$1.10 1-Table SnG, Tell me how bad I played plz

Tournament #3896 in the Tournament trimmer archives (<10 posts so no url)

I'm not new to poker, but I am new to online poker for $ and new to this forum. Also, I've never used a tournament or hand trimmer, so let me know if I screwed something up. With that said,

I started with a bankroll of $100 and am about break even over 5 days.

Just looking for some feedback on my play.

Thanks!

Hi and welcome to FTR, it's great to have you here!

Overall I thought you played pretty well, definitely well enough to beat this level and quite a few higher levels besides. A few things to watch out for are:

- Be careful about pulling the C-R trick with air against the same opp multiple times, you'll get looked up at some stage.
- Raise a bit less once blinds get to 50/100 and up - 2.5x is usually sufficient to do the job and doesn't bloat the pot unnecessarily.
- Heads up, don't call raises from relatively passive players with crap in the BB because you will have to play OOP for the rest of the hand.

1. QQ - SUPER hand, you played perfect. File this one away for the next time you see this guy pushing over.

2. 44 - good fold - if the raiser had a 2000 stack you could call here and have correct implied odds. Here, he's too short stacked for you to play for set value so fold is correct.

8 Spade

A

CO (M = 101.67; f+f+f+f+F) (between 2 and 3) - I might raise this

4. Q4o - I would just fold this, but completing is not a terrible leak.

5. J4s - I fold the flop, I don't particularly like floating with bottom pair. As played, nh.

6. KJo - I lead the flop for 200 or so and take it from there. As played, if you want to C-R, then raise more - I make it 350 rather than 250. When you C-R, you need to take a look at the odds you are offering opp. In this case he needs to call 150 to see a 650 pot so he's calling here every time. As played, I probably check the turn and call a small bet rather than leading again. River is fine.

8. A2o - I just dump it preflop at this blind level.

9. A8o - I fold this from UTG. As played, if you're raising, make it 250-300 rather than 350, there's no need to raise so much.

11. K3o - raise is good, but make it 375-400 rather than 450 to save you some chips if you get shoved over and have to fold. Raising less also keeps the pot a bit smaller if you get called and want to c-bet the flop.

13. 66 - as per hand 11, raise a bit less preflop.

15. A3o - raise a bit less. Be careful about raising your bad hands bigger and your good hands smaller.

16. 65o - I actually quite like this, just don't do it too often against the same player or you'll get called...

17. A6o - I raise back preflop - make it 600 or so to go, you'll take it down most times. As played, I don't bet that flop since it connects with a lot of hands that opp might complete the SB with. Also, if you're going to bet then bet a bit more, say 250 - since you'd really like opp to fold here.

19. Q8o - raise it up preflop, 500 to go. As played the rest is fine. You can also lead the flop for 250 but meh.

21. Q8s - I just fold it preflop, even to a minraise. As played the flop bet is good.

22. AKo - this is what I mean about being careful about raising less with your good hands. As played, fold to the flop raise, you're likely drawing to 6 outs on the turn. Once you spike one of your 6 outs on the turn, shove is good since it's a bit less than a pot-sized bet.

23. Q3s - nh. Checking is fine too but I do play it like this too.

26. 74o - fold preflop, this is a crappy hand and you're OOP postflop. As played, flop bet is fine.

28. J8o - fold preflop. As played, remember what I said about being careful about pulling the C-R trick without a hand too often against the same player? Wink

29. Q2o - I would usually raise or fold preflop but completing is OK if opp lets you see a free flop often.

30. K8s - preflop raise is fine, as is the flop c-bet. Once you get called, time to give up. Opp's call with bottom pair is just AWFUL but if he's watching, your image would be pretty bad at this stage so he may well just look you up.

Wow great stuff, I definately appreciate it.

What I'm trying to do with those slightly too large bets is to hopefully make them fold a little more often to my weak hands. Now that you bring it up, it really doesn't make much sense because it probly makes a very very small difference and just loses money when I have to fold.

The odds I'm offering them is absolutely something I should think about but havn't really been doing except on drawy boards.

It also seems my preflop play needs a little adjustment, I'll have to look into that.

You mentioned I could call a raise with small pp if his stack was big enough. I'm assuming that this if for the odds for when I hit and he stacks off. Is there a thread that discusses implied odds for sets specifically?

Thanks again

At this point I want to build my roll up to about $130 and start playing some $3.40's, especially if you think I can win there

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