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4 critical mistakes: Dr.'s WSOP satellite experience

 
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 12:53 pm    Post subject: 4 critical mistakes: Dr.'s WSOP satellite experience Reply with quote

Format:

$200 + $20 buy-in.
500 players broken into groups of 100. Top 20 from each group advance to final tournament. Overall winner gets seat into WSOP main event + about $20K. 10 more players paid.

I'm in the second heat of 100 players. We started with T1000.

More details to come.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:04 pm    Post subject: Mistake #1 Reply with quote

I made it through the first break unscathed. Didn't take any big chances. At the beginning of round #4, there were 84 players remaining and I had T1,250 (slightly ahead of the average stack). Haven't had to show a hand yet.

The trouble hand...

I'm in the BB with Q-6 off. 3 limpers. I check. Flop is A-6-5. I'm first to act, so I bet the pot. 2 fold and the button calls. Turn is an 9. I bet the pot again. Button calls. I'm sure he has an A. River is an 8. I consider bluffing that I have a straight (a straight would've been the nuts), but reconsider. The other players checks saying, "Whew, you had me scared there" and shows A-10. Drat. I'm left with T700.

Should I have bluffed? Thinking back, I'm thinking a strong "maybe". What reason would he have had to really think I had a straight?
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 4:57 pm    Post subject: Mistakes #2 & #3 Reply with quote

Despite mistake #1, I recovered. I got up to T2,000 by going all-in with pocket 10's against pocket 7's. At this point I was once again above average.

Our table broke up during level 5 and I was doing well. About 60 players remained and they were dropping fast.

Now, the mistakes. I probably could have sat back and waited for better cards, but I got greedy. I bluffed two pots I had no chance of winning, and got raised both times...so high that I couldn't call. The result: I was down to T700 again.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:02 pm    Post subject: Mistake #4 Reply with quote

The raised bluffs really weakened me, and I was now to the point of having to decide when to go all-in.

The blinds were 100-200 with a 25 ante. I had 1,100 left. I called pre-flop with 8-9 suited. The flop was 7-9-J. Middle pair with a gut shot. I bet about half the pot. The other player raised large. For me, this was the deciding point of the tournament. It was either all-in or fold. Fold and I still have a few BB's left. I folded!

Looking back, this was the wrong decision. I was left with T700. The blinds went up to 200-400 2 minutes later. I ended up getting forced into going all-in with 3-9 off when the BB got to me. I was eliminated.

I really should've gone all-in with the 8-9 after the post-flop raise.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 14, 2006 5:09 pm    Post subject: Overall Reply with quote

Overall, I was quite happy with my play...save for the 4 mistakes (maybe only the last one was a real mistake, though).

On the plus side, I started taking notes during tournaments (which, it turns out, actually intimidates some people...believe it or not).

My notes:
- Through the first break and haven't had to show a hand yet.
- I'm not afraid to fold! Good hand selection so far!
- Made a bluff raise from the SB without realizing that someone else had called. Oops. Pay attention!!
- Had Aces against Aces in a showdown. Chop.
- Didn't follow through on a bluff. Got knocked in half. Could've won this one with a bluff due to the 4-cards to the straight on the board.
- Doubled to over 2K with pocket 10's. Pocket 7's called.
- Table broke with 1475.
- KO'd 2 in 1 hand. JJ vs. A-10 and Q-9.
- Forced out with 3-9o in BB. Shouldn't have ended up in that position.

I also kept track of what my stack was at the start of each round. Finally, I had a little table showing what the average stack was for a given # of players remaining (100=T1000, 95=T1111, etc.)
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