As I’ve said many times before, my preference in Stud tournaments is not to build big pots on 3rd street. That’s generally a high-variance, low-edge strategy, and it makes otherwise large mistakes on future streets much less severe. Unfortunately, people were being stupidly aggressive on 3rd, seemingly raising at every opportunity with any three low cards, so there wasn’t much that could be done to avoid it. As usually happens in Razz, I wasn’t catching well on later streets but was generally priced in for slim call downs because of how many bets had already gone into the pot:
Tournament – Razz (40/80), Ante 7, Bring-In 10
Foucault (Seat 1): 3,903
cardsharkk (Seat 2): 3,588
dinho_style (Seat 3): 3,912
AK_47_JAZZ (Seat 4): 4,005
Kristy Gazes (Seat 5): 4,479
OnlyPlayRagz (Seat 6): 5,628
Jawarhalo (Seat 7): 3,613
NastyBeet (Seat 8): 2,872
3rd Street – (1.40 SB)
Foucault: 3
4 A___completes___raises
cardsharkk: xx xx T___folds
dinho_style: xx xx J___folds
AK_47_JAZZ: xx xx A___raises___calls
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 9___folds
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 4___calls___calls
Jawarhalo: xx xx 3___folds
NastyBeet: xx xx J___brings-in___folds
4th Street – (10.65 SB)
Foucault: 3 4 A J___calls___calls___calls
AK_47_JAZZ: xx xx A 8___raises___raises
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 4 2___bets___raises___calls
5th Street – (11.33 BB)
Foucault: 3 4 A J T___calls
AK_47_JAZZ: xx xx A 8 2___bets
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 4 2 K___calls
6th Street – (14.33 BB)
Foucault: 3 4 A J T 2___checks___calls
AK_47_ 8 2 K___checks___calls
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 4 2 K 6___bets
River – (17.33 BB)
Foucault: 3 4 A J T 2 8___checks
AK_47_JAZZ: xx xx A 8 2 K xx___checks
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 4 2 K 6 xx___checks
Total pot: (17.33 BB – 1,386)
Results:
Total pot 1,386 | Rake 0
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Foucault mucked [8c 4c Ah Jc Th 2c 3s] – 8,4,3,2,A
AK_47_JAZZ: [8h 7s As 8s 2h Kc 4d] – 8,7,4,2,A
OnlyPlayRagz showed [Qc 7h 4h 2d Kh 6d Ac] and won (1,386) with 7,6,4,2,A
This one is kind of interesting from AK’s perspective, in terms of whether he should jam the pot with four to an 8 on fourth against a deuce-four and my brick. I ran some simulations using Pro Poker Tools. With the generous assumptions that I could have any two non-paired hole cards 7 or worse (since I was re-raising third) and OPR any two non-paired hole cards 8 or worse, AK has 37% equity in the pot, a small edge but enough to push. If we give OPR better than an 8, AK has 32% equity, so he isn’t losing much on the jam. Improving my hand to three to a 6 actually diminishes his equity by less than 1%, so I suppose this is a thin but defensible jam on his part. It sucks that I got jammed in, but I didn’t expect it when I called the first bet, and after that I think I was priced in with a very smooth draw.
Tournament – Razz (100/200), Ante 15, Bring-In 30
Foucault (Seat 1): 3,884
cardsharkk (Seat 2): 1,688
dinho_style (Seat 3): 5,297
east33pro (Seat 4): 3,266
Kristy Gazes (Seat 5): 3,794
OnlyPlayRagz (Seat 6): 10,104
Jawarhalo (Seat 7): 1,838
NastyBeet (Seat 8): 6,205
3rd Street – (1.20 SB)
Foucault: A 6 5___calls
cardsharkk: xx xx T___folds
dinho_style: xx xx J___folds
east33pro: xx xx J___brings-in___folds
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6___completes
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 9___folds
Jawarhalo: xx xx 3___folds
NastyBeet: xx xx 4___folds
4th Street – (3.50 SB)
Foucault: A 6 5 8___bets
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6 6___calls
5th Street – (2.75 BB)
Foucault: A 6 5 8 T___bets
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6 6 A___calls
6th Street – (4.75 BB)
Foucault: A 6 5 8 T 7___bets___calls
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6 6 A 8___raises
River – (8.75 BB)
Foucault: A 6 5 8 T 7 J___checks
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6 6 A 8 xx___checks
Total pot: (8.75 BB – 1,750)
Results:
Total pot 1,750 | Rake 0
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Foucault mucked [Jc 6h 5c 8h Td 7s Ah] – 8,7,6,5,A
Kristy Gazes showed [7d 7c 6s 6c Ac 8c 4c] and won (1,750) with 8,7,6,4,A
Kristy was the “host” of this tournament, though I’m not sure what that really entailed- she wasn’t talking much in chat or fielding questions from observers or anything. She also wasn’t playing particularly well, though this is a good raise on 6th and a bad bet on my part.
Tournament – Razz (150/300), Ante 25, Bring-In 50
Foucault (Seat 1): 3,714
cardsharkk (Seat 2): 946
dinho_style (Seat 3): 6,407
east33pro (Seat 4): 1,406
Kristy Gazes (Seat 5): 6,619
OnlyPlayRagz (Seat 6): 13,754
icudonk (Seat 7): 2,590
NastyBeet (Seat 8): 4,253
3rd Street – (1.33 SB)
Foucault: 2 3 5___raises___calls
cardsharkk: xx xx 9___brings-in___folds
dinho_style: xx xx 3___folds
east33pro: xx xx 7___folds
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 6___folds
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 8___folds
icudonk: xx xx 5___completes___raises
NastyBeet: xx xx A___raises___calls
4th Street – (13.67 SB)
Foucault: 2 3 5 T___calls
icudonk: xx xx 5 8___bets
NastyBeet: xx xx A Q___calls
5th Street – (8.33 BB)
Foucault: 2 3 5 T A___bets
icudonk: xx xx 5 8 Q___calls
NastyBeet: xx xx A Q A___folds
6th Street – (10.33 BB)
Foucault: 2 3 5 T A K___bets
icudonk: xx xx 5 8 Q T___checks___calls
River – (12.33 BB)
Foucault: 2 3 5 T A K 2___calls
icudonk: xx xx 5 8 Q T xx___bets
Total pot: (14.33 BB – 4,300)
Results:
Total pot 4,300 | Rake 0
Foucault mucked [3s 2h 5h Ts Ah Kc 2c] – T,5,3,2,A
icudonk showed [6c 3d 5d 8d Qh Tc As] and won (4,300) with 8,6,5,3,A
I really wanted to fold when he bet into me on seventh. It was so clear he’d gotten there. But by that point, I was getting better than 13:1 on a call.
Tournament – Razz (200/400), Ante 30, Bring-In 50
Foucault (Seat 1): 1,509
cardsharkk (Seat 2): 1,642
dinho_style (Seat 3): 4,471
east33pro (Seat 4): 3,131
Kristy Gazes (Seat 5): 6,074
OnlyPlayRagz (Seat 6): 13,789
icudonk (Seat 7): 5,975
NastyBeet (Seat 8): 3,098
3rd Street – (1.20 SB)
Foucault: 3 6 4___completes___raises
cardsharkk: xx xx 5___folds
dinho_style: xx xx 5___folds
east33pro: xx xx 6___raises___calls
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 5___raises___calls
OnlyPlayRagz: xx xx 9___brings-in___folds
icudonk: xx xx 4___folds
NastyBeet: xx xx 7___folds
4th Street – (13.45 SB)
Foucault: 3 6 4 T___raises___raises to 679 (all-in)
east33pro: xx xx 6 3___bets___raises___calls
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 5 Q___calls___calls___calls
5th Street – (12.82 BB)
Foucault: 3 6 4 T 2___all-in
east33pro: xx xx 6 3 T___bets
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 5 Q 9___calls
6th Street – (14.82 BB)
Foucault: 3 6 4 T 2 K___all-in
east33pro: xx xx 6 3 T 7___bets
Kristy Gazes: xx xx 5 Q 9 J___folds
River – (14.82 BB)
Foucault: 3 6 4 T 2 K J___all-in
east33pro: xx xx 6 3 T 7 xx
Total pot: (14.82 BB – 5,927)
Results:
Total pot 5,527 Main pot 4,727. Side pot 800. | Rake 0
Foucault showed [3c 6d 4d Ts 2d Ks Jd] and lost with T,6,4,3,2
east33pro showed [Ah 7c 6h 3d Tc 7s 8h] and won (5,527) with 8,7,6,3,A
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