Thanks! Can you elaborate as well? Aside from KQ and KK hands are you thinking of particular spots where I "gave free cards" incorrectly? Maybe I'm just getting defensive cause I'm still salty about how bad day 1 of the main went, but I don't think so.
I also think the way I played the KQ hand is pretty defensible and it's a little results oriented to say I paid the penalty for how I played the hand. I managed one of the nut worst run outs on that board, so if I'd gotten called on flop it's reasonably likely I'm still losing the hand based on the hands that were probably involved.
Firstly good on you for giving it a shot, its a lot of money, respect for simply being there.
I would have raised the 67s two pair hand on the turn fairly large, our hand is probably good on the turn but vulnerable. He was UTG and is going to have all the big pairs and Qx a fair amount of the time from which you can extract value. If the board pairs we are in big trouble though and you can't rely on AK betting twice unimproved so he likely has something he's going to call with. We might not have folded out an oesd with a raise but its difficult to put that draw into his range. Running into T8 is a stinker but he's value betting into a 4 to a straight board 88 and sets are possible I'd still sigh fold. (hindsight of course, but I usually always fold to 4 to a straight and 4 flush boards and they are value betting)
KK I 4bet, these crazy guys don't fold preflop I'm ramping it up to try and get him to make as big as mistake as posssible. Big hands don't come around enough in live poker for me to slow play them.
T9 I would have double barrelled to shift out all his overcard hands AQ KQ and Ah x Kh x hands that he's floating with, it might also have folded out his QT hand. You have a ton of
equity when called, its a clear barrelling spot for me. I'm signed into the Max Value training site where barrelling is being pushed big time as the biggest underused tool in MTTs, especially where you have equity when called.
AK I'm firing the turn for value with our straight, he could have 89 K9 2pair and sets and your getting it in great. You talked about this spot and I think you acknowledge it was a good spot to bet.
A6 as soon as he checks twice I'm betting the turn as standard operating procedure
KQs yeah you can check this but I'd like to thin the field a bit and get value from KJ KT K9 hands. When you check this board and give the free card to 3 players someone is going to improve on the turn, then the ace comes on the end and your stuck. You made a good fold imo. If you bet the flop and say 2 fold you are heads up with a much better chance of realising your equity. Not saying you are going to win the hand but I think you have a better chance. Its such a static flop you're really only getting called by worse Kx and small pair gutshot combos that still need to improve.
Taking it down on the flop with top pair good kicker v 3 players would have been just fine with me.
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