tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post876913196589092339..comments2023-08-02T07:07:45.500-07:00Comments on bastin: Overplay good; misplay badUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-53692878470533214912009-10-10T11:11:20.552-07:002009-10-10T11:11:20.552-07:00In the light of a new day I think I just wanted to...In the light of a new day I think I just wanted to go home. And that being the case, I should have just jammed preflop.<br /><br />Regardless, thanks for the advice, for as we all know, there will be a '"next time."bastinptchttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01831273031973399021noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-44882627978023163552009-10-10T06:47:01.470-07:002009-10-10T06:47:01.470-07:00one more point, bastin - I realized that your play...one more point, bastin - I realized that your play of this hand almost exactly mirrors my bustout hand in a live tourney 2 months ago. I chopped up pocket queens into three bit size bets and let the flush+gutshot+overcard draw call me.<br /><br />http://holdemnotebook.blogspot.com/2009/08/unchangeable-destiny.htmlmatt taghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082969194551315973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-39874878964337152392009-10-10T05:52:41.310-07:002009-10-10T05:52:41.310-07:00I live in immortal fear of domination, especially ...I live in immortal fear of domination, especially in tourneys, so A7 isn't a hand with which I'm willing to call a raise (I would much rather be the raiser, obv).<br /><br />if you reraise preflop - you're committing yourself right there. He makes it 3, you make it 9, and a third of your stack is in. So a normal preflop reraise is out.<br /><br />Jam preflop - only if you're read is that he'll fold. If he calls, then - A7 is usually a small favorite (to KQ or 66) or a big dog (to AK or 88).<br /><br />Call/Defend - as I said, I live in fear of domination, so do I want to hit my ace, or don't I?<br /><br />I vote for fold in this situation.<br /><br />Once you defend and your read is that he missed, you have to put your entire stack in. In a tourney, you have to use your stack like a weapon - a big rock you're throwing at people. By defending your blind, then minraising, then betting the rest out of position into a scary board, you chopped your big rock into three pebbles that the table captain was able to withstand as they bounced off him.matt taghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08082969194551315973noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3083330322113258405.post-89895140816189994582009-10-10T01:13:19.581-07:002009-10-10T01:13:19.581-07:00You checked bottom pair and then doubled his bet o...You checked bottom pair and then doubled his bet on the flop with a supercoordinated board? I don't understand that play.<br /><br />If you're putting him on air, or a draw, and you want to play your bottom pair out of position, you MUST give him atrocious odds here. CRAI, FTW!<br /><br />But I REALLY don't understand throwing the rest of your money in on the turn when one of the obvious draw cards comes in. You don't have enough money there left to get a fold, even he hasn't just made the draw you put him on.<br /><br />On the other hand, the way I've been doing in tourneys lately, you should pay ABSOLUTELY NO ATTENTION TO ME.Cardgrrlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06329562674934869003noreply@blogger.com