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[Viks]

Sorry I can’t get the hand converter to work...it picks up the first part of the hand but then stops after the opponent raises.

It's a $10 MTT on Party Poker....1030 entered and there's 124 remaining top 120 get paid out.

Me and the MP1 both got moved to the table around 30 hands ago. He was quiet at the beginning but as the bubble neared and he watched the table for a while he has become more active.....building his stack from 17K to 28K without having to show down a hand. I on the other hand had been very active in the last few rounds picking up blinds with pre-flop raises and leading out at most flops.

NL Texas Hold'em Trny:21944564 Level:10 Blinds-Antes(800/1600-50) - Monday, April 10, 22:01:20 ET 2006
Table Regular(657153) Table #4 (Real Money)

CO (t27750)
Button (t12525)
SB (t19323)
Hero (t36294)
UTG (t7139)
UTG+1 (t21184)
UTG+2 (t16471)
MP1 (t28367)
MP2 (t6778)
MP3 (t15166)

** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to N0ttingham [ Ah As ]

MP1 raises t3200 everyone else folds to me in the big blind and I pushed all in for t34644. MP1 thought for ages and used his time bank and finally folds.

Thoughts at the time.

Although MP1 had been building his stack this was only the 2nd time he had raised pre-flop. The first time he raised, he called the flop and raised the turn when an Ace fell. I put him on a PP anywhere from 7's upwards or maybe a big Ace. At the time my reasoning for a push was threefold:

As I knew he was a good player I also knew that he knew that the bubble was approaching and I wanted it to look like I was making a play on him. This was enhanced by my second and third reason which was that I had been very active in the last few rounds accumulating chips along with the fact that he may in fact have a big hand.

Thoughts re-playing it.

I’m just watching the hand on Poker Office re-player and I can’t help but think that I should have got more chips from my Ace's. After his bet he has around t25,000 remaining. Should I raise to around between t10,000 and t15,000 and then push no matter what flops as I think he is committed to the hand if he calls the raise pre flop.

I don’t think I can "play" a flop with him as I figure it would be difficult to find out if he has set (I am out of position) or fold to any raise considering the chips in the pot along with my remaining stack along with the range of hands that he could have.

I still hold my reasoning at the time but I also quite like the 2nd play. Any thoughts would be much appreciated.

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Just on a side note, later on in the tournament I was in the SB with K5o with a stack of t130,000 when there were 2 limpers (both had t30,000 as did the BB) in front of me and the blinds at t4,000 t8,000 with t50 ante. So there was t30,000 in the pot and I thought about what I’d read on this forum from the likes of Copernicus and GoBears and figured if I push here have a chance to pick up t30,000 and even I get called the most I can lose is t30,000 which would take me down to t100,000 and still be the biggest stack at my table. This may seem like a standard play to some but it was the first time I had made a play like this deep in a tournament and was really pleased as I felt that I had just moved up a step on the Ladder of Tournament Play. Thanks to all the Strat Posters

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Just in case anyone was wondering

The guy when I pushed my Aces later said he had pocket 5's. I don’t believe him as he took soooooo long to fold but its plausible that he fancied a coin flip if he did in fact think I was making a play

On the second case, one of the limpers called with AQo and I hit a K. Not that it matters, I’m just happy that I made the play.

Came 3rd in the tourney for a cheeky $824….yum yum!

[krup24]

Reraise pf to 12K and push just about every flop

[Swift_Psycho]

Just on a side note, later on in the tournament I was in the SB with K5o with a stack of t130,000 when there were 2 limpers (both had t30,000 as did the BB) in front of me and the blinds at t4,000 t8,000 with t50 ante. So there was t30,000 in the pot and I thought about what I’d read on this forum from the likes of Copernicus and GoBears and figured if I push here have a chance to pick up t30,000 and even I get called the most I can lose is t30,000 which would take me down to t100,000 and still be the biggest stack at my table. This may seem like a standard play to some but it was the first time I had made a play like this deep in a tournament and was really pleased as I felt that I had just moved up a step on the Ladder of Tournament Play. Thanks to all the Strat Posters

Frankly, this sounds like a terrible play. Because of how short they are, you don't really have any fold equity. If they had about double the stack, it's a better play. Here, it kinda just seems like spewing.

[copernicus]

Its hard without being there to "have a feel" for what will maximize return, and your thought process seems sound to me.

If he folded to the push, he is probably folding to anything that pot commits him, so 15 k, and maybe even 12k are going to chase him also.

If he has a tendency to continuation bet I like flat calling here and c/r on the flop, and it does sound like hes been fairly active.

You might also get him to reraise preflop if you min-raise, but a good player is going to be suspicious of that and not give you action.