$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)
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