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I was playing the BRM freeroll for leaderboard on Party Poker. I started very slowly not having cards and suddenly i started to get cards i win hands. There was around fifty players left and i was on the first twenty with a 30k stack.
When this hand come i am UTG with A Ko blinds 800/1600 i raised to 6,400 all fold except the BB that called. The flop come 4 A 2 so i pushed all in and he called we open he show 3 3 the turn come 8 and river 5 for his straight.
For once i was doing pretty good in this tournament and this bad luck came.
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... < I got clobbered good in this one also today,...but I don't remember what the cards were...! If somebody gets me with a good hand played well,.....I figure no big deal,....but when some DONK A$$ED idiot beats you with his 9 2 off all in pre-flop,....well,....you tend to remember those hands...!
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I plays this game tonight after coming 6th yesterday. I think I got to about 50th before I played a fantastic hand and got beaten by some random rubbish. I will try again tomorrow and look forward to seeing you BRM regulars there in the money and hopefully at the final table.
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I don't say you play bad or wrong, pinotte. but I suggest you try play slow for looking for leaderboard points. I tried at usual MTT , the result is more ITM I got even just very small profit. I would very appreciate to anyone give suggest how to play hand like that, cause this type of hand I got very often . I thought base on pot odds/implied odds villain should fold on flop, right ?
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One of the most annoying things. Hitting with just one card, that is. Hitting it with two it makes it less painful. At this point he had a pair, chasing the straight, gambled and the 5 came out. better luck next time
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Well. Last night after a pretty slow start, and making the first break still slightly over my starting chips, I managed to get to FT and get a pretty respectable (in my opinion) 5th place for a nice $3.55 on the leaderboard. I didn't see any other forum regs after about 50th place and I think IQA was the highest placed of us all (after me..). I can't wait to see the leaderboard to see how it's going for everyone.
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Pinotte... I've noticed from your last couple of posts that you're very ummmm... 2009 with your bet sizing... and I think it's getting you into trouble too often.
While a few years ago, a standard raise was 3 to 4 big blinds plus limpers... that's just not the case now.
A smaller bet does the same job as a big bet, without committing too much of your stack and reducing your options post flop.
There's no need to think too much about the rationale behind it... but try to make an effort to reduce your raise amounts.
I suggest:
Early position, no limp, 2.5 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Mid position, no limp, 2.2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Late position, no limp, 2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper
You'll notice your results improve if you stick to this... I guarantee you
Posted by yout85: Pinotte... I've noticed from your last couple of posts that you're very ummmm... 2009 with your bet sizing... and I think it's getting you into trouble too often.
While a few years ago, a standard raise was 3 to 4 big blinds plus limpers... that's just not the case now.
A smaller bet does the same job as a big bet, without committing too much of your stack and reducing your options post flop.
There's no need to think too much about the rationale behind it... but try to make an effort to reduce your raise amounts.
I suggest:
Early position, no limp, 2.5 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Mid position, no limp, 2.2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Late position, no limp, 2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper
You'll notice your results improve if you stick to this... I guarantee you
But how does this help you get rid of people chasing draws? With such a small raise you'll get lots of callers, since you are giving them the odds to call. Your prime hands will be outdrawn a lot it seems.
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You often get raised by anyone with anything half decent (so you can either reraise with premium or fold marginal - you lose less when you lose... but can still win big when you win), and the folks with worse cards... you want them to call. Gives you far more control over the hand.
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Posted by yout85: You often get raised by anyone with anything half decent (so you can either reraise with premium or fold marginal - you lose less when you lose... but can still win big when you win), and the folks with worse cards... you want them to call. Gives you far more control over the hand.
No..no often get raised by anyone with anything half decent ( do you mean preflop or post flop ?) They often just call pre flop, so what will you do on flop ? bet half pot or check (waiting their action) ? If bet half pot and they just call, we still no have more information. If we check and they bet...hmmm...maybe they hit. Please give your opinion P.S : what's mean plus 0,5 per limper ? Is your suggestion preflop bet ?
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Posted by yout85: Pinotte... I've noticed from your last couple of posts that you're very ummmm... 2009 with your bet sizing... and I think it's getting you into trouble too often.
While a few years ago, a standard raise was 3 to 4 big blinds plus limpers... that's just not the case now.
A smaller bet does the same job as a big bet, without committing too much of your stack and reducing your options post flop.
There's no need to think too much about the rationale behind it... but try to make an effort to reduce your raise amounts.
I suggest:
Early position, no limp, 2.5 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Mid position, no limp, 2.2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper Late position, no limp, 2 big blinds plus 0.5 bb per limper
You'll notice your results improve if you stick to this... I guarantee you
Interesting idea? I normally follow this format but in the opposite, however, if you follow these rules strictly, it will eventually become obvious to your opponents. I would advise a similar strategy, but vary it slightly.
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Just read the above post that was a sick bad beat Its like that person with 33 knew the board was going to draw out like that once in a while a longshot hand such as that gets there its unlucky hope you do better in future leaderboard games
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so i pushed all in and he called we open he show 3 3 the turn come 8 
< I got clobbered good in this one also today,...but I don't remember what the cards were...! If somebody gets me with a good hand played well,.....I figure no big deal,....but when some DONK A$$ED idiot beats you with his 9 2 off all in pre-flop,....well,....you tend to remember those hands...! 
