What is it with me losing three-way pre-flop all ins with Aces on the bubble of the final table of big Full Tilt tournaments? This is with 20 people left in the $300 6-max Saturday tournament.
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 1000/2000 Blinds 250 Ante (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP (t85806)
Button (t128054)
SB (t45228)
BB (t72671)
Hero (UTG) (t120318)
Hero’s M: 28.31
Preflop: Hero is UTG with A
, A
Hero bets t4888, MP calls t4888, 1 fold, SB raises to t44978 (All-In), 1 fold, Hero raises to t85068, MP raises to t85556 (All-In), Hero calls t488
Flop: (t219340) Q
, 6, K (3 players, 2 all-in)
Turn: (t219340) 4 (3 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t219340) 8 (3 players, 2 all-in)
Total pot: t219340
Results:
SB had J, Q (flush, King high).
Hero had A, A (one pair, Aces).
MP had Q, Q
(three of a kind, Queens).
Outcome: SB won t138184, MP won t81156
But with some skillful play…
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 500 Ante (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Button (t120360)
SB (t212041)
BB (t130758)
UTG (t221896)
Hero (MP) (t149764)
Hero’s M: 17.62
Preflop: Hero is MP with Q, K
UTG bets t9440, Hero calls t9440, 3 folds
Flop: (t27380) 6, Q, 4 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero checks
Turn: (t27380) 3 (2 players)
UTG bets t16660, Hero raises to t33333, UTG calls t16673
River: (t94046) 9 (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t106491 (All-In), UTG calls t106491
Total pot: t307028
Results:
UTG had 9, A (one pair, nines).
Hero had Q, K (one pair, Queens).
Outcome: Hero won t307028
…and a little luck:
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 2000/4000 Blinds 500 Ante (5 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
UTG (t160688)
MP (t209041)
Button (t116524)
SB (t62398)
Hero (BB) (t286168)
Hero’s M: 33.67
Preflop: Hero is BB with J, 2
1 fold, MP bets t8875, 2 folds, Hero calls t4875
Flop: (t22250) J, 8, 8 (2 players)
Hero bets t7777, MP raises to t23575, Hero raises to t39373, MP raises to t199666 (All-In), Hero calls t160293
Turn: (t421582) 2 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t421582) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t421582
Results:
Hero had J, 2 (two pair, Jacks and eights).
MP had 4, A (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Hero won t421582
I can still win one of these things!
Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 8000/16000 Blinds 2000 Ante (2 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (BB) (t1554346)
SB (t215654)
Hero’s M: 55.51
Preflop: Hero is BB with 6, A
SB bets t213654 (All-In), Hero calls t197654
Flop: (t431308) 7, A, 4 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Turn: (t431308) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)
River: (t431308) 7 (2 players, 1 all-in)
Total pot: t431308
Results:
SB had 9, Q (one pair, sevens).
Hero had 6, A (two pair, Aces and sevens).
Outcome: Hero won t431308
Video of final table forthcoming on Poker Savvy Plus.
Congrats!
The feeling of crushing a final table and taking 1st is far greater than anything you can achieve playing ring games. Nice work.
Congratz!
I agree with that one Todd. Shipppppppppppppppppppp it!
Can you explain the J-2s hand?
I’d like to know your thinking on the small re-raise on the flop to t39373 and what hand you put villain on.
It just seems way to risky to call for essentially your tourney life in that spot.
It’s a good question, and one that I spend a lot of time talking about on the video. Basically, the problem I’m dealing with is that I have a very strong hand relative to my range, but being out of position and without the initiative, I’m going to have a hard time getting worse hands to payoff.
My intention was to keep my range as wide as possible. If I check-call, or bet-call for that matter, I think I’m going to freeze him up. He’ll probably stop bluffing and just take a freeroll on me with whatever outs he may have. Three-betting the flop is the bluffiest way I can think of to keep putting money in the pot. My intention was to induce a bluff.
What I was really expecting was either a small 4-bet or a light call. When he shoved, I actually had to think for a few seconds, even though my intention originally was to induce a bluff. I decided there were enough flush draws and maybe even random bluffs in his range to warrant a call.