FTOPS Event 18: $300 Rebuy NLHE 6-Max

Like the $100 rebuy, this one ran with an overlay. I was only in for $900, so I had like $240 in overlay.

It went down basically the way I expected it to: got some fish to clown off their stacks to me early, then had to play poker with decent players. Two of my tables had at least one high-stakes cash player on my left who is definitively better than I am, which sucks especially in a 6-max format.

This one is vs. Shannon Shorr, it actually got me to post a hand on 2+2 for the first time on months:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 170/340 Blinds 25 Ante (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

MP (t16747)

CO (t21129)

Button (t11791)

Hero (SB) (t28986)

BB (t20843)

UTG (t6894)

Hero’s M: 43.92

Preflop: Hero is SB with 10, 10

1 fold, MP bets t810, 2 folds, Hero calls t640, 1 fold

Flop: (t2110) 9, 5, 4 (2 players)

Hero checks, MP checks

Turn: (t2110) 2 (2 players)

Hero bets t1356, MP calls t1356

River: (t4822) 6 (2 players)

Hero bets t3333, MP raises to t14556 (All-In), Hero folds

Total pot: t11488

Results:

MP didn’t show

Outcome: MP won t11488

This is the hand where I busted, Villain was one of those cash game players I was whining about. I don’t really mind how it went down, I’d been crazy active, and AQ is one of the best hands to shove over a flop raise:

Full Tilt No-Limit Hold’em Tournament, 300/600 Blinds 75 Ante (6 handed) – Full-Tilt Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com

Button (t39703)
SB (t20693)
BB (t63171)
UTG (t57790)
MP (t36017)
Hero (CO) (t22250)

Hero’s M: 16.48

Preflop: Hero is CO with A, Q
2 folds, Hero bets t1333, Button calls t1333, 2 folds

Flop: (t4016) 3, 6, 3 (2 players)

Hero bets t2222, Button raises to t5760, Hero raises to t20842 (All-In), Button calls t15082

Turn: (t45700) 8 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t45700) J (2 players, 1 all-in)

Total pot: t45700

Results:

Button had 9, 9 (two pair, nines and threes).

Hero had A, Q (one pair, threes).

Outcome: Button won t45700

5 thoughts on “FTOPS Event 18: $300 Rebuy NLHE 6-Max”

  1. Hand 1: Do you really think betting the river is the best line with the overpair? Both flush draws missed, and villian is almost always betting top pair on the flop, so 9x seems unlikely. I just don’t see too many hands you can get value against. On the other hand, if you check it’s an easy c/c and villian can be bluffing all his XXdd or XXss, and may even value bet with any pair 5s-9s. i just don’t like b/f especially because villian can bluff shove his missed draws

    • It’s a good question, and I’m not 100% sure betting river is correct. I think a check flop-call turn line looks most like a hand that’s trying to show down cheaply. That’s based more on deep-stacked play, though. I guess with shallower stacks he’ll check draws more often since he can’t call a check-raise. I’m pretty confident he’s not value betting with worse if I check, though. To be honest, I wasn’t expecting a shove. Knowing that that’s a possibility, a check is more appealing, though I’m still not sure it’s best.

      • I think the decision comes down to 1) whether he will c/c twice with A high and 2) how often will he bluff when checked to, or bluff shove when bet into

        I think a player like Shannon is definitely capable of bluffing a ton on the river here, whether you check or bet, which would make c/c preferable over b/f. You’re hand’s strength is super super disguised, so it’s possible he’ll call off the river lightish, but because your hand looks fairly weak I think it’s also very possible that he can just blast away on the river with both his missed draws and his pure air turn-floats.

        He may not be value betting worse as often as I initially thought, but considering that he basically never has a 9 I’m just not sure value b/f is going to be >+EV than c/c or b/c (which I do think is actually a viable option, considering that he will be shoving with air some of the time and tht your hand is super under-repped)

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