10k starting chips. Blinds start at 25/50.
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Late Registrant Table
1 woman who was in the HORSE MTT (shortish hair)
2
3 man
4 African American guy
5
6
7 guy who took bounty card - Hero didn't realize seat card = bounty
8 older woman
9 older woman with glasses?
10 Hero
Hero jumps into his first NLHE MTT with bounties. (Also, this is the first live NLHE MTT in 2+ years.)
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Blinds: 100/200
Hero played some small pots early after limping behind, but folded to action.
Hero also played raised pots, but couldn't win any showdowns.
Effective stacks: ~8000
Hero dealt in SB: 75ss
folds to hero in SB
Hero raises to 500
BB: calls
(2 players - 1000 in pot)
Flop: 7h 7d 5d
hero: bets 700
BB: calls
(2 players - 2400 in pot)
Turn: 7h 7d 5d Tc
hero: checks
BB: bets 1500
hero: calls
(2 players - 5400 in pot)
River: 7h 7d 5d Tc Qd
hero shoves river for ~8000
BB: calls
BB shows Queen high flush and is out of MTT.
Hero picks up bounty and almost doubles up.
Analysis:
Hero raised against an unknown and guessed that she could be an MTT random as she also played HORSE and busted quickly.
Villain seemed to be very exploitably aggressive in the 4-5 hands before this hand played out.
Preflop: This seems ok as long as hero doesn't just give up.
Flop: Most of hero's range should cbet here.
Turn: Hero emulates missing and allows aggressive villain to bet for hero.
River: This card is great as it looks like a bluff on a scare card. Hero may get hands as weak as 2 pair to call.
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Hero's stack: 17800 @ 150/300/25
Hero received a black card. Not realizing it was a bounty card, hero almost gave it away by accident before receiving black chip for bounty :(
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Hero dealt UTG: JJ
Hero (seat 7) - raised UTG to 750
3 (or 4): called
10 (button) - called
blinds fold
(3 players - 2925 in pot)
Flop: J63 rainbow
Hero: bets 1500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 7425 in pot)
Turn: J635 two tone
Hero: bets 3500
3: calls
10: calls
(3 players - 17925 in pot)
River: J6355 two tone
Hero: checks
3: checks
10: checks
Analysis:
Preflop: Standard.
Flop: Standard, but argument to check and slowplay.
Turn: Standard to setup river shove...and wose hands like pair+straight draw call but argument to check and slowplay.
River: Hero had no reason to check river back in hopes someone tries to steal. Are villains really going to bet as a bluff here? More likely, they may call with worse...so, this seems like a missed value bet.
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Second Table
1 20s African american man
2
3 middle aged Caucasian
4 [Indian person; 20s]
5 African American woman who was looking to bust; eventually younger white guy replaces him (20s)
6 Hero
7 older, bigger guy
8 middle aged guy?
9 ? younger guy?
10 african american guy with long hair
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Short stack was tilted in big blind with 10bb. Hero iso folded kqs against limp reshove.
Blinds: 200/400/50
BB (seat 8): ~4k (10 BB)
UTG (seat 1): ~20k (50 BB)
Hero (seat 6): ~28k (60BB)
UTG (1): limps
folds to hero
Hero: raises with KQs
BB: reraises all in
1: reraises all in
Hero: sighs/folds
Analysis:
Hero thought limper would fold instead of reraise all in. Hero had no real reads on any of the players.
FWIW, a number of people were telling me "we knew this person was going all in...". My guess is it's the same group of regs that play these tournaments...
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Blinds: 200/400/50
Hero dealt in CO: 97s
Hero's image (outside of preflop raise/fold) - TAG.
No real reads on villain (seat 7)
folds to hero
hero: raises to 1000
7: calls
all other players fold
(2 players - 2950 in pot)
Flop: 833 (rainbow)
hero: bets 1500
7: calls
(2 players - 5950 in pot)
Turn: 8335 (hero picks up BDFD)
hero: bets 3500
7: calls
(2 players - 12950 in pot)
River: 83355 (rainbow)
hero: checks
7: checks
Villain called with pair.
Hero folds.
Analysis:
Preflop/Flop: The overall line (preflop/flop) seem very standard.
Turn: This seems like a good spot to 2 barrel. Hero picks up some backdoor equity as well.
River: Hero could 3 barrel, but it's hard to know if villain can fold a pair to 3 barrels...
Hero's stack: 22425 @ 200/400
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Blinds: 300/600/75
No reads:
Hero's dealt AKo. 9k stack reraises behind hero.
AK > KQ
Hero's stack: 32900
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Observation: In these small stakes MTTs, people make lots of blocking bets with flush draws.
Unsure of true accuracy given that hero hasn't played a live NLHE MTT in years, and hero rarely plays live NLHE cash games.
Another observation: A rookie dealer (who had been chip runner in past) was dealing to my table. It's a horrible spot for a rookie dealer b/c they have to collect antes (which is another step that is more complicated...). Dealer should have came in prior to antes starting.
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Hero dealt: TT
20BB stack in earlier position raised to 2400.
Hero 3b.
20BB stack folds.
Hero's stack: 32800 400 800 100.
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Hero dealt: AKo
Short stack with about ~10k raises to ~2000.
Hero reraised all in with AKo
AKo > ATs when hero rivers broadway.
Hero's stack: 46300 @ 500 1000 100
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At break: 43600 800 1600.
Guy with small stack called hero raise and folded with <10bb .="" br="">32 remaining. 16 pay.
Hero gets moved to another table.
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Third Table
1 middle aged guy/no reads
2 middle aged guy/no reads
3 [Kevin]
4 middle aged guy/no reads
5 woman initially before middle aged person
6 [Derek]
7 old guy with a really big stack; turned out to be fish
8 young guy; "folded 8s instead of squeezing; folded Ts when Derek & hero jammed with AK]
9 Hero
10 ["Keith"] - his girlfriend was railing and helping out getting gum/food, etc...
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Hero dealt in MP: QQ
1 limp
5 (lady): raises
Hero: raises AI
5: calls
QQ > AKo
89600 @ 800/1600/200
Observation: There has been a lot of open limping.
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Hero dealt: AQo
Player's stacks are about 40BB deep.
UTG (tighter player): raises
CO: calls
Hero: calls?
Analysis: Hero feels like it's a spew to jam if tighter player is really tight. Or is hero wrong and not squeezing here is bad?
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Blinds: 1000/2000/300
Hero: dealt AA
7/cutoff (80k, old man): raises to 6500
8/Button (40k, middle aged man): calls
9/SB (younger 20-ish guy): calls
hero: raises to 30k
7: reraises AI
8: folds
9: tanks for a while, then folds
hero: calls
7: shows AK
9: says he folded 88
board runs 87J53 (flopping set for seat 9) and hero scoops big pot.
Hero's stack: 175k, as 7 had hero covered by 6k.
Analysis:
Hero doesn't know right size to raise here. 20k? 30k? AI?
Squeeze seems to be best even with a medium strength hand (and not just top of range).
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Hero raised to 5k with 88.
Hero was raised all in on by a short stack (without reads) for 10k.
88 < JJ for 19.5k
Hero's on the bbuble. There was a 2 table bubble as 16 places were paid out.
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preflop squeeze size raising:
Blinds: 1000/2000/200
UTG: raises to 6k
2 callers
Big Stack squeezes to 25k in position.
other players fold
Perhaps hero's raise sizing in a NLHE MTT setting is too big. Maybe it should be closer to 3/4 pot sized raise to "risk less chips and generate same amount of fold equity".
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As hero sat at this table, some dynamics were forming.
1. 3-bet dynamic was forming as hero noticed seat 6 was raising often as PFR. Hero began to notice and start 3-betting light. It had succeeded 2x.
2. Against seat 10, it had folded to hero in SB. 2 times, hero folded junk OOP. Both seat 10 and hero were relatively deep (ranging from 40-60+BB deep)
3. Hero talked with seat 3 [Kevin] on break regarding 3-bet/4-bet note about 1 hand.
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Hero: dealt 66
6: raised to 5k
folds to hero
hero (button): raised to 15k
6: villain folds
Hero wins preflop.
Analysis: Hero forgot to think about is this a 3b/jam or 3b/f spot.
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Blinds: 1500/3000/500
This is the last hand before break. Currently, MTT is still on the bubble. Table had been playing fairly tight overall.
Hero dealt in HJ: 5s 4s
folds to hero
hero (CO): raises to 7000
10 (But - 200k): calls
1 (SB - 100k): calls
(3 players - ~23k)
Flop: Qc 2c 6s
SB: checks
Hero: bets 12k
But/10: calls
SB: folds
(2 players - ~47k)
Turn: Qc 2c 6s 5c
Hero: Thinks, then bets 25k
But/10 (200k): reraised small to 60k
Hero: Thinks for a couple minutes, then folds.
Analysis:
Preflop: This seems ok to open at a tighter table.
Flop: Hero's betting gut shot as it likely misses villain's ranges (consisting of broadway cards). Small pairs could call as could flush draws.
Turn: What is villain's range on flop? Does it consist more of pairs that will call? Will they fold to 2nd barrel? Hero thought they would so hero was going to "turn hand into bluff" and bet/fold his low equity hand...
Should hero be check/folding here? bet calling?
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Hero's stack at break: 127k 2000 4000 500
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AI situation involving 3 players (including seat 6):
6: raised preflop and got 2 callers
6: checks
second shortest stack: bets
short stack: calls AI
6: check raises AI
second stack: calls
Short stack ships and big stack check raises on 76t monotone.
shortest stack had JTo
second shortest stack had 76o
6 (large stack) had Kx Kd (2nd nut flush draw)
Board: 76TT7 (3 flush on flop/turn/river)
Analysis:
Not sure how accurate this is, but the check raise by seat 6 seems fine on a monotone board as some players may easily bet worse hands and then seat 6 can reraise all in (bad pairs, naked nut flush draw, etc...)
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Hero eventually gets ITM after nearly 2 levels of actually being in the bubble (maybe 20 hands).
Read: After the bubble burst, Hero noticed seat 4 3-bet and fold as UTG.
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Hero was PFR (raising broadway range in LP) and is called by BB.
Flop: AA7 two tone
Villain seemed to hesitate before checking to hero.
Hero: bets
Villain check raises about 3/4 pot.
Hero folds.
Analysis: Hero needs to be paying more attention to physical reads especially in live MTT. Hero could have easily made a delayed cbet with most of range, giving villain chance to reveal hand strength by acting first on turn.
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Hero dealt in SB: AKo
folds to seat 4
4: raises to 9k
folds to seat 8
8: calls
folds to hero
Hero: raises to 30k
4: reraises all in to 60k
8: thinks/folds
Hero: calls
8 - shows AKo
Board: TTJ32
Chopped pot
Analysis: Villain didn't seem like total nit, so I think this is fine as worse hands like AQ might be jamming here.
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blinds: 2000/4000/500
Hero dealt in BB: QQ
folds to CO
CO: limps
But: limps
SB: folds
Hero: raises to 14k
CO: folds
But: calls
Hero bets dry flop (like T33r?) and wins pot.
Analysis: Hero raised too small preflop. Hero could probably have made the raise to 20k and gotten same caller.
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Hero didn't c/r shove random late position PFR on 929 board. Hero wasn't sure why...
Hero's stack: 90k at 2500 5000 500
Hero dealt: AKo
(folds to SB)
SB: reraises AI for 40k (8bb)
Hero: calls
AK > T8.
136k at 2500 5000 500
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Hero lost some chips by raise/folding preflop.
Hero's stack at break: 100000 @ 3000/6000/1000
11 or 12 players remained on 2 tables.
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Just after the break: Seat 6 continued to be opening fairly regularly. Hero decided to take a stand.
Hero dealt: JTs
6: raises to 15k
Hero: raises all in for 99k
6: thinks for a little bit, then calls.
6: shows 88.
JTs > 88.
Hero flops a J (doesn't remember full board run out).
Analysis:
Hero's not sure if this is really a good hand (equity wise) to jam here. Hero's rarely behind, but not usually ahead either...
There was likely a good amount of fold equity though.
Eventually, final table bubble bursts and seats are redrawn for final table. The floor also gave us Best Bet Jacksonville T-shirts for making the final table (although they didn't have enough of the bigger sizes...)
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Final Table
1 ["Keith"] - tighter player who folded JJ face up
2 [Derek]
3 Hero
4 quiet, older man
5
6 guy who seemed to push for "getting bounty chips paid out for each player]
7 Guy with glasses who I briefly mentioned that I was 3b/fold (he 3 bet a ton)
8 younger guy in 20s-30s?
9 ?
10 maniac lady
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(against seat 1)
Blinds: 3k/6k/1k1's stack size:
Reads:
Seat 1 was player who had seen me play very tight early on as we played a couple hours together.
Hero: Dealt T8s
(folds to seat 1)
1 (HJ - 200k): raises to 18k
2: folds
3 (hero/Button - 200k): raises to 60k
other players fold
1: tanks for a while, then folds JJ face up
Seat 1 said he wouldn't know what to do on various flops (like low flops such as 752r)
I have been so nitty to guy as big blind against another guy. I got him to fold jj.
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Hero and seat 7 were 200k+ deep (35BB).
Hero was PFR in late position raising to 15k at 3k/6k/1k, but seat 7 3-bet me twice. First when villain was the SB; then 2nd time as CO.
Hero raise/folded J9s.
Hero flatted second time with KQs and c/f on T66 rainbow board.
Analysis: Maybe hero should have 4 bet. Maybe hero should have floated 2 streets...
Villain knew hero was likely competent and sometimes opening wide. Hero's very unsure of 3b/4b ranges and needs to review these spots.
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Hero was more active at final table, opening 3 pots in 12-13 hands at the final table.
Hero noticed seat 2 was opening wide.
Hero dealt on button: JJ
folds to seat 2
2: reraises all in
hero: raises all in
JJ > T9o
Hero's stack: 245k
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blinds: 4k/8k/1k
Seat 10 (lady) seemed to be kind of crazy and was opening a lot of pots in a couple orbits.
10's stack: ~170k
Hero's stack: 240k
Hero dealt in LP: A4s
10: raises to 24k
folds to hero
hero: raises to 55k
10: calls
(2 players - 122k)
Flop: J85 two tone (hero has nut flush draw)
10: bets all in (115k)
Hero: calls
10 shows: ATo
Turn/River: J8536 (2-flush, flush never completes.
Analysis:
Preflop: Hero thinks villain might raise/fold, but this was likely a mistake for live villain. Villain is raising fairly wide based on hero's perception of range, but this is a thin value raise.
Flop: Hero also doesn't have position and is forced to call it off with right price + possibly best hand sometimes.
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Hero's stack: 60k @ 4k/8k/1k
Hero dealt in SB: Q4s
folds to hero in SB
Hero: raises all in
BB: thinks for a while, then folds.
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A couple hands later:
Blinds: 5k/10k/1k
Hero dealt in MP: AJs
10: raises to 30k
Hero: reraises all in for 75k
10: calls
10: shows T9s (same flush draw)
Board: 9839A (no flush draw).
Hero out in 7th.
Analysis:
Preflop: With such wide villain preflop range, this is a shove for value.
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7/140 for $980.
6 bounties + got last 1 back when 7 handed = 7 bounties @ $100 = $700
Hero crippled two players to M less than 1 (3 bb) but no bounty.
Total: $1680
Stack mid-way through MTT
Overall Analysis: Hero felt that he played horribly and was making very bad decisions in 10-30 BB poker. Hero's adding "pushbot poker" to the eventual to do list hopefully soon.
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