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How Do I Continue playing against this so called varience? or did I play this wrong?

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  1. arbygolf arbygolf is offline

    Canada

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    Feb 1st, 2012 (2/1/2012 11:54pm)

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    pokerstars Hand #74879673054: Tournament #510150910, $2.28+$0.22 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2012/02/01 18:18:29 ET
    Table '510150910 7' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
    Seat 1: arbygolf (9157 in chips)
    Seat 2: Mpn23 (3020 in chips)
    Seat 3: vascopm (11479 in chips)
    Seat 5: SanPokerSan (1350 in chips)
    Seat 6: Tragelafic89 (2460 in chips)
    Seat 7: Gramulya (1677 in chips)
    Seat 8: diniz_russia (3190 in chips)
    Seat 9: 6bad6 (2105 in chips)
    arbygolf: posts small blind 75
    Mpn23: posts big blind 150
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to arbygolf [Ks As]
    vascopm: calls 150
    SanPokerSan: folds
    Tragelafic89: calls 150
    Gramulya: folds
    diniz_russia: folds
    6bad6: folds
    arbygolf: raises 600 to 750
    Mpn23: folds
    vascopm: calls 600
    Tragelafic89: folds
    *** FLOP *** [Qs 6c 5d]
    arbygolf: bets 900
    vascopm: raises 1500 to 2400
    arbygolf: calls 1500
    *** TURN *** [Qs 6c 5d] [Ah]
    arbygolf: bets 6007 and is all-in
    vascopm: calls 6007
    *** RIVER *** [Qs 6c 5d Ah] [9s]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    arbygolf: shows [Ks As] (a pair of Aces)
    vascopm: shows [5h 6h] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
    vascopm collected 18614 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 18614 | Rake 0
    Board [Qs 6c 5d Ah 9s]
    Seat 1: arbygolf (small blind) showed [Ks As] and lost with a pair of Aces
    Seat 2: Mpn23 (big blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 3: vascopm showed [5h 6h] and won (18614) with two pair, Sixes and Fives
    Seat 5: SanPokerSan folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: Tragelafic89 folded before Flop
    Seat 7: Gramulya folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 8: diniz_russia folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 9: 6bad6 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

    Any Ideas? I thought I was on the right track until I ran into vascopm....On another site he has not made 1 red cent on any pokerstars tourny.
  2. smokerock247 smokerock247 is offline

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    Feb 2nd, 2012 (2/2/2012 12:08am) in reply to arbygolf

    wrong section of the forum #1 lol

    i love the donk/float of the flop and then the snap jam because you hammered that ace

    thats a classic
    Edited By: smokerock247 Feb 2nd, 2012 at 12:11 AM
  3. firoo firoo is offline

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    Feb 2nd, 2012 (2/2/2012 12:10am) in reply to smokerock247

    I don't think variance is your enemy here.

    Raise less pre
    Cbet is ok
    Fold to reraise given dry board . This way u won't be all in happy if ace comes on turn
  4. IrishInc IrishInc is offline

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    Feb 2nd, 2012 (2/2/2012 5:25am) in reply to arbygolf

    Actually I don't think that your mistake was pre flop, in a low buy-in tournament such as this there is no real risk involved, leading to bad play by most. The player made either a terrible pre flop call or a very brave one...or he based his call solely on having position on you. The continuation bet is the aggressive move to make, your position leaves you open to not having a real clue as to what your opponent has. He actually played you pretty well by simply letting you do the betting for him. My advice is to slow down a little so that you can get a read on your opponent, he clearly had one on you after you large pre-flop bet. And don't get married to any hand....when he raised you on the flop he clearly had a strong hand, dropping a big starting hand is painful, but for tournament survival it is a necessary tool in your bag. Use it. Good luck, just use this as a learning experience, it should prove a valuable one.
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