Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew

yoyo

hi,

some do & some don't...i'm guessing the one you played just offered an optional re-entry if you busted.

add-ons tend to go hand in hand with re-buys, 

i like both formats & were an add-on offered i would nearly always take it.

LARSON7

Hey Julian

Player has been opening heeps, every button/ most pots.

But, he has also called a 4 bet all in with K8, albeit player was quite short.

Donttelmum	Small blind		150.00	150.00	8110.00
LARSON7	Big blind		300.00	450.00	6778.00
	Your hole cards	2 2
liamboi11	Fold
x	Raise		600.00	1050.00	20729.50
Donttelmum	Fold
LARSON7	?

yoyo

hey mr,

with antes i'm probably ripping it in with all small pairs...without antes tho 23bb is too much i'd say.

i prob flat knowing that i'm just check folding most of the time which rarely fills me with joy altho from the little you've said i'd be confident of getting paid if we binked a set.

folding's ok as well & personally i don't like 3b'ing OOP vs a sticky big stack with just about the worst possible hand for flopping any sort of equity

LARSON7

Cheers Julian!

I made a bit of a mistake here, was expecting a fold, shouldn't have 3 bet, as he was calling really wide.

yoyo

no problem at all sir,

weirdly enuf i was faced with thus very spot w 19bb in last nights BH so tx for prepping me,

i called & check/folded turn as predicted...was nice to get a free card at least

Chris_Mc

Im struggling with some parts late on in mtt's.

although i seem too know where im going wrong but still make these errors, i feel miby there stealing beacause i raise the button or i have a pair im hope its just 2 over cards... but still i feel i should be folding these and not calling but continue too make theses errors late on

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
darryl1976	Small blind		600.00	600.00	34365.00
myrrdhin	Big blind		1200.00	1800.00	17756.00
	Your hole cards	J A
KEITH1960	Fold
IDONKCALLU	Fold
Chris_Mc	Raise		3600.00	5400.00	17619.62
darryl1976	Fold
myrrdhin	All-in		17756.00	23156.00	0.00
Chris_Mc	Call		15356.00	38512.00	2263.62
myrrdhin	Show	K K
Chris_Mc	Show	J A
Flop
		8 7 K
Turn
		A
River
		6
myrrdhin	Win	Three Kings	38512.00

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
unbpower	Small blind		4000.00	4000.00	292656.79
buffa45	Big blind		8000.00	12000.00	159360.00
	Your hole cards	4 4
gilly88	Fold
Chris_Mc	Call		8000.00	20000.00	87655.08
HENDRIK62	Raise		24000.00	44000.00	316566.13
unbpower	Fold
buffa45	Fold
Chris_Mc	All-in		87655.08	131655.08	0.00
HENDRIK62	Call		71655.08	203310.16	244911.05
Chris_Mc	Show	4 4
HENDRIK62	Show	K K
Flop
		K 9 7
Turn
		A
River
		5
HENDRIK62	Win	Three Kings	203310.16

hhyftrftdr

Seeing as Julian is far too busy* to chirp up, I'll give you my 2 cents Chris on those hands above. Can see 2 fundamental errors.

Hand one. Min raise! There is no need to 3x any hand at any table position at this stage of the tournament. If villain still shoves (which they should), then calling will pretty much totally depend on the table flow and dynamic. I'd say AJ is right at the bottom of the calling range for almost our whole stack; AQ and AK pretty easy calls, AJ less so.

Hand 2. We only have 12bb. A PP in the cutoff? It's probably a shove pre. I don't think we can/should raise fold from our stack size. Shoving means we can't be exploited, but we are never loving it when we are called. Wouldn't even begrudge an open fold sometimes. When you limped and he raised, he is never folding when you jam and you are always racing at best.

All in /> open fold /> raise fold > limp in.

*lazy

Chris_Mc

thanks hhyftrtdr....... I dread seeing your name come up on the forum...

unsure if im going too get slated or get some sound advice. 

im happy with either or but thanks again and will take your points on board.. well try too anyway

if i call u on the dtd with the above hands don't be mad!! chances are youll win.

yoyo

hey guys,

apologies for the lateness of my reply!

you def should be min raising in the mid to late stages & as hhyftrftdr already said, AJ is kind of a sigh call hand & it would really come down to game flow/dynamics to swing the decision one way or the other,

with the 44 yes i prob shove pre but def don't think there's a lot wrong with raise folding from 12 down to 10bb - the trend of late appears to lean toward really playing a short 7-10bb stack as opposed to just whacking in anything under 20.

hope that's of some, belated help

reeler

in one of your earlier posts u said confidence is the key how do u keep that confidence in check . what i mean is u dont wanna get over confident. cause over confidence will make u bet higher thinking yer invincible .

yoyo

hey reeler,

good question!

tbh over-confidence is something i've never had to worry about or manage but i agree that it would be worrisome if you are prone to it,

as a starting point at least it sounds like you recognise it so just try to keep it in check & be aware that it might rear it's head from time to time

reeler

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

hey reeler, good question! tbh over-confidence is something i've never had to worry about or manage but i agree that it would be worrisome if you are prone to it, as a starting point at least it sounds like you recognise it so just try to keep it in check & be aware that it might rear it's head from time to time
Posted by yoyo

im always confident gets me far but sometimes gets me in trouble too lol ty for the advice m8 and by the way i have won a few mtts . so i must be going in the right direction .still a long way to go before i get called sir reeler lol

sapper5117

       

                      can i rebuy when below starting stack or when on zero

yoyo

hi sapper,

yes, you can re-buy when below S/S under the cashier tab & when you lose your stack the option to rebuy will appear (so long as you're still in the re-buy period)

DoyleBrun

SATTELITE PLAY NEAR BUBBLE

Hello Julian I want to know how to play when you are near to getting a seat but are low on chips.

Say there are 10 places and you are around 18th with 20 left and have 20bb's and 10th place has 40 bb's do I sit back and try and creep over the line or do I up the aggression to try and build my stack up.

Thanks Chris.

yoyo

hi chris,

it's a really delicate situation - you need to keep one eye on the lobby to see how you're sitting relative to the other players & average stack sizes are often skewed as a few players will have bigger than average stacks, so yes, you are correct that some seats will be won by below average stacks;

what's more important is how the table is playing - recognise who is & who isn't playing proper satellite strategy as this can really change what opponets might call your shoves with.

i've won seats sneaking through with a handful a blinds, it's pretty stressful but you just have to hang in there & never underestimate how badly some your opponets can play!

DoyleBrun

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

hi chris, it's a really delicate situation - you need to keep one eye on the lobby to see how you're sitting relative to the other players & average stack sizes are often skewed as a few players will have bigger than average stacks, so yes, you are correct that some seats will be won by below average stacks; what's more important is how the table is playing - recognise who is & who isn't playing proper satellite strategy as this can really change what opponets might call your shoves with. i've won seats sneaking through with a handful a blinds, it's pretty stressful but you just have to hang in there & never underestimate how badly some your opponets can play!
Posted by yoyo

Thank you Julian for the information and yes it is stessful.

rusty762

dear julian, 

MTT dynamic

in an mtt main event tounament 33 players left, bubble burst, and in the money.

You are sat in BB with 12 bb remaining and have KQo and the sb shoves on you.Even tho you feel you are ahead of a sb range can this ever ever be a fold ?

From a pros point of view is this just a bog standard call, or can you actually fold ?

yoyo

hi rusty,

in part it would depend on how i percieve the SB ie, tight/loose/aggro etc - my default reaction would be it's a call but it is worth remembering that there is some playability with a 10bb stack on sky poker because there are no running antes in play, so yes, to answer your question given the right circumstances i can definitely find a fold.

hope it worked out for you!

MattBates

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

dear julian,  MTT dynamic in an mtt main event tounament 33 players left, bubble burst, and in the money. You are sat in BB with 12 bb remaining and have KQo and the sb shoves on you.Even tho you feel you are ahead of a sb range can this ever ever be a fold ? From a pros point of view is this just a bog standard call, or can you actually fold ?
Posted by rusty762

I will hijack Mr Thews thread!

Why are you wanting to fold? Are you trying to ladder? Waiting for a better spot? As Julian said we can fold but I think its key to understand why we are folding.

GELDY

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew : I will hijack Mr Thews thread! Why are you wanting to fold? Are you trying to ladder? Waiting for a better spot? As Julian said we can fold but I think its key to understand why we are folding.
Posted by MattBates

cos there are demons out there

rusty762

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew : I will hijack Mr Thews thread! Why are you wanting to fold? Are you trying to ladder? Waiting for a better spot? As Julian said we can fold but I think its key to understand why we are folding.
Posted by MattBates

cheers matt

rusty762

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

hi rusty, in part it would depend on how i percieve the SB ie, tight/loose/aggro etc - my default reaction would be it's a call but it is worth remembering that there is some playability with a 10bb stack on sky poker because there are no running antes in play, so yes, to answer your question given the right circumstances i can definitely find a fold. hope it worked out for you!
Posted by yoyo

thx Julian - my default too, and I am very grateful for your condidered reply. 

yoyo

no worries sir & tx for jumping in geldy & mattbates!

RadfordPOP

Hi. I have a hand to discuss and was wondering if it was quite spewy to throw away a 70BB stack near the money with AKo facing a 4-bet shove.

It is a £300 deepstack tournament at DTD in Nottingham. I'm sure you have heard of this Julian! About 350 entered. with about 45 players remaining with 32 getting paid. Average is 350k. I have close to 700k. Villain has me covered with around 1 million. Blinds are 5,000/10,000/1,000ante.

I have been rather active raising first-in quite a bit. Villian just arrived to the table an orbit ago and hasn't got involved yet.

The button raises to 23k. I have AKo in the SB and 3-bet to 52k (looking back maybe I should have 3-bet a little larger?).

He took around 5 seconds before announcing allin. Do I really need to spew off 70BB here? Or can I call knowing that I'm never crushed and that it's probably a flip?

yoyo

hello sir,

yes, i am somewhat familiar with that event!

would def raise bigger as you're going to be out of position throughout the hand.

with a comfy 70bb i prob would'nt be looking to get AK in vs a bigger stack with whom i have no history & i think in reviewing this hand a crucial part is to be honest & ask yourself did you even consider folding or was it just an auto call?

i'm often guilty of making my mind up ahead of getting all the information...sometimes we need to step back & see the bigger picture!

on a positive note, a good aggressive game should get you far & it's pretty unlucky to walk into kings or aces right?

GELDY

its spewy says thewy (reading between the lines)

why risk your tournie life on a flip

easy to get away from

don't know where you are

haven't committed too much of your stack

and you seem to be happy aggravating the smaller stacks

easy fold

yoyo

well said sir & i'm sure we've both done waaaay worse...

GELDY

In Response to Re: Ask Thewy - Tournament Q&A with Julian Thew:

well said sir & i'm sure we've both done waaaay worse...
Posted by yoyo

"well it seemed a good idea at the time ......" i know what you mean

F_Ivanovic

Honestly, the mistake would be 3-betting this hand if you aren't comfortable then GII. By 3-bet/folding we've basically turned a great starting hand into a bluff. If villain did have AA or KK here in position I'm not sure he would 4bet jam AI either. This looks like we're flipping vs JJ/QQ a lot or we're in great shape against a worse ace that decided to bully us knowing it's going to be v hard for us to call w/o a monster.

BTN/SB dynamics can be very aggressive so unless opponent was an old guy you'd traditionally label a nit then 3-bet/calling is perfectly standard.

I'd definitely consider just flatting in future spots though if you are not happy 3bet/GII.