Yeah, I see the point. From my point of view, a 3X blind raise picks
up the blinds at that table almost all of of the time. Meanwhile, my big
blind opponent is only going to reraise with hands that have me in
extremely bad shape. He's offering me 1.07-to-1 when he moves in, and I
am sure I'm a much bigger dog than that. Frankly, it would have been
better to call with 29o (or, as I did later, T8o) against his hand,
because the odds with two live cards would be better than the dominating
situtation he obviously had me in.
I didn't know I was about to have a 20 hand run of 92o-style hands; if
I had, perhaps I'd rather have gotten it all in there. But, my thinking
at the time was I had 650 to push a few times, and about 7/10 hands, the
3X preflop raise had been picking up the blinds. I have a little more
than 3X the 200 big blind that's about to start, so I figured I'd get a
few Ace-highs and push, and have more of a chance than I did against my
opponent's obvious dominating hand in the big blind.
I certainly wouldn't have done it this way if the table was looser.
But the place was so tight, I could easily put him on a hand that beat me
and find a better spot.
I do agree with you that in most situations, the plays you suggest are
more or less no-brainer tourney strategy. But, I think given the
likelihood that I could pick up blinds so easily at the table, my
remaining 650 had more value in that regard. I'm so likely to go bust on
the hand (my read was in fact right, my opponent told me he had AK after I
busted), I'm better off trying to rebuild my stack instead.
In retrospect, I think the real mistake was not making a play or two
with the 29o, 35o, and the other such hands I got in the 20 hands that
followed. I should have taken my chances knowing that my table was so
tight I was likely to get away with it. So, thinking over again, I still
like my fold of the KQs against my opponents obvious AQ or better, but I
what I did really wrong was fail to take advantage by all-in bluffing more
in the 2 rounds that followed.
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Date: 2006-08-01 16:05 (UTC)Yeah, I see the point. From my point of view, a 3X blind raise picks up the blinds at that table almost all of of the time. Meanwhile, my big blind opponent is only going to reraise with hands that have me in extremely bad shape. He's offering me 1.07-to-1 when he moves in, and I am sure I'm a much bigger dog than that. Frankly, it would have been better to call with 29o (or, as I did later, T8o) against his hand, because the odds with two live cards would be better than the dominating situtation he obviously had me in.
I didn't know I was about to have a 20 hand run of 92o-style hands; if I had, perhaps I'd rather have gotten it all in there. But, my thinking at the time was I had 650 to push a few times, and about 7/10 hands, the 3X preflop raise had been picking up the blinds. I have a little more than 3X the 200 big blind that's about to start, so I figured I'd get a few Ace-highs and push, and have more of a chance than I did against my opponent's obvious dominating hand in the big blind.
I certainly wouldn't have done it this way if the table was looser. But the place was so tight, I could easily put him on a hand that beat me and find a better spot.
I do agree with you that in most situations, the plays you suggest are more or less no-brainer tourney strategy. But, I think given the likelihood that I could pick up blinds so easily at the table, my remaining 650 had more value in that regard. I'm so likely to go bust on the hand (my read was in fact right, my opponent told me he had AK after I busted), I'm better off trying to rebuild my stack instead.
In retrospect, I think the real mistake was not making a play or two with the 29o, 35o, and the other such hands I got in the 20 hands that followed. I should have taken my chances knowing that my table was so tight I was likely to get away with it. So, thinking over again, I still like my fold of the KQs against my opponents obvious AQ or better, but I what I did really wrong was fail to take advantage by all-in bluffing more in the 2 rounds that followed.