played badly? final table of £5 BH

jugglegeek

Hand History #413361471 (15:28 12/09/2011)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
NODDYPARRY	Small blind		400.00	400.00	17350.00
BIGBOY468	Big blind		800.00	1200.00	6965.00
	Your hole cards	10 10
jugglegeek	Raise		2000.00	3200.00	25765.00
Candid	Fold
kenmillon	All-in		18025.00	21225.00	0.00
NODDYPARRY	Fold
BIGBOY468	Fold
jugglegeek	Call		16025.00	37250.00	9740.00
jugglegeek	Show	10 10
kenmillon	Show	K K
Flop
		4 J 7
Turn
		A
River
		9
kenmillon	Win	Flush to the King	37250.00		37250.00

jugglegeek

Five left in the tournement and I have been playing well. I have a good image at the table and have been stealing blinds and making the right calls and re-shoving in the right spots. I have also gotten luck calling a shove with KQ against AQ on a queen high flop and hitting a flush on the turn.

The villian has had plenty of blinds stolen by me but has also push back a few times, I have folded and he has shown big hands. One time he did so with AK.

2.5x has been my standard UTG raise size (2x from other possitions). With 22BB he has the perfect stack-size to re-shove.

Should I have given up if I think his range for doing this is AQ+, 99+. Or am I right to go for the win since a double up now would give me the chip lead and eliminate the player (not to mention the extra head prize)

NColley

Depends how big his head prize is worth. If hes worth quite a lot (like £10) then its obv a call since getting his head is better then the next ladder spot.

labrat64

5 left on f/t, pp 10's. Can't see how you could have played it any other way. You've got to play for the win when you're at this stage, and his range makes it almost impossible for you not to call.

Dudeskin8

Looks fine, he could easily have have overcards here plus you still have over 10 bigs if you lose.

debdobs_67

Yeah standard stuff just ul on this occasion

jugglegeek

Thanks for the comments. I thought I did the right thing and was just unlucky but I went out in a live event last night with queens (I'm on the BB with 12BB average stack is 10BB, early possition uber shorty all in, SB raises to around half my sack and I fist-pump shove with QQ only to get called by AA in the small blind and for a real kick in the groin the shorty had QT)

My play at these stages of MTTs seems to have improved by using the following stratergy.

 <10BBs shove anything into an UNOPENED pot and call with any pair, suited connectors, K9+ and A2+

10-20BB Shove into unopened pots with 99+, AJo+, A9s+ and KQs. Min raise from button ATC if pot unopened depending on blinds' stacks. Likely fold if shoved on.

20-30BB min raise with most hands but call if shoved on only with the above range .

I really struggled with these stages of MTTs because I didn't know what to do when I was less than 25BBs deep. I'm starting to work out that the important thing is to take small risks to win small pots often. Not necessarily to wait for moster hands and get busy.

Dudeskin8

In Response to Re: played badly? final table of £5 BH:

Thanks for the comments. I thought I did the right thing and was just unlucky but I went out in a live event last night with queens (I'm on the BB with 12BB average stack is 10BB, early possition uber shorty all in, SB raises to around half my sack and I fist-pump shove with QQ only to get called by AA in the small blind and for a real kick in the groin the shorty had QT) My play at these stages of MTTs seems to have improved by using the following stratergy.  <10BBs shove anything into an UNOPENED pot and call with any pair, suited connectors, K9+ and A2+ 10-20BB Shove into unopened pots with 99+, AJo+, A9s+ and KQs. Min raise from button ATC if pot unopened depending on blinds' stacks. Likely fold if shoved on. 20-30BB min raise with most hands but call if shoved on only with the above range . I really struggled with these stages of MTTs because I didn't know what to do when I was less than 25BBs deep. I'm starting to work out that the important thing is to take small risks to win small pots often. Not necessarily to wait for moster hands and get busy.
Posted by jugglegeek

I don't think you should really raise fold much with 10-20 bb stack.

AMYBR

Weird question jugglegeek.  If your playing live do you call here still?

Reason I ask is this is one of my more significant failings online.  You get used to a certain type/level of action.  Its harder to give credit and therefore be more inclined to take a perceived flip.

FWIW I may call here online.  But never live.  Jamming ranges do tend to be tighter though

grantorino

Well you are 44% against the range you give villain, and you need 43% to make the call. Taking account of the fact that he may shove wider or bluffshove a small % of time, he has a bounty you can win, prizepool is prob top heavy and you still have 10BB left when you lose I think its a call. If you can steal easily v rest of table and you are sure his shoving range is very narrow you can maybe consider folding