Re: Short Stack with Big Blinds - ?????
- From: "Aodhan" <a169b@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Mon, 21 Nov 2005 09:57:45 -0800
> Playing last night at a low buy-in MTT on PS. Made the final table (first
time
> ever) with about 350K in chips (was ranked about 5-6 on the table with the
chip
> leader having almost 1M). No luck with good cards as i would have 10/10 and
J/J
> in mid position only to raise and then get re-reasied (usually all-in for
> atleast 200k+) which led to me folding pre-flop (Table was playing very
> tight/very agressive at this time and i felt i was going up against AA, KK,
QQ,
> AK).
Were any of them ever showing down? You've already made decent money by
being final table, and being mid stacked, I might tend to go with the JJ.
There are only 3 hands that beat you at that point, and you are a coin
flop to dominating a lot of the others. Just because they raise, doesn't
automatically mean that they will always have a hand that beats you.
Also, when you raise and lay down to all in, they notice that, and will be
more likely to play back at you with marginal hands, expecting you to fold.
> Fast forward to 7 people left, i'm in the BB (Blinds are 20k/10K with a 1000K
> ante), SB who has been playing tight but less agressive goes all-in for
130K. I
> have him covered pretty good (300K at the time) and call him. I have AKs,
and
> he flips over 55. Anyway, he ends up hitting trips and now i'm down to about
> 170-190.
Bad luck, but I agree with the call.
> I become very card dead and i am also getting rasied to 80-100K while in BB
> where i am folding. Blinds incr. to 30K-15K and i am down to about 100K. I
am
> the SB and the guy in the previous hand i illustrate above is +1. He limps
into
> the pot where i proceed to raise him all-in. The BB folds and +1 calls. I
flip
> K6os and he flips 77. I dont hit a K and i am out.
With a hand like K6o, I might just limp in. You've got 6 or so hands to
possibly get a better hand. Yes, you're pretty desparate in chips, but K6
doesn't scream "push" to me.
> I felt as though i needed to make a move if i wanted to WIN. If i played,
NOT
> to lose, i would have folded and waited. It seems each time the blinds get
> larger and i see my chips dwindling, i am quick to move in. Am i rushing
it?
Part of managing the final table is knowing when and how to steal the
blinds, which can be essential to survive. Tight agressive is fine, but I
guarantee that every single raise doesn't mean a great hand. Some are
purely blind steals or moves with less than great hands. Especially if you
go card dead, stealing will become essential, and if you allow yourself to
always be moved off pretty good hands to a reraise, they will play back at
you every time.
Congratulations on your first final table, though!
Aodhan
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