Please Review

I feel like I'm a huge nit late in tourneys. Please take a look and let me know where I'm missing some spots. This is a $10 FO from this morning. Finished 12th.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/Online-...ment-4663.html

I just looked quickly but it looks good to me; although I can be a huge nit, too. A few ATs/ATo in MP were playable I guess; laying down 88 was probably prudent.

I don't think you played overly nitty. If anything, you played a lot of hands that should have been folded preflop. You just happened to get dealt some of the worst crap in the deck over and over again in spots that would have been good to steal, if your cards weren't so horrible.

That being said, your preflop play needs some work. I'd start by opening to 2.5x instead of 3x when you have 30 BB or less. Then I'd go back and re-read Fnord's old thread about set-mining, because you're making some really -EV calls preflop with small pairs. Finally, you're going to have to loosen up your calling range of late position resteals because your 88 fold toward the end was very very bad.

http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...-pair-t83.html - Fnord's thread

4 Usually fold preflop in this situation, although if AJo is in villain's range you definitely don't want to fold so maybe there was a read.
10 What are you doing preflop? You call an UTG raise with A8o and the very next hand you just fold to a button raise with A9s? Switch those up.
11 Bet 400 on the flop.
13 Folding preflop is most likely correct if villain is tight.
14 Nicely played.
A J BU (M = 56.77; f+f+f+f+f+r+F) Depending on reads and stack sizes I'd rarely fold preflop here.
15 I'm just not a fan of getting it in preflop for a lot of BB against solid early position openers. I'd call in position. If you're lucky you might induce retardation from one of the blinds. See hand 28 for details.
17 Bet about 1800 on the flop. Your c-bets should be bigger in general, 1/3 pot is losing value.
18 I would definitely just call the flop.
20 Bet the river. He probably has nothing and won't call but poker is game of getting your opponents to make mistakes. When you have the best hand almost 100% of the time you have to give your opponents a chance to make one. I'd bet 1800 here.
22 No no no don't 4-bet. If you just call here then a huge percentage of the time the other dude will call without odds. Or better yet he'll come over the top with something really stupid like 88. I see this all the time.
24 I'd reread the stickies about implied odds, you definitely don't have odds to setmine here.
25 Check/fold the flop may be better, it depends on the player.
30 Fold preflop.
31 Tempted to jam on this asshole with anything suited/connected but ATo has such bad equity against his calling range, so good fold I guess.
32 I don't understand your flop play.
35 Just shove given their stack sizes.
37 Preflop is definitely a shove given the opener's stack size and the fact that the BB is sitting out. Again, I suggest rereading the sticky on setmining.
9 K SB (M = 6.01; f+f+f+f+f+f+r+F) This could be a good spot for a resteal.
46 Highly doubt this is +EV
8 8 BB (M = 10.36; f+f+f+f+r+p+F) Oh no, definitely not folding here unless the SB is a gigantic nit.

mcatdog, you are the shit. Thank you for taking the time to look through this!

I agree that I need to work on my set mining. I've always had that problem. When it's close to 10% of my or his stack I call. Need to work on that. I will add comments to your review below.

Originally Posted by mcatdog

I don't think you played overly nitty. If anything, you played a lot of hands that should have been folded preflop. You just happened to get dealt some of the worst crap in the deck over and over again in spots that would have been good to steal, if your cards weren't so horrible.

That being said, your preflop play needs some work. I'd start by opening to 2.5x instead of 3x when you have 30 BB or less. Then I'd go back and re-read Fnord's old thread about set-mining, because you're making some really -EV calls preflop with small pairs. Finally, you're going to have to loosen up your calling range of late position resteals because your 88 fold toward the end was very very bad.

I will read this again for sure.
http://www.flopturnriver.com/phpBB2/...-pair-t83.html - Fnord's thread

4 Usually fold preflop in this situation, although if AJo is in villain's range you definitely don't want to fold so maybe there was a read.
I found this interesting. You are suggesting that I should fold AKo to a reraise? Can you elaborate a little?
10 What are you doing preflop? You call an UTG raise with A8o and the very next hand you just fold to a button raise with A9s? Switch those up.
I called here because there were three additional callers to UTG's raise and I was getting decent odds. Is this no good? I know what I'm looking for. Not going broke on an Ace high flop. A9s should be a call on the next hand? I normally fold in these spots because of position and all, but I guess if I have a decent stack I should mix it up a little
11 Bet 400 on the flop.
Does my 250 bet gibe it away or something? I thought that too big of a bet would have scared them away.
13 Folding preflop is most likely correct if villain is tight.
14 Nicely played.
A J BU (M = 56.77; f+f+f+f+f+r+F) Depending on reads and stack sizes I'd rarely fold preflop here.
Not sure what happened here. Have to look at the HH.
15 I'm just not a fan of getting it in preflop for a lot of BB against solid early position openers. I'd call in position. If you're lucky you might induce retardation from one of the blinds. See hand 28 for details.
I agree. However this guy was a lagtard and was trying to push people around. He fortunately/unfortunately woke up with a hand in this spot.
17 Bet about 1800 on the flop. Your c-bets should be bigger in general, 1/3 pot is losing value.
All of these c-bets that you see where I have a decent piece of the flop, I am trying to make it look weak in hopes inducing some action. No likey?
18 I would definitely just call the flop.
I'm with ya.
20 Bet the river. He probably has nothing and won't call but poker is game of getting your opponents to make mistakes. When you have the best hand almost 100% of the time you have to give your opponents a chance to make one. I'd bet 1800 here.
Got ya.
22 No no no don't 4-bet. If you just call here then a huge percentage of the time the other dude will call without odds. Or better yet he'll come over the top with something really stupid like 88. I see this all the time.
I was trigger happy.
24 I'd reread the stickies about implied odds, you definitely don't have odds to setmine here.
Is this a fold then or should I have squeezed?
25 Check/fold the flop may be better, it depends on the player.
30 Fold preflop.
See, I'm calling a lot in these spots because my thinking is that I have odds to do so. Why is my logic incorrect?
31 Tempted to jam on this asshole with anything suited/connected but ATo has such bad equity against his calling range, so good fold I guess.
I was very close to shoving it in. Had the same thoughts.
32 I don't understand your flop play.
Yeah this is spewy. I thought that he was fucking with me due to the paired AA4 board. Calling his check raise is yucky.
35 Just shove given their stack sizes.
So, when you are 10M you are shoving most of the time?
37 Preflop is definitely a shove given the opener's stack size and the fact that the BB is sitting out. Again, I suggest rereading the sticky on setmining.
I have no idea what I was doing here. Definitely a shove pre. However, I will reread Fnords post.
9 K SB (M = 6.01; f+f+f+f+f+f+r+F) This could be a good spot for a resteal.
I was kicking myself for not shoving here. The guy was beating up on the table.
46 Highly doubt this is +EV
I was getting short and needed to some blinds. But you're probably right. K2o is probably too weak.
8 8 BB (M = 10.36; f+f+f+f+r+p+F) Oh no, definitely not folding here unless the SB is a gigantic nit.
Got scared.

Hand 2 -- I think you lost a lot of value here.

I'd bet $400 on the turn. There's a double-flush draw and a straight on the board. Then when he repops you (with AcKc?), just shove and it looks like he'd call.

When I flop a set on a board like this early on (A or K-high flop, flush draw), I like to slightly overbet the pot. It makes a lot easier to get villain stack off.

River bet is nutty. I'd check behind because he has KQ here too often or make a small bet he's tempted to call with his AK or KT/2 pair. You have great showdown value and you've turned your hand into a bluff. You're only called by a hand that beats you. (Unless he had TT, in which case, nice bet :P )