I just wanna rant and am happy to take abuse but apart from last night where I ran into AA 7 times in MTTs and had mine cracked and lost with KK twice this is what happened in my last 2...
If nothing else i hope i make some ppl that have had the same crap feel better.
First is a $2 rebuy 10K guaranteed on stars. I have like 60K blinds are like 400 / 800. Im on button with KK and there is a raise to 2.5K and a call from HJ.
I raise to 10K, first guy calls second guy folds. Flop obv. comes A29. He checks I way up checking behind but think since i have KK i could easily have squeezed with AK and am betting because the pot is big.
So I bet a little bit over half pot with leaves me a reasonable shove amount should I (unlikely) get called. Im thinking he folds or jams (which I have to pass to)
So he calls which I'm a bit thrown by. But more importantly he is almost narrowing his range to AA, a set, or a weak ace as surely AJ or AQ is passing or jamming and if he has AA or a set then oh well im pretty damn committed. So I jam the turn (blank) thinking snap me off or pass ur weak ace.
He calls for his entire stack and flips AJ.
Now to make this more crazy there were 200 left out of over 3,200 entrants and a decent first prize of like $3,300.
So he called a decent reraise with a hand probably dominated or racing.. an ace hits (bad enough in itself deep in a tournie with KK), and then he calls will AJ when facing considerable strength on flop and turn for his whole tournie.
Next $25 hyper turbo blinds 60 / 120. I raise to 360 with AK (6K stack) , one caller (5.8K) and short stack shoves for $2K. I reshove praying the guy between us doesnt have me crushed. He calls for 5.8K with 88.
Wtf? 48BB with 88? I could have 99+ or he's racing. Obv is bricks out.
I give up. Any problem with my play I appreciate comments.
I can only think in first example maybe check back flop and try to get to showdown as cheap as possible? Effectively giving up straight away..
But these things do make u give up sometimes. MTT life is harsh.