The ninth Full Tilt Online Poker Series commenced on Wednesday with a $200 NLHE freezeout. I lasted only about two hours, and this was the closest thing to an interesting hand I could find:
Full Tilt Poker, NL Hold’em Tournament, 100/200 Blinds, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
MP2: 4,730
CO: 2,095
BTN: 8,050
SB: 7,455
Hero (BB): 4,250
UTG: 2,160
UTG+1: 3,360
UTG+2: 3,610
MP1: 2,150
Pre-Flop: (300) K
Q
dealt to Hero (BB)
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls 200, 4 folds, BTN calls 200, SB calls 100, Hero checks
Flop: (800) 2 7 Q
(4 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, BTN checks
Turn: (800) 6 (4 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets 550, UTG+1 raises to 1,600, 3 folds
Results: 1,900 Pot
UTG+1 mucked and WON 1,900 (+1,150 NET)
I think this is pretty close, and I’m not sure I made the right decision. I probably would have called a shove, but Villain left himself about 1600 behind, which I think he’s way less likely to do with a hand that he doesn’t think is best. I was also pretty sure he would have bet top pair on the flop, and I thought it showed strength that he waited until the turn to show aggression.
I also made two tight folds in the Stars weekly $320, but I don’t think either of these is all that close:
PokerStars No-Limit Hold’em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (8 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: HTML)
Button (t3000)
Hero (t3000)
BB (t3000)
UTG (t3000)
UTG+1 (t3000)
MP1 (t3000)
MP2 (t3000)
CO (t3000)
Preflop: Hero is SB with Qh, Qs.
5 folds, Button raises to t60, SB raises to t200, BB calls t180, Button folds.
Flop: (t460) 2d, 7s, 2h (2 players)
Hero checks, BB bets t240, Hero calls t240.
Turn: (t940) 6s (2 players)
Hero checks, BB checks.
River: (t940) 3s (2 players)
SB bets t660, BB raises to t2560, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t2260
Results in white below:
BB doesn’t show.
Outcome: BB wins t2260.
This isn’t really a tough fold, but I’m not sure I played the hand well earlier. Villain was pretty good, and I pretty much turned my hand face up. But knowing that, I can comfortably fold here, because I don’t think he would try to bluff me off an overpair. I’m not sure what else I can do, maybe bet the flop? I think he just had a bigger overpair and I was destined to lose some money.
Poker Stars, $300 + $20 NL Hold’em Tournament, 15/30 Blinds, 9 Players
LeggoPoker.com – Hand History Converter
CO: 1,945
Hero (BTN): 1,800
SB: 3,440
BB: 9,735
UTG: 1,450
UTG+1: 2,775
UTG+2: 2,970
MP1: 5,650
MP2: 3,095
Pre-Flop: (45) K Q dealt to Hero (BTN)
5 folds, CO raises to 90, Hero calls 90, SB calls 75, BB folds
Flop: (300) J
5 Q (3 Players)
SB checks, CO bets 240, Hero calls 240, SB folds
Turn: (780) J (2 Players)
CO checks, Hero checks
River: (780) J (2 Players)
CO bets 1,615 and is All-In, Hero folds
Results: 780 Pot
CO mucked and WON 780 (+450 NET)
I nearly folded the flop here. When he bets big into two players on this flop, I think he usually has AQ+. It’s an easy fold to an overbet shove on the river.
Needless to say, I didn’t end up doing well in either of these tournaments. I’m playing FTOPS Event 4, which is a $300 1 rebuy/1 add-on, as I write this. Can’t say I’m of to a good start, though: forty minutes in, and I’m down to 1300 chips (at 25/50) from the starting 4000 (because I rebought).