Played so well early. Small-ball style, hit some flops, got paid. Ace high straight. Two pair. Then it all vanished like a wisp of smoke in seconds:
Raised KJs up against the small stack, he shoved. I had 3-1 odds and called. He hit two pair on the river with Q9.
Then in a BvsB battle, hit middle pair and called 3 minbets. Villain had bottom pair that tripped up on the turn.
Two hands later, QQ, raise, get reraised by Q9 from before, I call. He has KK. Gone. In an instant.
Lots of good work vanished on the bubble.
That started the cycle back down the drain of total suck. In tourney #2, I tried my study partner's method of limping with AK early instead of raising. The board came king high with no draws, and I got stacked by a set of fours. I can't decide if a preflop raise would have got the fours out or not. I probably get stacked either way. Just another cold-deck for me.
In tourney #3, I get caught shoving AT by AQ, but hit a 6TT flop. I'm 98% to win - all I have to do is avoid runner-runner queens.
Turn is a queen.
Like my favorite video, I think to myself "don't even fucking think about it".
River - queen.
I guess the best preflop hand won.
7 months ago
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I'm curious about limping with AK? Do you mean early in the tournament or from early position? Sounds like you'd get in some pretty ugly spot post flop doing this.
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Both early in tourney AND in early position. The idea is that if opponent isn't going to fold anyway (bad players), then why build up the pot with a "drawing hand"?
Note this is strictly "SNG" strategy - in a cash game, you put the money in the pot with the best hand, plain and simple. But in a tourney, chips are so precious early, that the concept here is caution.
A final note - even though I understand all this, I'm not convinced it is the correct way to go.
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