The third Saturday of each month, the Gold Strike has a big tournament that has a $20,000 guarantee. Entry fee is $225 with 15K in starting chips. The first hour has 20-minute levels, then they increase to 30 minutes.
Today, only 83 runners entered, so there was a nice overlay. Ten got paid and I went out in either 14th or 15, boo.
I played one deal poorly. A weak-tight player raised to 12K from a 42K stack with the blinds at 2000/4000/5oo. This was odd as you often just shove a good hand with 10 big blinds. It folded to me in the big blind and I peeked at my hole cards to see: ♦A ♦Q. I had already seen him lay down pocket 10s to a pre-flop shove (folks don't make a fold like this and then show, bad idea), so I decided to shove and see if he would fold. He didn't and I lost the hand. In retrospect, if I just call, then shove the flop (standard stop-and-go) he would likely have folded.
This was for about half my chips. Not long after, I ran 7-7 into queens to bust. Not fun.
Photo taken with my phone camera.
I am sure that it is frustrating to lose to a person who has less experience and skill.
ReplyDeleteWhat did he have when you shoved the A Q suited ans he called?
ReplyDeleteI may be wrong. I start to think shove when the M=10-12. That is assuming a decent shove hand. With that much power still there, it makes for a difficult call by most. Seems when I get beat it the guy behind me that has a big hand and not the opener. The flavor of the table might make me wait but I'm looking.
ReplyDeleteA couple of more hands without playing, and the M starts to solicit callers. You go a bit card dead and your in serious trouble with that M dropping nicely below 10.
Might be a flaw but its my thought.
The Horseshoe had an overlay, too. I hope they don't drop their guarantee tournaments. Maybe it will pick back up when the new room opens. Sorry you didn't get better results in this GS one!
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