tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post5533201155808306888..comments2024-01-31T14:12:23.950-08:00Comments on Rob's Vegas and Poker Blog: The Aria WPT 500 — The Sardine TournamentRobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-88658102874945226832015-08-19T21:07:49.223-07:002015-08-19T21:07:49.223-07:00OK, so I checked my notes. I had about $18K in ch...OK, so I checked my notes. I had about $18K in chips and the blinds were 100/500/1000. So I had an M below 10. That's about the point where I'm in shove or fold mold. Maybe I start a little earlier than "the book" says, but I've found that works for me.<br /><br />I do remember almost shoving instead of just raising...it was a close call, especially with AK. It might have been better, QJ may not have called my shove. Or maybe would have anyway. But AK was definitely a hand I was happy to get it all in with there.<br /><br />Once I raised I knew I would shove in response to any any raise based on my remaining stack.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-50440292951253511642015-08-19T12:17:04.737-07:002015-08-19T12:17:04.737-07:00Rob, I'm particularly interested in the hand w...Rob, I'm particularly interested in the hand where you called a shove with AK and villain turned out having QJ. Do you recall how much of your stack you were risking, what your stack was, and what the blinds were at that point. I aske because wouldn't you agree that since tournaments are survival and unless you have reason to believe you had him dominated which the case was you were only a 3 to 2 favorite which means you're going to lose two out of five times, was it not more likely you were facing a coin flip. Do you believe that coin flips should be reserved for a must do situation such as your your stack is relatively low compared to the blinds, or when you are dominating the all in shove in chips where it's not going to hurt your stack or do you believe that part of tournament play is to gamble along the way with coin flips when such a situation presents itself.FlushhDrawhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01042309116535213376noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-30944142186544478002015-08-14T18:45:31.740-07:002015-08-14T18:45:31.740-07:00Thanks.
Not sure how more PREDICTABLE cash game...Thanks. <br /><br />Not sure how more PREDICTABLE cash games are, same things could have happened in cash. Difference is that tournaments make you play some hands and play some differently than a cash game. Obviously unless I was really short stacked in a cash game (which I'm usually not), I'm not shoving Ace-Queen there!<br /><br />But as I keep saying...tournaments make me crazy.Robhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05767080296489122846noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8283462864090963789.post-53659508364397372162015-08-14T15:00:05.704-07:002015-08-14T15:00:05.704-07:00Ug... rough times. This is why I hate playing to...Ug... rough times. This is why I hate playing tourneys as well - though it won't stop me from playing the $350K guarantee during the Baltimore WSOPC event coming up... At least there's always more predictable cash games :-)The Poker Meisterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18289059101454598371noreply@blogger.com