My last hand in LAPT Peru
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My last hand in LAPT Peru
Hi guys,
I played the LAPT Peru and got eliminated in a debatable spot. It was the end of Day 1A and I was moved to a new table, so I didn't have solid reads on any of the players. To my left there was a short stack on push or fold mode. Two to my left was a guy who only played a few hands during the time I was at the table, but he didn't win nor reached showdown. Three to my left was a maniac with a big stack. He had been calling raises with handslike K4 suited.
I had 27K and blinds were 500/1000 with a 100 ante. It was folded to me on the button, surprisingly, since the table was loose overall. I raised to 2500 with ATo. SB folded and Villain, the tight guy, three-bet to 7000. He had me covered by a big margin.
My initial reaction was to think he was restealing against a button opener. He was playing tight, but with a maniac to his left and a short stack who shoved preflop to his right, that's no surprise.
If he had reraise for value, though, my hand was nearly useless. I tanked for a while and finally decided to shove. My reasons were:
Villain, as I said, had three-bet against button, so he could be restealing;
It was probably apparent to the players that I satellited into the tournament, making me an easy target to be pushed around;
My table miage was tight as well;
It was the second to last hand of the day, and many newcomers try to get to Day 2 (in other words, shoving would look strong);
27k could really hurt his stack and he wasn't committed to call;
I had blockers to AK, AQ, AA and TT;
It is better to die fighting than being blinded away (avg stack was over 43k).
Long story short, the guy instacall with AKs and flopped a flush.
What do you guys think about the hand?
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27 big is plenty of room to play. I'd very rarely without a excellent read against a very aggro opponent shove ATo. It is a hand that doesn't flop super well with a spr of 1.3 also, so you can't call much here.
Against a tight player 3betting from the big blind I throw this in the muck and go happily to the next one. He needs call 20k more to win 36.5k. I don't think he is 3b/f much here.
Just a question, why did you think that they thought you were a likely to be a satelliter ?
Pega eles na próxima. Gl
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Was also one of the dumbest mistakes of my life when I tryed to bluff on that spot. I mean, when the picture was taken. I guess I'd have been quite if the camera was not there. Now that's something to learn for next time: no weird plays in front pf the cameras!
There was an article about me (with picture) on Stars' blog. And occasionally some Brazilian media guys would come and talk to me. I'm not sure if they saw any of that, but I definitely don't look like a card shark.
where is the post ?
I don't think people see much of this stars blog, specially at LAPT. If the media comes to you consistently I think it looks stronger and not weaker.
This is definitely some spewage lol you mentioned that the table saw you as a tight player, why would that particular player mess with inferior holdings and play back at you with a 3b if he didn't have you beat? Just doesn't make any sense for him to be getting out of line with all the info you've provided.
I would minraise preflop OTB 27 bb eff.
ATo is top 8% of hands. A standard button open here should be around 40% (even as wide as 60% vs a tight bb) so I understand why you feel you shouldn't fold a hand this strong. Versus a guy who is playing back at you rather often it's a big mistake to fold here.
The problem is that you got 3bet to a smallish amount for tight bb's live play sizing (standard sizing would be to shove on you) and you have a tight image yourself, it's second to last hand of the day which he might expect you to open tighter even and advance to day 2 ...
Vs a tight polar (99+ AQ+ and bluffs) 3bet range he needs to have 41% bluffs for you to break even. That is about 64 combos (4 offsuit hands).
Had I been active at the table, this would have been a standard get in spot for me too, but with the reads you gave it seems like a tight fold.
I don't like shoving because we are essentially turning our hand into a bluff and AT is too strong to turn into a bluff in a button vs big blind situation. We are never getting a better hand to fold in this spot and if we fold we still have 25 big blinds to play with, which is plenty of room with a good structured tournament. I think I prefer a fold pre flop to a shove or a call.
yea mad spew also you dont see as much 3b from bb as much as ppl have seen how profitable it can be to peel so i find many ppl just 3b mostly for value in spots like this
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