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Andrew’s friend Miklos is on the show this week to talk about the Hungarian poker scene, his recent deep run in a Super Knock Out tournament, and strategy adjustments more generally for tournaments with large bounties. This episode is extra-heavy on strategy, so you might find it helpful to reference the hand histories below as you listen.
Hand #1
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t20/t40 Blinds – 9 players
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SB: t5575 139.38 BBs
BB: t1578 39.45 BBs
Hero (UTG): t16441 411.02 BBs
UTG+1: t7259 181.47 BBs
UTG+2: t15340 383.50 BBs
MP1: t6600 165 BBs
MP2: t5446 136.15 BBs
CO: t18489 462.23 BBs
BTN: t5802 145.05 BBs
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is UTG with 5
5
Hero raises to t120, UTG+1 calls t120, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t400, 4 folds, Hero calls t280, UTG+1 calls t280
Flop: (t1260) T 5
7
(3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP2 bets t590, Hero calls t590, UTG+1 raises to t1360, MP2 folds, Hero calls t770
Turn: (t4570) A (2 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks
River: (t4570) 8 (2 players)
Hero bets t6000, UTG+1 folds
Final Pot: t4570
Hero mucks 5 5
Hero wins t4570
Hand #2
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t20/t40 Blinds – 9 players
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MP1: t5795 144.88 BBs
MP2: t1578 39.45 BBs
Hero (CO): t20511 512.77 BBs
BTN: t5219 130.47 BBs
SB: t16320 408 BBs
BB: t7500 187.50 BBs
UTG: t4696 117.40 BBs
UTG+1: t18549 463.73 BBs
UTG+2: t4342 108.55 BBs
Pre Flop: (t60) Hero is CO with Q 3
4 folds, MP2 raises to t100, Hero calls t100, BTN calls t100, SB calls t80, BB calls t60
Flop: (t500) 6 4 6 (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets t200, BTN raises to t640, SB raises to t1160, BB folds, MP2 folds, Hero folds, BTN calls t520
Turn: (t3020) Q (2 players)
SB bets t1180, BTN calls t1180
River: (t5380) 3 (2 players)
SB checks, BTN bets t2779 all in, SB calls t2779
Final Pot: t10938
BTN shows 6 5 (three of a kind, Sixes)
SB shows 6 5 (three of a kind, Sixes)
SB wins t5469
BTN wins t5469
Hand #3
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t100/t200 Blinds + t25 – 9 players
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UTG+2: t17401 M = 33.14
MP1: t11618 M = 22.13
Hero (MP2): t25162 M = 47.93
CO: t8496 M = 16.18
BTN: t5456 M = 10.39
SB: t7750 M = 14.76
BB: t8236 M = 15.69
UTG: t29060 M = 55.35
UTG+1: t6132 M = 11.68
Pre Flop: (t525) Hero is MP2 with 6 6
4 folds, Hero raises to t400, CO raises to t1200, 3 folds, Hero raises to t20000, 1 fold
Final Pot: t2925
Hero mucks 6 6
Hero wins t2925
Hand #4
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t400/t800 Blinds + t100 – 9 players
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UTG+2: t20487 M = 9.76
MP1: t11789 M = 5.61
MP2: t17468 M = 8.32
Hero (CO): t74422 M = 35.44
BTN: t32415 M = 15.44
SB: t23745 M = 11.31
BB: t10744 M = 5.12
UTG: t8806 M = 4.19
UTG+1: t48259 M = 22.98
Pre Flop: (t2100) Hero is CO with 5 5
4 folds, MP2 raises to t17368 all in, Hero raises to t33936, 3 folds
Flop: (t36836) 7 4 A (2 players – 1 is all in)
Turn: (t36836) 8 (2 players – 1 is all in)
River: (t36836) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: t36836
MP2 shows 9 9 (a pair of Nines)
Hero shows 5 5 (three of a kind, Fives)
Hero wins t36836
Hand #5
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t400/t800 Blinds + t100 – 9 players
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BTN: t20599 M = 9.81
SB: t996 M = 0.47
BB: t70380 M = 33.51
Hero (UTG): t103535 M = 49.30
UTG+1: t20985 M = 9.99
UTG+2: t22807 M = 10.86
MP1: t66867 M = 31.84
MP2: t46364 M = 22.08
CO: t44447 M = 21.17
Pre Flop: (t2100) Hero is UTG with J K
Hero raises to t1600, UTG+1 raises to t4400, 5 folds, SB calls t496 all in, 1 fold, Hero raises to t72000, UTG+1 calls t16485 all in
Flop: (t44366) 8 6 J (3 players – 2 are all in)
Turn: (t44366) J (3 players – 2 are all in)
River: (t44366) 9 (3 players – 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t44366
SB shows A T (a pair of Jacks)
Hero shows J K (three of a kind, Jacks)
UTG+1 shows Q A (a pair of Jacks)
Hero wins t39978
Hero wins t4388
Hand #6
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t1500/t3000 Blinds + t375 – 8 players
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BTN: t120640 M = 16.09
SB: t102029 M = 13.60
BB: t117911 M = 15.72
UTG: t57771 M = 7.70
Hero (UTG+1): t793623 M = 105.82
MP1: t346989 M = 46.27
MP2: t57621 M = 7.68
CO: t99406 M = 13.25
Pre Flop: (t7500) Hero is UTG+1 with A 2
1 fold, Hero raises to t6000, 3 folds, BTN raises to t16288, 3 folds
Final Pot: t19500
BTN wins t19500
Hand #7
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t4000/t8000 Blinds + t1000 – 8 players
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MP2: t312631 M = 15.63
CO: t676959 M = 33.85
BTN: t71723 M = 3.59
SB: t197500 M = 9.88
Hero (BB): t1063641 M = 53.18
UTG: t203888 M = 10.19
UTG+1: t40905 M = 2.05
MP1: t593253 M = 29.66
Pre Flop: (t20000) Hero is BB with T Q
4 folds, CO raises to t16000, BTN raises to t70723 all in, 1 fold, Hero raises to t128000, CO calls t112000
Flop: (t338723) 3 J Q (3 players – 1 is all in)
Hero bets t136000, CO folds
Turn: (t338723) 2 (2 players – 1 is all in)
River: (t338723) 5 (2 players – 1 is all in)
Final Pot: t338723
BTN shows A 7 (high card Ace)
Hero shows T Q (a pair of Queens)
Hero wins t114554
Hero wins t224169
Hand #8
Poker Stars $337.50+$337.50+$25.00 No Limit Hold’em Tournament – t300/t600 Blinds + t70 – 9 players
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MP1: t23274 M = 15.21
MP2: t11486 M = 7.51
CO: t21716 M = 14.19
Hero (BTN): t35481 M = 23.19
SB: t6515 M = 4.26
BB: t15605 M = 10.20
UTG: t31174 M = 20.38
UTG+1: t35119 M = 22.95
UTG+2: t32601 M = 21.31
Pre Flop: (t1530) Hero is BTN with 8 8
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t1200, 4 folds, Hero raises to t3333, 2 folds, UTG+1 raises to t7895, Hero raises to t35411 all in, UTG+1 calls t27154 all in
Flop: (t71628) 9 Q T (2 players – 2 are all in)
Turn: (t71628) Q (2 players – 2 are all in)
River: (t71628) 4 (2 players – 2 are all in)
Final Pot: t71628
Hero shows 8 8 (two pair, Queens and Eights)
UTG+1 shows A Q (three of a kind, Queens)
UTG+1 wins t71628
Congratulations on being nominated for Bluff.com best podcast of the year, Andrew Brokos and Nate Mavis!
Yeah, congrats indeed – well deserved!
Andrew, I liked your use of a feminine pronoun at one point to describe one of the anonymous villains in one of the hands – seems like the sort of simple but inclusive thing that should be done more widely.
Yes, I’ve just been urging Gareth on twitter to do something like this rather than using the hated singular “they” in his otherwise-unprecedentedly-good blog posts at the full tilt blog.
I prefer using they because I don’t appear to presume some player’s gender (corporate blog and all that) and I also don’t have to keep track of my distribution of gendered pronouns and worry about balance.
I don’t have a problem with they though. Mr Dumpling on the other hand, you would think they were put onto the bed of procrustes every time they were forced to read a piece laden with they. The they they inveigh, they know not to what they refer. Please forgive them!
I also think the idea that one is being inclusive by using a pronoun of a particular gender (in other words, that those who do not are being exclusionary vicars of the oppressor) is pretty contrived and usually contrived by people who think the front line of human rights struggle can be found in first world undergraduate student government and not in the refugee camps of Darfur. No offense or offense, as you please!
Whoah there, Gareth – please don’t put my words into “other words” when those other words don’t mean the same as my original words!
Just because I think that occasionally dropping in the feminine pronoun is a nice (and inclusive) thing to do from time to time it doesn’t remotely follow that I think those who don’t are “oppressors”. I generally use masculine pronouns myself, as it happens, and I’m definitely not a vicar, and I’d like to think I’m not an oppressor. But I think that dropping in feminine pronouns from time to time when describing an anonymous online poker player has at least some chance of making female poker players feel more welcome and less excluded, and as it is an incredibly simple and cost-free thing to do it’s therefore worth doing. I’m not sure what the contrivance is.
And how you go from there to “the front line of the human rights struggle” and the refugee camps of Darfur is something I’m still kind of scratching my head about. I’m re-reading my post and I can see the (intended) implication that using the odd feminine pronoun is a nice thing to do, but I don’t see any implication that I think it’s the most pressing political issue of our time, or anything close to it. No offense taken, you’ll doubtless be pleased to hear, but a fair bit of bewilderment.
Chris, I took Gareth’s strongest admonitions to be directed toward Mobius, not you or your comment. Seems like they have a little history on this pronoun issue.
As an engineer, I am stereotypically bad at grammar. Buy my approach for describing persons of unknown gender would be to default to what is most likely to be correct. Describing ballet, I’d use femaie. Describing poker, I’d use male. I’d usually be correct, but occaisionally wrong.
You have a good sentiment, to support small ways to make femails more confortable in the game. But, if there are females out there wanting to get involved in poker, but who hold back due to our presumption of male pronouns, well, dat shit crazy and I feel no need to oblige them.
Its hyperbole Chris.
Just like I don’t actually think Mr Dumpling would choose the bed of procrustes over reading another they…maybe that’s a bad example
Yeah, I got that you were doing hyperbole. It’s just that, as applied to my comment, it seemed to be an exaggerated version of something I didn’t actually say, and which doesn’t remotely approximate to anything I actually think, and thus didn’t really do the rhetorical work that hyperbole is supposed to do. There were some rather unfair and uncharitable assumptions there, I’d say.