I had a bunch of interesting hands from my final table run in the FTP $100 rebuy 6-max last night. Over the next few days, I’m going to post them here along with my analysis. Skipping the not-very-interesting rebuy period, here’s Part 1.
I was only in for $309, but I came out of the rebuy period with barely more than the chips I paid for. I chipped up mostly through winning a few key coin flips. Here’s the first really interesting hand I played:
Tough TTs
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 120/240 Blinds, 25 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: 17,448
BTN: 11,954
Hero (SB): 20,373
BB: 8,109
UTG: 3,146
MP: 20,820
Pre-Flop: (510) T
T
dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG folds, MP raises to 720, CO raises to 1,995, BTN folds, Hero raises to 3,777, 2 folds, CO calls 1,782
Flop: (8,664) Q
8 7 (2 Players)
Hero bets 5,571, CO folds
Results: 8,664 Pot
Hero mucked T T and WON 8,664 (+4,862 NET)
The first two players in the pot are both very aggressive, and my TT figures to be ahead. I don’t want to commit my whole stack, but I do want to get it heads up or win it immediately. I’m folding to a flop shove.
Bink
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 120/240 Blinds, 25 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: 24,928
BTN: 3,065
SB: 20,761
Hero (BB): 27,765
UTG: 18,117
MP: 9,380
Pre-Flop: (510) Q K dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to 660, 4 folds, Hero calls 420
Flop: (1,590) J 9
7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG bets 950, Hero calls 950
Turn: (3,490) 5 (2 Players)
Hero bets 2,130, UTG calls 2,130
River: (7,750) T (2 Players)
Hero bets 5,000, UTG calls 5,000
Results: 17,750 Pot
Hero showed Q K (a straight, King high) and WON 17,750 (+8,985 NET)
UTG mucked A J (a pair of Jacks) and LOST (-8,765 NET)
Stole some blinds, folded to a few resteals, then snapped one off with AA.
They Never Believe Me
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 250/500 Blinds, 50 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
UTG: 25,417
MP: 14,223
CO: 18,396
Hero (BTN): 50,745
SB: 11,880
BB: 18,871
Pre-Flop: (1,050) 9 T dealt to Hero (BTN)
3 folds, Hero raises to 1,195, SB calls 945, BB calls 695
Flop: (3,885) 9 6 9 (3 Players)
SB bets 2,255, BB folds, Hero raises to 49,500 and is All-In, SB calls 8,380 and is All-In
Turn: (25,155) 7 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
River: (25,155) 2 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
Results: 25,155 Pot
Hero showed 9 T (three of a kind, Nines) and WON 25,155 (+13,275 NET)
SB showed 8 8 (two pair, Nines and Eights) and LOST (-11,880 NET)
Set Over Set
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 300/600 Blinds, 75 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
MP: 25,242
CO: 11,098
BTN: 20,671
Hero (SB): 61,175
BB: 30,547
UTG: 13,621
Pre-Flop: (1,350) 8 8 dealt to Hero (SB)
UTG raises to 1,200, 2 folds, BTN calls 1,200, Hero calls 900, BB calls 600
Flop: (5,250) 4 8 7 (4 Players)
Hero bets 3,400, BB calls 3,400, 2 folds
Turn: (12,050) Q (2 Players)
Hero bets 9,000, BB raises to 25,872 and is All-In, Hero calls 16,872
River: (63,794) 6 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
Results: 63,794 Pot
Hero showed 8 8 (three of a kind, Eights) and WON 63,794 (+33,247 NET)
BB showed 4 4 (three of a kind, Fours) and LOST (-30,547 NET)
Dumb
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 400/800 Blinds, 100 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
BB: 20,442
UTG: 13,897
MP: 16,071
Hero (CO): 92,800
BTN: 41,697
SB: 23,442
Pre-Flop: (1,800) 8 A dealt to Hero (CO)
2 folds, Hero raises to 2,200, BTN calls 2,200, 2 folds
Flop: (6,200) 5 T 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
Turn: (6,200) T (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (6,200) 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets 3,000, BTN raises to 8,800, Hero calls 5,800
Results: 23,800 Pot
Hero mucked 8 A 8 A (two pair, Tens and Eights) and LOST (-11,100 NET)
BTN showed Q K (a flush, King high) and WON 23,800 (+12,700 NET)
I really just couldn’t see him checking a flush draw twice. I was hoping he was just doing something spazzy, but really this is a bad call.
After a few orbits of stealing, some successful and some not, my 53s held against a short stack’s AT to give me some chips. Then I got KK and despite an A flopping I held in a 3-way pot (one player was all in, and we checked it down).
Failed Slowplay
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 500/1,000 Blinds, 125 Ante, 5 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
BTN: 62,147
SB: 27,742
Hero (BB): 104,371
UTG: 50,297
CO: 44,445
Pre-Flop: (2,125) 9 T dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to 3,000, 3 folds, Hero calls 2,000
Flop: (7,125) T T 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG bets 7,125, Hero calls 7,125
Turn: (21,375) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks
River: (21,375) 2 (2 Players)
Hero checks, UTG checks
Results: 21,375 Pot
Hero showed 9 T (a full house, Tens full of Twos) and WON 21,375 (+11,125 NET)
UTG showed 3 6 (two pair, Tens and Sixes) and LOST (-10,250 NET)
I played this pretty weird, but I really didn’t think he had anything at all. I can value-bet non-heart rivers, but here I didn’t think he’d call with many made hands anyway, so i thought my best bet would be to induce a bluff. Hard to say whether he would have gone further with this hand.
Misclick
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 500/1,000 Blinds, 125 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: 29,344
BTN: 53,122
SB: 23,492
Hero (BB): 112,133
UTG: 18,272
MP: 79,245
Pre-Flop: (2,250) 7 8 dealt to Hero (BB)
3 folds, BTN raises to 2,800, SB folds, Hero calls 1,800
Flop: (6,850) 8 3 5 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN bets 4,000, Hero raises to 8,000, BTN calls 4,000
Turn: (22,850) Q (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: (22,850) 6 (2 Players)
Hero checks, BTN checks
Results: 22,850 Pot
BTN mucked 8 T (a pair of Eights) and LOST (-10,925 NET)
Hero showed 7 8 (a flush, Queen high) and WON 22,850 (+11,925 NET)
I meant to raise more on the flop. With top pair and a club, I’m willing to get the money in. Two hands later I busted FU_15:
Drilled It
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 500/1,000 Blinds, 125 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
UTG: 29,094
MP: 42,072
CO: 24,992
Hero (BTN): 123,433
SB: 17,022
BB: 78,995
Pre-Flop: (2,250) K Q dealt to Hero (BTN)
UTG raises to 2,488, 2 folds, Hero calls 2,488, 2 folds
Flop: (7,226) 2 5 7 (2 Players)
UTG bets 4,678, Hero calls 4,678
Turn: (16,582) 2 (2 Players)
UTG bets 21,803 and is All-In, Hero calls 21,803
River: (60,188) 8 (2 Players – 1 is All-In)
Results: 60,188 Pot
UTG showed T T (two pair, Tens and Twos) and LOST (-29,094 NET)
Hero showed K Q (a flush, King high) and WON 60,188 (+31,094 NET)
LOL Information Raise
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 600/1,200 Blinds, 150 Ante, 6 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
MP: 65,961
CO: 50,314
BTN: 67,240
SB: 26,883
Hero (BB): 139,000
UTG: 93,525
Pre-Flop: (2,700) K J dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG raises to 3,000, MP calls 3,000, 3 folds, Hero raises to 12,700, UTG calls 9,700, MP folds
Flop: (29,900) 6 6 8 (2 Players)
Hero bets 16,150, UTG raises to 35,000, Hero raises to 126,150 and is All-In, UTG folds
Results: 99,900 Pot
Hero mucked K J and WON 99,900 (+52,050 NET)
He claimed he folded TT. Obviously I’m in decent shape against his range, and I’m not doing this with air, but I really did think this was an information raise and that he was going to fold to a raise. Works for me.
At this point, I had a really dominating stack, top 5% for sure. It was time to start pushing people around. Tune in tomorrow for Part 2….
Nice overbet for value on the T9 hand.
Nice hands…it’s hard to choose a favorite.