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hey guys im currently chip leader with 110 BBs. 8 left and im in the money. I have over 1/3 chips in play and 3 times next chip person.
I got a huge luck streak. HAD kings over Aces and went all in on turn and spiked a king to double to 30k. got pocket kings all in against pocket Jacks, pocket jacks, pocket queens and won that hand to get 89k.
this is my best chance to ship one of these. hope i can hold.
chip sizes are
91k me
56k
31
20
17
15
9
9
payout is
225
159
117
85
67
50
36
29
25
22
...
at 88 BB's...i honestly have no idea how to play effectively with big stack...im so scared in these situations to lose my chip lead.
should i be playing NITy since i have so many chips i can wait for premiums to gamble with. or should i be raising and be laggy.
other players are in push fold mode so, im thining nity style is best suited.
7 left... i still have 91k...bb is 1200 right now.
tourney on break...7 still left. i have 96k. others have 37, 34, 33, 24, 13, 11.
blinds at 1500 going up to 2000 after break.
will still have `50 BB when this happens and be in solid shape. i have 1/2.5 total chips right now. looking for optimum spots to slowly build lead.
i'm avoiding coin flips, but should i be?
6 left...i have 101k...and my fold percentage is a little high from the button...should i be raising with anything like a normal cash game...or am i correct to play tight.
AA got cracked by QJ...called 15k preflop and guy hit straight.
down to 85k.
2nd position with 66k right now and 5 players left.
back up to 80k...im gonna play aggressive...either i get out 5th or 1st.
4 left me and chip leader are within 1k. hovering around 80k
Just be patient, you gotta remember your chip stack is only as big as your opponents..aka effective stack. The AA losing to QJ is just bad luck, and you have enough chips to just brush it off and move on. You can try and steal a bind or two every time it goes around, but be careful because you don't want to get caught and/or make a mistake by calling a short stacker's all in and doubling them up.
Take it down!
up to 85k...chip leader has 125
back to chip lead at 93k...table is volatile a little. im playing solid...one guys pushing frequently, and old chip leader is playing with too high vpip. mid 3rd stack is a very good player.
Gl take it down
2 guys have 85k...i have 51k and 4th guy has 27
3 left im in 3rd with half the stack of 2nd or 1st. im gonna give it my all...hope something happens.
random post need 20 points
chip leader with 150 vs 100k.
its heads up!!!!
omfg guys...i just freaking shipped it!!!!! for 225.12.
wtg
wow...biggest score to date, atleast online.
besides luck, my big factor was knowing my opponent types and my table image. Everyone thoguht i was very tight which i was for most of the final table leading up to 4 man play.
knowing my opponents helped a lot. One guy was a very good player and fortunately he was elimnated 4th, phew! one guy was reckless and loose with wide hand ranges. and another guy was pretty solid and seemed to be playing alittle loose given my tight image.
this helped me quite a bit. When i was down to 3 guys and i was in third place, one of the players was very reckless and pushing a lot. despite being at around 10-15 BB and him and chip leader at 25 BB (yes thats how long the tourney lasted, it was a very good game :D) I played tight and i got it in ahead of the loose guy a few times, when i felt my holding had a huge chance of being ahead of his range.
many occaasions i folded pocket 99s and even pocket jacks against him, to not take risks. i knew this lost in ev would be made up when i called his shoves with AA or KK or a set on the flop. I eliminated him and got it heads up against the chip leader.
he was on my right the hole FT and consistently stole my blinds a huge huge majority of the time. Given my tight image he had a looser hand range.
headsup, he pushed with K,rag and i knew my AJ was strong enough to call, and i won 90% of his chips. Next i got 77s and got it in against 10high and won.
overall good tourney. I played a lot less hands than i normally do, and i think that helped a great deal early on in the tourney by giving me a ton of chips on some good all ins, where i was mostly ahead.
thanks for the good wishes guys, and i hope this is the first of many ships for me.
this was good advice...avoiding doubling players up when they shove...i found avoiding all ins unless i felt very confident helped me a great deal...this tourney i didnt shove or call shoves as i normally do. I've made FT's before, but I think i've always been rather loose regarding pushing and calling pushes. I think this advice really helped me. THANKS A BUNCH!!Quote:
Originally Posted by NuGHuFFeR
Nug ususally plays pretty wellQuote:
Originally Posted by plutogon
congrats...very nice man..good luck in future tourney
