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So i am going to show off hands where i loose big and thoses who are being a good players i would like to hear the thoughs from you about the hand and how i played it out ... sometimes i know where i have done maybe wrong but sometimes i just don't get it for what i have such a bad luck ...
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without going into too much detail, you do seem quite desperate to get all in. remember, you only have to lose one of these against a bigger stack and you are out.
The hand with the tens, I think you put too much value on the tens. The hand with the queens was pretty standard and just a coin flip. The KQ, I understand you may have been watching your stack and didnt want to get to low, but KQ is rarely a good hand all in against 2 opponents.
As an aside, you have posted three hands were it was all in pre-flop, so there is relatively little advice the good players can give except 'you should have shoved, or you shouldnt have shoved'. You may find it helps your game infinetly more if you post hands where there is more thought involved. Maybe with bets on flop turn and river. And they don't have to be losing hands, I often post a hand I have won for advice if I think I have played it badly.
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I have to pretty much totally agree (and not for the first time) with IceQueenAce...
The queens hand is just a standard poker hand... the chips are going in, then it's down to the poker Gods. The tens... maybe a little optimistic, but again, just one of those things... But the QK I wouldn't have pushed - When you're low stacked, getting in against just one opponent is more important than your cards... 7 2 is around 30% to win on average vs one opponent, but vs two opponents, you'd be lucky to have a 30% chance with the QK....
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Just wanted to say that it's a turbo tournament 5min blinds , so if i am having a hand i am going to play most of them as you can't sit back and fold most of these hands there , atleast i think so ...
i havent looked at this hand, but i would say thats a massive leak in your game. it probably was right to call and USUALLY is, but to say you cant ever fold it pre-flop shows a closed mind to the info you are receiving from players bets.
------------ it was played right, and coin flip, standard
Best thing was that when i play all what can i get is a chop as it doesn't matter the last two hands always makes the other guy eather win or get a chop ...
P.S Besides if i am not wrong then it's already 2 month of gambling and no serious money in the final tables , i guess 3 place was the best till this ... Love you pokerstars !
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As it's a tournament and if i am having less then 10 big blinds maybe i shouldn't fold hands like that ? Or you think that a pare is a awful hand and it's better to go all in with J10 suited ?
You should better see how did i loose not only at the hands that i am having , doesn't it look strange , that hitting three of a kind with no flush draws on it and in the end loosing to flush isn't that strange ?
As well going all in with thoses 44 look at the flop and turn ? Does it make sence that the last card goes out and it's the only big card and the card i can't beat ? As well plenty of sick turns and rivers , that doesn't make any sence makes me feel just awfull , as i am playing a lot getting in money and then getting kicked out without saying anything ...
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I think the call with the 4s was a good call... 7.5 big blinds remaining and almost certainly heads up, you have to call there.
I'm guessing the mistake may have been made earlier by allowing your stack to drop that low in the first place...
------------ And I'm not disagreeing with you Ice... CALLING all in with pocket fours is rarely an acceptable play... But with such a low stack... and the chance to TRIPLE up, not DOUBLE up, by beating ONE opponent... I would've certainly made the same call.
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As well i would be dead if i would wait for other hand as till i would get the next hand the blinds would be 300/600 With my chip stack it means till that time i would be with 2400 , then - big blind 600 , that makes me with 1800 And what could i do after that ? Well i don't see any other way then just go all in when it's my big blind or small blind as if i would fold i would be dead at the end of the next round ...
You look only at the hand , but you don't look at the blinds , time that you have , as well it's a knock out , the range most of these shows at a stack ~ 6k chips , can be wide ...
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Posted by yout85: I think the call with the 4s was a good call... 7.5 big blinds remaining and almost certainly heads up, you have to call there.
I'm guessing the mistake may have been made earlier by allowing your stack to drop that low in the first place...
------------ And I'm not disagreeing with you Ice... CALLING all in with pocket fours is rarely an acceptable play... But with such a low stack... and the chance to TRIPLE up, not DOUBLE up, by beating ONE opponent... I would've certainly made the same call.
It's ok, you can disagree with me, its allowed. (The other half may not disagree with me!).
A valid point, he should be raising with any two cards way before he gets so short that he has no other option but to call with 44
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Posted by Samarietis: As well i would be dead if i would wait for other hand as till i would get the next hand the blinds would be 300/600 With my chip stack it means till that time i would be with 2400 , then - big blind 600 , that makes me with 1800 And what could i do after that ? Well i don't see any other way then just go all in when it's my big blind or small blind as if i would fold i would be dead at the end of the next round ...
Going all in on your BB would possibly give you a higher % of winning.
Posted by Samarietis:You look only at the hand , but you don't look at the blinds , time that you have , as well it's a knock out , the range most of these shows at a stack ~ 6k chips , can be wide ...
That is quite insulting tbh. I am a fairly decent mtt player and have to take that into account. I will look at the hands again on my brand new laptop which arrived 20 mins ago. I won it coming 3rd out of 2500 in a poker game.
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Yea i came out 1st at the weekly PS tournament where you need a ticket to play for it , and won over 250 $ when there was more then 6k players ? Does it make me a good poker player , no it does not , as what i see now is just redicoulus ...
You can look at the statistic of - Samarietis , when i had my old account wich was hacked and now i am unable to get it back ... As you see i am able to get into tournaments deep as well and it doesn't matter how much players there is , but with this new account all i see that PS is just loving this !
Posted by Samarietis: Yea i came out 1st at the weekly PS tournament where you need a ticket to play for it , and won over 250 $ when there was more then 6k players ? Does it make me a good poker player , no it does not , as what i see now is just redicoulus ...
You can look at the statistic of - Samarietis , when i had my old account wich was hacked and now i am unable to get it back ... As you see i am able to get into tournaments deep as well and it doesn't matter how much players there is , but with this new account all i see that PS is just loving this !
my point is, you asked for advice, then said 'but you arent looking at it properly'. My advice may be wrong and it is fine to take that into account, but you are effectively saying i am not bothering to try and give advice and i find that a bit rude
P.S How many times when i am at the cash , the minimum , they just kick me out in different ways ? How the hell you can say that PS is not rigged if i see the same thing over and over again ?
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Of cause the last hand with the 4s is an easy call. Sure, we will have a flip most of the time and it is a gamble, but all the dead chips from the antes and the big blind make that play worthwhile. We are so low on chips, that we can't sit and wait for a better situation.
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Nice hand.
But here i don't like the all-in that much. Being in position i most likely would have just called the raise and seen the flop. Trying to play a bit of poker.
