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After stealing the blinds a couple of times, we come to:

Hand 42

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
6 players

Stacks:
UTG Hero (2645)
UTG 1 TIJO (3575)
CO BigD666 (420)
BTN tommink (2625)
SB DC168 (1385)
BB snake8484 (1350)

Blinds: 15/30

Pre-flop: (45, 6 players) Hero is UTG
Hero calls 30, 4 folds, snake8484 checks

Flop: (75, 2 players)
snake8484 checks, Hero bets 60, snake8484 folds

Final Pot: 75

Hero wins 75 ( lost -15 )
snake8484 lost -30

Anybody disagree with the slowplay?

i think slowplaying preflop here is fine. the blinds are early, so pumping it up wont chase anyone out, and it gives away your hand. Carlos is very good and tricky so he knows he can play AK postflop like the best in the world.

good work so far dissecting this!

Moving on to Hand 55.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
6 players

Stacks:
UTG TIJO (4275)
UTG 1 BigD666 (1760)
CO tommink (1660)
BTN DC168 (1295)
SB snake8484 (1140)
BB Hero (1870)

Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 6 players) Hero is BB
1 fold, BigD666 raises to 100, 3 folds, Hero calls 50

Flop: (225, 2 players)
Hero checks, BigD666 checks

Turn: (225, 2 players)
Hero bets 150, BigD666 calls 150

River: (525, 2 players)
Hero bets 450, BigD666 calls 450

Final Pot: 1425
BigD666 shows: {da}
Hero shows:

Hero wins 1425 ( won 725 )
BigD666 lost -700

Terrible min raise by opponent. Why would he check top pair with no kicker on that flop???

Defend those blinds.

A few hands later.....Hand 57.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
6 players

Stacks:
UTG tommink (1660)
UTG 1 DC168 (1295)
CO snake8484 (1115)
BTN Hero (2645)
SB TIJO (4225)
BB BigD666 (1060)

Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 6 players) Hero is BTN
3 folds, Hero raises to 100, 1 fold, BigD666 calls 50

Flop: (225, 2 players)
BigD666 bets 150, Hero goes all-in 2545, BigD666 folds

Final Pot: 525

Hero wins 525 ( lost -2120 )
BigD666 lost -250

Aggression, aggression, aggression. Really put the pressure on his opponent.

Hand 61

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
6 players

Stacks:
UTG TIJO (4200)
UTG 1 BigD666 (860)
CO tommink (1585)
BTN DC168 (1220)
SB snake8484 (1140)
BB Hero (2995)

Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 6 players) Hero is BB
1 fold, BigD666 raises to 100, tommink calls 100, 2 folds, Hero calls 50

Flop: (325, 3 players)
Hero checks, BigD666 bets 100, tommink calls 100, Hero calls 100

Turn: (625, 3 players)
Hero checks, BigD666 checks, tommink checks

River: (625, 3 players)
Hero bets 400, 2 folds

Final Pot: 625

Hero wins 625 ( won 25 )
BigD666 lost -200
tommink lost -200

With the checks on the turn, time to put pressure on his opponents on the river.

BTW, is anybody looking at these?

I am

OK, just wanted to make sure I wan't wasting my time. I'll keep posting 3 or 4 per day.

Thanks

me 2 obv

A few hands later...Hand 61.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
6 players

Stacks:
UTG TIJO (4200)
UTG 1 BigD666 (860)
CO tommink (1585)
BTN DC168 (1220)
SB snake8484 (1140)
BB Hero (2995)

Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 6 players) Hero is BB
1 fold, BigD666 raises to 100, tommink calls 100, 2 folds, Hero calls 50

Flop: (325, 3 players)
Hero checks, BigD666 bets 100, tommink calls 100, Hero calls 100

Turn: (625, 3 players)
Hero checks, BigD666 checks, tommink checks

River: (625, 3 players)
Hero bets 400, 2 folds

Final Pot: 625

Hero wins 625 ( won 25 )
BigD666 lost -200
tommink lost -200

We already saw that he will defend his blinds. It was especially cheap to do so here. 6-1 pot odds on calling the flop bet which was probably just a CB anyway. Gets to check the turn for a free gutshot and hits. I may have bet a little smaller than 3/4 pot but I'm guessing he's wanting to make it look like a steal attempt.

On to hand 75.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
5 players

Stacks:
UTG Hero (3170)
CO TIJO (4300)
BTN tommink (1810)
SB DC168 (1095)
BB snake8484 (1625)

Blinds: 25/50

Pre-flop: (75, 5 players) Hero is UTG
Hero raises to 100, 1 fold, tommink calls 100, 2 folds

Flop: (275, 2 players)
Hero bets 100, 1 fold

Final Pot: 275

Hero wins 275 ( won 75 )
tommink lost -100

Just an example of a standard CB.

One thing to look at, he's keeping his bets small early in the hand and then putting the pressure on when he senses weakness. The small bets preserve his stack but still give him the lead in the hand.

Hand 77

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
5 players

Stacks:
UTG tommink (1710)
CO DC168 (1070)
BTN snake8484 (1675)
SB Hero (3245)
BB TIJO (4300)

Blinds: 50/100

Pre-flop: (150, 5 players) Hero is SB {da}
tommink calls 100, 2 folds, Hero raises to 400, 1 fold, tommink calls 300

Flop: (900, 2 players)
Hero bets 900, tommink goes all-in 1310, Hero calls 410

Turn: (3520, 2 players)

River: (3520, 2 players)

Final Pot: 3520
tommink shows:
Hero shows: {da}

Hero wins 3520 ( won 1810 )
tommink lost -1710

I'm not sure if he would have laid down the AJh preflop but here's what happens when you slow play AA. I understand his opponents just calling with AA UTG but it backfired on him. Why just call the raise preflop? Disguise the hand? Well, it got disguised.

After a stealing the blinds a few times, we come to Hand 88.

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
4 players

Stacks:
CO TIJO (4800)
BTN DC168 (1640)
SB snake8484 (855)
BB Hero (4705)

Blinds: 50/100

Pre-flop: (150, 4 players) Hero is BB
2 folds, snake8484 goes all-in 855, Hero calls 755

Flop: (1710, 2 players)

Turn: (1710, 2 players)

River: (1710, 2 players)

Final Pot: 1710
snake8484 shows:
Hero shows:

snake8484 wins 1710 ( won 855 )
Hero lost -855

A-7 is a little weak to call an all in with but here the short-stack has only 855 chips and Hero already has 100 in the pot so he has to call 755 to not only win 1710 but also eliminate an opponent.

Hand 92

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
4 players

Stacks:
CO TIJO (4800)
BTN DC168 (1490)
SB snake8484 (1610)
BB Hero (4100)

Blinds: 50/100

Pre-flop: (150, 4 players) Hero is BB
2 folds, snake8484 calls 50, Hero checks

Flop: (200, 2 players)
snake8484 bets 200, Hero calls 200

Turn: (600, 2 players)
snake8484 checks, Hero checks

River: (600, 2 players)
snake8484 checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: 600
snake8484 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 600 ( won 300 )
snake8484 lost -300

Nice call on the flop. I think that if his opponent bet the turn, he would have won the hand. Instead he elected to check it down. Tough to fire that second shot.

Hand 101

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
4 players

Stacks:
CO DC168 (1340)
BTN snake8484 (1610)
SB Hero (4400)
BB TIJO (4650)

Blinds: 50/100

Pre-flop: (150, 4 players) Hero is SB
2 folds, Hero calls 50, TIJO checks

Flop: (200, 2 players)
Hero checks, TIJO bets 300, Hero calls 300

Turn: (800, 2 players)
Hero checks, TIJO checks

River: (800, 2 players)
Hero bets 1000, TIJO calls 1000

Final Pot: 2800
TIJO shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 2800 ( won 1400 )
TIJO lost -1400

Here he calls on the flop with ace high then gets very lucky and catches runner-runner for the flush. I guess his opponent felt like the 1000 bet on the river was a steal attempt.

Hand 112

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
4 players

Stacks:
CO TIJO (2730)
BTN DC168 (2580)
SB snake8484 (1190)
BB Hero (5500)

Blinds: 50/100

Pre-flop: (150, 4 players) Hero is BB
TIJO calls 100, 1 fold, snake8484 calls 50, Hero checks

Flop: (300, 3 players)
snake8484 checks, Hero bets 200, 1 fold, snake8484 goes all-in 1090, Hero calls 890

Turn: (2480, 2 players)

River: (2480, 2 players)

Final Pot: 2480
snake8484 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 2480 ( won 1290 )
TIJO lost -100
snake8484 lost -1190

BB Special.

Down to heads up on this round.

Hand 117

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
2 players

Stacks:
BTN DC168 (5360)
BB Hero (6640)

Blinds: 75/150

Pre-flop: (225, 2 players) Hero is BB
DC168 calls 75, Hero checks

Flop: (300, 2 players)
Hero bets 150, DC168 raises to 600, Hero calls 450

Turn: (1500, 2 players)
Hero checks, DC168 bets 600, Hero calls 600

River: (2700, 2 players)
Hero checks, DC168 checks

Final Pot: 2700
DC168 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 2700 ( won 1350 )
DC168 lost -1350

HU is a very aggressive game.

I didn't post the hands but Hero has been raising almost every hand preflop and betting every flop to amass chips. He's really keeping the pressure on his opponent.

Hand 132

No Limit Holdem Tournament
$1000 $50
2 players

Stacks:
BTN Hero (7390)
BB DC168 (4610)

Blinds: 75/150

Pre-flop: (225, 2 players) Hero is BTN
Hero raises to 300, DC168 calls 150

Flop: (600, 2 players)
DC168 checks, Hero bets 150, DC168 calls 150

Turn: (900, 2 players)
DC168 checks, Hero bets 600, DC168 calls 600

River: (2100, 2 players)
DC168 checks, Hero checks

Final Pot: 2100
DC168 shows:
Hero shows:

Hero wins 2100 ( won 1050 )
DC168 lost -1050

He kept the pressure on and lucked into the winning hand. His opponent is playing weak.