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  1. Mephisto Mephisto is offline

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    Nov 22nd, 2008 (11/22/2008 12:23pm)

    Here is my last hand at the final table of an $11 MTT on stars. The table has been passive to initial raises so I was trying to chip up by grabbing as many blinds as possible since they were so large. Looking back at this hand I probably shouldn't have pushed in to the chip leader and one person that could call me and not be that harmed, at the same time I think his calling range would be pretty small, he wasn't a poor player that would call off that much with a marginal hand. As I see it I had to push as a standard 2.5/3x raise would leave me around 11/12 big blinds, which I guess is manageable but at the time I didn't like the idea of letting him think he had fold equity (and in the end a 40/60? ain't that bad) My image at the time was probably solid, I did lose a big coin flip earlier but I didn't go crazy tilted afterwards.

    Any comments are welcome, dumb push? over aggressive? standard?

    *********** # 457 **************
    pokerstars Game #22255674420: Tournament #120443483, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level XXXIV (17500/35000) - 2008/11/22 3:21:17 ET
    Table '120443483 137' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: K9FALK (1586317 in chips)
    Seat 4: elcidtiger (510976 in chips)
    Seat 6: grocery_mony (805565 in chips)
    Seat 7: Mephisto28 (534978 in chips)
    Seat 9: PokerKlazzic (477164 in chips)
    K9FALK: posts the ante 4375
    elcidtiger: posts the ante 4375
    grocery_mony: posts the ante 4375
    Mephisto28: posts the ante 4375
    PokerKlazzic: posts the ante 4375
    PokerKlazzic: posts small blind 17500
    K9FALK: posts big blind 35000
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to Mephisto28 [Jh Th]
    elcidtiger: folds
    grocery_mony: folds
    Mephisto28: raises 495603 to 530603 and is all-in
    PokerKlazzic: folds
    K9FALK: calls 495603
    *** FLOP *** [4d 8c 5c]
    PokerKlazzic said, "nc"
    *** TURN *** [4d 8c 5c] [8s]
    *** RIVER *** [4d 8c 5c 8s] [9c]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    K9FALK: shows [Ad Qd] (a pair of Eights)
    Mephisto28: shows [Jh Th] (a pair of Eights - lower kicker)
    K9FALK said, "whew"
    grocery_mony said, "gg"
    K9FALK collected 1100581 from pot
    K9FALK said, "ty"
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 1100581 | Rake 0
    Board [4d 8c 5c 8s 9c]
    Seat 1: K9FALK (big blind) showed [Ad Qd] and won (1100581) with a pair of Eights
    Seat 4: elcidtiger folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: grocery_mony folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: Mephisto28 (button) showed [Jh Th] and lost with a pair of Eights
    Seat 9: PokerKlazzic (small blind) folded before Flop
  2. MYBLUEDOG MYBLUEDOG is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2008 (11/23/2008 9:56am) in reply to Mephisto

    Well, JTs is the lower end of my push range @ 15bb and I'd probably only go from the btn. It's SH table but when you're called, you will not be beating anything and your cards might not be live.

    I personally would wait through the blinds and look for a few hands. I'm sure a better situation could come up b4 I'd have to push 'J' high. JMHO
  3. hushpuckena hushpuckena is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2008 (11/23/2008 10:34am) in reply to Mephisto

    I also find this hand rather marginal, though your effective M is low here. Fold with a clear conscience.
  4. 3kingme3 3kingme3 is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2008 (11/23/2008 11:50am) in reply to Mephisto

    this shove is close but its +EV
  5. rivverkiller rivverkiller is offline

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    Nov 23rd, 2008 (11/23/2008 2:53pm) in reply to 3kingme3

    10Js plays very well against most calling ranges. I like a shove here.
     
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