG+1
UTG+1: reraises pot
UTG+2 calls
hero: tanks/folds
UTG+1 eventually shows naked AAxx
hero's stack: 11750
Analysis:
This time around, I (correctly) surmised the limp-reraise = AA**. I'm not sure why this didn't happen before. The difference with my hand is having an A against likely AA** means my equity is bad preflop.
Basically, having the ace decreases equity a lot. An argument can be made to call, to be honest. It could have went either way.
AA** 65.71%
As Q Ts 9d 34.24%
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hero had Ad Kd 9y 6x
UTG+2: limps
hero (HJ): raises 3.5x
button (female player from before): calls
UTG+2: folds
[Effective stack sizes: 9000, sorry for lack of bet amounts]
(2 players, pot approximately 1500)
Qs 7d Kh
hero: checks
button: checks
(2 players, pot approximately 1500)
Qs 7d Kh 8d
hero: bets (approximately 900)
button: calls
(2 players, pot approximately 3300)
Qs 7d Kh 8d Qd
hero: bets (approximately 1900)
button: bets all in
hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: The raise to ISO UTG+2 could be a limp behind as well. Isolating seemed better as the UTG+2 seemed to play straightforward postflop.
Flop: Check/calling here is debatable. A cbet probably should have been made.
Diamonds are good turn cards, but lots of drawy/connecting straight cards can complete on the turn.
Turn: Donk leading when turning a nut flush draw is good to rep a turned 2 pair+. No straights got there. I bet ~60% pot for stack depth considerations on the river.
River: Bet/Fold seems standard.
Hero can get calls from lower flushes, so it's more of a thin value bet. Some low boats may call and not raise.
After hero bets, Villain is repping a boat here and it becomes a fold.
hero's stack: approximately 8300
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limped 8754 (87 suited)
check/folded a JJ3 board when faced with a bet
level 7 -> level 8
hero's stack = 7775
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break: 5k @ 300/600
shortly after the break, a couple eliminations led us to the final table of 10
hero: dealt Ah Ac 2c 8s
3300 @ 400/800
UTG+1 - min raise
MP: calls
sb (hero): raises all in
UTG - calls
MP: calls
48J5 x
One of the 2 players shows straight and hero is out.
Analysis:
It kinda sucks for UTG+1's raise to 1200 and the flat call from MP. My raise isn't really big enough to elicit much fold equity (especially after UTG+1 calls). It seems standard.
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busted: 10/48 (5 pay)
The structure is very similar to "WSOP"-circuit events. 5k starting chips with levels 25/25, 25/50, 50/75, 50/100, 75/150, etc...
I arrived 15 min. late and a new table was opened up consisting of late regs + 1 or 2 players randomly added to the table to balance number of players at each table.
(Q9)(75) double suited)
hero: 5k
bb: 5500
folds to hero in CO
hero raises to 125
bb: calls
2 players
Ax 9c 5c (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: checks
hero: bets flop ~2/3 pot
bb: calls
Ax 9c 5c 2x (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: check
hero: check
Ax 9c 5c 2y Az (hero does not have flush draw)
bb: check
hero: check
hero wins pot
Analysis:
Hero sometimes/probably should have bet 2nd/3rd pair on turn. Villain likely had a flush draw (or gutter) and shut it down when the turn was a brick.
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25/50 level
w/ 4 limpers in front
hero decides to check BB with AAQ4 (AQ) single suited [ss]
hero missed flop (it was a relatively mid connected board with a flush draw - ex) QT7 two tone) and folded
Analysis: Hero can try to get it in on good flops/turns, but hero decides to try to play well post flop.
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2 limpers:
hero on button: dealt A553 (A5) ss
hero limped in multiway pot
UTG+1 was older man who seemed weak-tight and showed very little aggression over 2 rotations
UTG+1 limps
HJ: limps
button (hero): limps
sb: folds
bb: checks
(4 players)
Kh 6h 5x
bb: checks
UTG+1: bets 200
HJ: folds
hero: calls
bb: folds
(2 players)
Kh 6h 5x Ky
Hero misread turn bet as 200 and put 200 in chips. Rest of table told me it was 600, so hero tanks, then end up calling for 600.
I was told my 200 was binding, but given the option to fold. However, i was not planning on it.
Sadly, the 100 and 500 color chips are very close color shades. Since villain was on other side of table and lighting was horrible, it was relatively easy to miss. It's always worth it to ask about bet sizes if not sure (although I didn't realize the colors were that similar when examining them in my stack.
Kh 6h 5x Ky Ax
villain: bets 600
hero: folds
Analysis:
Hero can fold preflop.
It was a good laydown by the river...the question is when do you let it go? A case can be made to fold the turn (and was original hero's action when seeing 200 bet)...
River bet sizing screamed crying call from villain and was somewhat easy fold.
A trend at this MTT: lots of people played their buttons with any 4 cards in limped/raised pots. It seemed kind of excessive...unlike previous MTTs.
hero in late position: dealt A994 (A9 suited)
early position raise
1 call
hero calls
on AT7 (monotone) board.
Checks to hero in position
hero bets ~1/2-2/3 pot
all players fold.
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Level 4: (blinds: 50/100)
Hero gets moved to a new table and observed this hand at the new table.
3 players in limped pot
flop: Kd Jd 5x
utg+1 checks
mp: checks
button: bets ~4/5 pot
utg+1 calls
mp: folds
Turn: Kd Jd 5x 4y
utg+1 checks
button: bets near pot again
utg+1: c/r all in
button: calls
utg+1 shows KKxx (no flush draw or J54 side cards)
button shows: Qd Td 8d 3x
button bricks and is out of the MTT.
Analysis: I'm not sure what to think about the play from UTG+1 for checking back twice. Stacks are getting in on the flop if UTG+1 bets.
My perception of UTG+1: it seemed like button was more of a "NLHE" player and would more often check top set there.
Normally, it's ok to be checking back this board if it's a lower set (treating as drawing hand to boat) sometimes as hands (such as button) are equity favorites on flop...it can be deceptive seeing as 2-3 PSBs are good enough to get it in.
But, IMO, the higher the set, the more a player should bet and get money from JJxx and 55xx.
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hero in CO: dealt AQJ7 (AQ suited, Q or J were 2 big cards T-K)
1 player limped in front
hero: isolation raised in CO
all other players fold
1 player folds and accidentally shows 6432 rainbow
Analysis: I'm not limping 6432 rainbow in a PLO game, even a cash game w/o flush draws. It's rarely going to flop nut draws... Because the highest card is a 6 and it has a gap, the straights will almost always be "non-nut".
hero's stack: 4275 @ 1st break
blinds: 75/150
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limped pot (2 players)
hero in bb: Ks Qd Ts 5c
flop:
Kd 8s 3s
hero checks
older villain bets 3/4 pot
hero: check raises to 575
(2 players)
Kd 8s 3s Jc
hero leads 1025 on turn
villain tanks/folds
Analysis:
Hero checkraising 2 pairs + flush draw is relatively standard. Hero is happy to get villain to fold the turn though.
Equity against top 2:
On the Flop 600,000 trials (Randomized)
board: Kd8s3s
Hand Equity Wins Ties
k8 50.57% 298,470 9,842
ks qx ts 5y 49.43% 291,688 9,842
On the Turn 1,152,480 trials (Exhaustive)
board: Kd8s3sJc
Hand Equity Wins Ties
k8 53.40% 605,076 20,736
ks qx ts 5y 46.60% 526,668 20,736
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hero in mp: dealt Ad Ks Jd 7c
folds to hero in MP
hero raised as PFR in MP
button (young lady) calls
BB calls
(3 players)
flop: Td 4d 2c
bb: checks
hero: checks
button: checks
(2 players)
turn: Td 4d 2c Qd
bb: checks
hero: checks
button bets 1100
hero: calls
(2 players)
river: Td 4d 2c Qd 2h
hero: checks
button quickly bets 2200
hero: tanks, calls
villain shows QQxx
hero mucks and decided to show Ad Jd..
hero's stack: about 1850
Analysis:
Flop: Argument can be made to c-bet flop. But, hero just has a naked nut flush draw, so equity is not super great.
Turn: This is a big difference b/w PLO and NLHE. Hero really should bet the turn here (rather than hesitate, then check). Medium flushes are calling at least one street. Sets are also calling to "hope" to boat up. As played, hero can c/r too, but it reps naked ace high flush blocker, or nut flush.
River: At the time, hero thought about it a while and thought hard about folding. But, there was suspicion that villain may bet medium flush draws on the river even with the board paired as villain seemed to be (kinda) NLHE oriented for lines.
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2 other players were involved with this hand.
effective stacks: 3000 at 100/200 blinds
JT7 rainbow flop
player 1: checks
player 2: bets 1450
player 1: raises all in (3000 total)
player 2: calls all in
player 1: Q98X
player 2: A983
Analysis: With stacks this shallow, freerolling is not the hugest of concerns and usually very standard if getting freerolled in this spot. C/R by player 1 is good too.
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hero in BB: dealt JT97 (T9 suited in spades)
hj: limps
same young lady raises on button to 3x (600)
sb: folds
hero calls (hero had 600 chips left)
hj: calls
(3 players, 1900 in pot)
5x Ks Qx (hero has backdoor flush draw)
all players check
5x Ks Qx 8s (hero has flush draw)
hero checks
button bets: 2/3 pot
hero looks at hand and calls
villain shows: KQxx (no flush draws)
5x Ks Qx 8s Ay
hero doubles up to 3100
Analysis: Hero should have bet the turn, but forgot there were 2 spades in hero's hand!
Checking turn by villain is ok b/c the only real draws are broadway wraps.
hand equity
range flop turn
turn equity:
kq** 54.22% 51.13%
jx ts 9s 7x 45.78% 48.72%
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HJ: Has been very loose and passive preflop, never raising preflop.
hero in CO: dealt KK54 (K5)(K4) (double suited)
HJ: limps
hero: raises
but: calls
bb: calls
CO: raises, but dealer says he doesn't hero CO say he wants to raise pot, so it's assumed a min raise.
hero: tanks, then helps and repots
but: tanks sometime, then calls all in
bb: tanks for ~2 min, then folds
button: shows AJJT (JT suited)
hero: KK54 (K5)(K4) double suited
CO limper: shows AA**
bb (older lady) - folds, saying she folded QQxx
Board:
236
236 8 (flush draw on turn; no one has flush draw)
236 8 t
Hero's stack: 12800
CO: eliminated
button: very short stack
Analysis:
When villain limp-raises, 99% of time it's aaxx. For some reason, hero was dumb and tried to get rid of player to trap dead money...
Older lady tanked forever and said she folded qqxx (which is a super standard fold given the action in front, IMO.) Some at the table were saying it was a tough laydown...which points towards the lack of PLO MTT experience (not that hero really got it right either...)
Hero should have just taken a flop multiway in this spot and still wonders how that mistake even happened.
PPT Equity preflop
AA** 65.76%
KK54 ds 36.81%
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blinds: 100/200
hero: dealt Ah Qh Td 9s
folds to hero in HJ
UTG+1: limps
UTG+2: limps
hero: raises 5.5x (1050)
folds to UTG+1
UTG+1: reraises pot
UTG+2 calls
hero: tanks/folds
UTG+1 eventually shows naked AAxx
hero's stack: 11750
Analysis:
This time around, I (correctly) surmised the limp-reraise = AA**. I'm not sure why this didn't happen before. The difference with my hand is having an A against likely AA** means my equity is bad preflop.
Basically, having the ace decreases equity a lot. An argument can be made to call, to be honest. It could have went either way.
AA** 65.71%
As Q Ts 9d 34.24%
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hero had Ad Kd 9y 6x
UTG+2: limps
hero (HJ): raises 3.5x
button (female player from before): calls
UTG+2: folds
[Effective stack sizes: 9000, sorry for lack of bet amounts]
(2 players, pot approximately 1500)
Qs 7d Kh
hero: checks
button: checks
(2 players, pot approximately 1500)
Qs 7d Kh 8d
hero: bets (approximately 900)
button: calls
(2 players, pot approximately 3300)
Qs 7d Kh 8d Qd
hero: bets (approximately 1900)
button: bets all in
hero: folds
Analysis:
Preflop: The raise to ISO UTG+2 could be a limp behind as well. Isolating seemed better as the UTG+2 seemed to play straightforward postflop.
Flop: Check/calling here is debatable. A cbet probably should have been made.
Diamonds are good turn cards, but lots of drawy/connecting straight cards can complete on the turn.
Turn: Donk leading when turning a nut flush draw is good to rep a turned 2 pair+. No straights got there. I bet ~60% pot for stack depth considerations on the river.
River: Bet/Fold seems standard.
Hero can get calls from lower flushes, so it's more of a thin value bet. Some low boats may call and not raise.
After hero bets, Villain is repping a boat here and it becomes a fold.
hero's stack: approximately 8300
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limped 8754 (87 suited)
check/folded a JJ3 board when faced with a bet
level 7 -> level 8
hero's stack = 7775
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break: 5k @ 300/600
shortly after the break, a couple eliminations led us to the final table of 10
hero: dealt Ah Ac 2c 8s
3300 @ 400/800
UTG+1 - min raise
MP: calls
sb (hero): raises all in
UTG - calls
MP: calls
48J5 x
One of the 2 players shows straight and hero is out.
Analysis:
It kinda sucks for UTG+1's raise to 1200 and the flat call from MP. My raise isn't really big enough to elicit much fold equity (especially after UTG+1 calls). It seems standard.
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busted: 10/48 (5 pay)
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