$400 NL HE MTT: Colussus 2024

[5TR8 FLUSH]

Game

Hold'em

Game Format

No Limit

Table Format

MTT

Buy-in

400

Game Options

1. Rebuy

Currency

$

This will be my first hand analysis which was in a live tournament. The opponent was in the LJ position and I was in the Button with 9c10c. I have about 1.1 million chips and opponent has about 1.6 million chips. Full 9 player table, blinds at 15K/30K/30K over 600 players remaining in the wsop Colussus event.

*LJ is the table chip leader and the tightest player at the table.

Pre flop:
Everyone folds to LJ who raises to 110K, Hero calls with 9c10c in the button position. Heads up to the flop

Flop:
8h Jh Ad - action goes check check

Turn:
Qd - LJ checks, Hero bets 125K, LJ re-raise to 350K.

What is your play?

 

[fundiver199]

Preflop
It would be fine to play T9s in position against a normal open like 2,5BB. But when "the tightest player at the table" makes it 3,67BB, I think, this is just a fold.

Flop
You flopped an OESD, so you could bet as a semibluff. However I feel, that his check on this board could be a trap, and its not great to get check-raised. So I am ok taking a free card here.

Turn
You made a straight, so now you clearly have to bet for value. He now check-raise, which confirm my suspicion, that something fishy/trappy was going on on the flop, like him having top set. Your hand cannot improve, and nearly every single card will change the nuts on the river completing a flushdraw, pairing the board or putting a 1-liner to a straight. There is no benefit in seeing the last card, and there is only around a pot sized bet left. So just get it in and let him do, what he wants to do. If he call, thats fine, and if he fold, thats also fine.

 

[5TR8 FLUSH]

fundiver, I appreciate your input. I agree with everything you said, but I'll share what happened tomorrow to give time for others that may have other opinions.

 

[5TR8 FLUSH]

I folded to the opponents check raise. To any other player at the table, I would have shoved without thinking about it. Since he was tightest player at the table and I had a feeling he had K 10s (either of hearts or diamonds). I also thought he may of had a set, or two pair. My gut feeling kept telling I was beat, or was going to lose hand. Unfortunately the opponent didn't show. I'll never know what opponent had, but now kind of wished I had shoved just to know LOL. Did I play this hand incorrectly?

 

[fundiver199]

I definitely think, it was a mistake to fold. If he has KT, then he has it, and it is, what it is. I think, its far more likely, he had a set and most likely top set. You started this hand with around 40BB, and that is just not deep enough to even consider folding the second nuts, just because the opponent could in theory have the nuts. The other option was to fold preflop. If you really think, this guy would only put chips into the pot with the pure nuts, then whats the point in getting involved with a suited connector? Is this assumption is correct, you are not going to get paid, when you hit, so why even play the hand in the first place?

 

[5TR8 FLUSH]

Your right Fundiver, I should have committed. I think I gave this opponent too much credit. I also think fear of getting eliminated at that point of the tournament was also in the back of my mind. Thinking back, getting eliminated with the second nuts on the turn would have been fine. Who knows, I could also won the hand and been table chip leader and with a healthy stack. The day previous to that, at the SouthPoint casino, I had made the money then lost two hands close to each other holding the best hand all in pre flop. This was also fresh in my mind, and added to fear of getting eliminated. Thanks to everyone for your input. You have some solid feedback fundiver, appreciate you.

 

[eetenor]

This will be my first hand analysis which was in a live tournament. The opponent was in the LJ position and I was in the Button with 9c10c. I have about 1.1 million chips and opponent has about 1.6 million chips. Full 9 player table, blinds at 15K/30K/30K over 600 players remaining in the WSOP Colussus event.

*LJ is the table chip leader and the tightest player at the table.

Pre flop:
Everyone folds to LJ who raises to 110K, Hero calls with 9c10c in the button position. Heads up to the flop

Flop:
8h Jh Ad - action goes check check

Turn:
Qd - LJ checks, Hero bets 125K, LJ re-raise to 350K.

What is your play?

With soo many weak players in the field and the fact that this player might stick it in with worse on the river I would stack protect to see a clean river.

However, I fold to this player this sizing preflop for the same future game considerations as above

 

[Conic10Poker]

I first would have looked at his preflop raise and determine if almost 4X has been his standard, or was this on the higher side. If on the higher side, it's possible that he had a hand he liked (77+, AXs, KQs, QJs), but did not really want to build a pot with it and was hoping to just take it down pre-flop. If 4X was out of the norm, then FOLD pre-flop. If it was normal then decide if you want to go with your marginal hand. I would have led with a bet after his check on the open ended flop board. On the turn with the made straight (2nd nuts), betting for value is appropriate and was his check raise a gear he has been playing? If not, and this was something new then that is where you need think something is fishy, but in the end I'm probably going with my straight. I don't personally think he's check raising you with the nuts, unless he really thought MAYBE you were on some flush draw and he just wanted to take it down right there. Once you decided to play 9c10c on the BTN and hit your straight on the turn, I think you have to go with what you started. Can't play out of fear of being knocked out of a tournament, as you mentioned. Not a good mindset to have at the table, but I've been there, so I get it. Congrats on still cashing in the Colossus. How did you finish? That's a big field tourney. I cashed in the Colossus in 2023 (15,894 entrants and I busted day 2 in 1,270th place for a little over min cash), so I know the grind.

 

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Congrats on still cashing in the Colossus. How did you finish? That's a big field tourney. I cashed in the Colossus in 2023 (15,894 entrants and I busted day 2 in 1,270th place for a little over min cash), so I know the grind.

I think it had about 19,535 entrants, I got 349th place.

 

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Considering that you are in the money already, I feel like its either all in or fold basically, and I would need a little more context on villain to make that decision in your shoes.

 

[AKQ]

This will be my first hand analysis which was in a live tournament. The opponent was in the LJ position and I was in the Button with 9c10c. I have about 1.1 million chips and opponent has about 1.6 million chips. Full 9 player table, blinds at 15K/30K/30K over 600 players remaining in the WSOP Colussus event.

*LJ is the table chip leader and the tightest player at the table.

Pre flop:
Everyone folds to LJ who raises to 110K, Hero calls with 9c10c in the button position. Heads up to the flop

Flop:
8h Jh Ad - action goes check check

Turn:
Qd - LJ checks, Hero bets 125K, LJ re-raise to 350K.

What is your play?

AALL IN
then I'd be out
because he has the K10 and nothing else
duuuuh