hands from the fcp vs nwp tournament

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I have been meaning to post some key hands from the FCP vs NWP tournament I recently won. Here they are...I hadn't gotten my chips in but once before with AK, and I had been picking up a lot of small pots up until this point, playing fairly LAG but showing very few hands.I was chip leader or top 5 through a good part of the tournament, which gave me a lot of options.Villian (SB) is poguemahone, who has been playing very tight. I think it might be one of the few mistakes I made in this tournament. But it is certainly up for discussion.--------------PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) converterCO (t2938)Button (t5490)SB (t1885)BB (t7395)UTG (t3392)Hero (t5470)MP2 (t1190)Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9:diamond:, 9:heart:. UTG calls t150, Hero raises to t450, UTG folds, Hero calls t1435.Flop: (t4070) 2:heart:, 8:heart:, 4:club: (2 players)Turn: (t4070) 4:spade: (2 players)River: (t4070) 3:heart: (2 players)Final Pot: t4070Pogue had AKAgainst a tight player, I should probably fold 99. My thinkin at the time was that I was not getting the odds to fold. I was gettin 2710:1435 or about 1.89:1 to call.----------------------------------------PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) converterButton (t6645)SB (t2510)Hero (t14997)UTG (t755)MP1 (t4441)MP2 (t4120)CO (t9005)Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:club:, T:club:. UTG raises to t600 and everyone folds to hero who folds........It amazes me how many people make this call against an UTG raiser.-------------------------------------------BB is SKE, who finished second. This is the hand I knew I was getting "table respect" from him. He thought about this a while before folding. This is the kind of aggressive play that got me action when I wanted ito. Looking back, I think my J7 was good when I moved in. At the time I thought he might have folded a better jack.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) converterUTG (t4780)MP1 (t3751)MP2 (t5239)CO (t7704)Button (t3141)Hero (t17254)BB (t7677)Preflop: Hero is SB with 7:diamond:, J:diamond:. 5 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.Flop: (t1200) J:heart:, T:club:, 9:club: (2 players)Hero checks, BB bets t1600, BB folds.Final Pot: t12800----------------------------------------UTG is DKEPokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (6 handed) converterMP (t11731)CO (t7730)Button (t4004)SB (t10915)Hero (t15477)UTG (t17552)Preflop: Hero is BB with A:club:, T:spade:. [color:#CC3333]UTG raises to t2450[/color].Final Pot: t2700Respect given.Should I have called?------------------------------------------------Here's a bad hand for me, but I think it is a close call....5 handed with enormous blinds, this had become a crapshoot. The aggressor took down the pot 90% of the time.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (5 handed) converterBB (t9335)UTG (t42414)MP (t14219)Hero (t33454)SB (t15627)Preflop: Hero is Button with 9:diamond:, A:heart:. 2 folds, Hero calls t5660.This might have been a bad call. But I wanted to 'take a stand' and was gettin much better than 2 to 1 on the call. I certainly think, in hindsight, I could have found a fold here.Villian shows 66 and it is a race.Flop: (t18745) 3:heart:, 4:diamond:, 3:spade: (2 players)Turn: (t18745) 8:diamond: (2 players)River: (t18745) 5:club: (2 players)Final Pot: t18745Bad news for hero, who takes a big hit.----------------------------------------------------At the final table I had one huge suckout (A6 vs AJ) and made one huge preflop laydown (JJ against DKE all in reraise 4 handed). He showed KK. other than that the final table was kinda uneventful.Here's the last hand.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t4000 (2 handed) converterHero (t148436)BB (t31564)Preflop: Hero is Button with J:spade:, A:spade:. [color:#CC3333]Hero raises to t12000[/color], Hero calls t19364.Flop: (t62728) 2:club:, 4:diamond:, T:spade: [color:#0000FF](2 players)[/color]Turn: (t62728) J:heart: [color:#0000FF](2 players)[/color]River: (t62728) 8:club: [color:#0000FF](2 players)[/color]Final Pot: t62728DKE had A8.

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On the hand with Pogue - I put Pogue on 88-AA, AQs, AKo, AKs; given that, you were under 40% to win the pot using Pokerstove. Based on that, the pot would need to have 3,500+ for you to make the call. So, basically a fold.If you widen Pogue's range, then it becomes closer. Based on the chat afterwards, I believe that Pogue thought that you should have folded.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) converterButton (t6645)SB (t2510)Hero (t14997)UTG (t755)MP1 (t4441)MP2 (t4120)CO (t9005)Preflop: Hero is BB with QSuit: Club, TSuit: Club.UTG raises to t600 and everyone folds to hero who folds........It amazes me how many people make this call against an UTG raiser.

Opponent is desperate and I put him on any broadway, any pair, any two suited; based on that, Q10s is a slight favorite in this hand.Call.On the other hands, I liked your play. On the A9o hand, you were on the button and BB came back over the top. You had him covered and I play it like a headsup situation and I'll call with any A with an 8 or better kicker.On the A10 hand, the raiser had a bigger stack than you so I think that your fold was appropriate

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed) converterCO (t2938)Button (t5490)SB (t1885)BB (t7395)UTG (t3392)Hero (t5470)MP2 (t1190)Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9:diamond:, 9:heart:. UTG calls t150, Hero raises to t450, UTG folds, Hero calls t1435.Flop: (t4070) 2:heart:, 8:heart:, 4:club: (2 players)Turn: (t4070) 4:spade: (2 players)River: (t4070) 3:heart: (2 players)Final Pot: t4070Pogue had AK

Probably a fold, if your description of the situation is accurate.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) converterButton (t6645)SB (t2510)Hero (t14997)UTG (t755)MP1 (t4441)MP2 (t4120)CO (t9005)Preflop: Hero is BB with Q:club:, T:club:. UTG raises to t600 and everyone folds to hero who folds........It amazes me how many people make this call against an UTG raiser.

Yeah, it's pretty bad. Who wants to call a raise out of position with a marginal hand? I do, I do!

BB is SKE, who finished second. This is the hand I knew I was getting "table respect" from him. He thought about this a while before folding. This is the kind of aggressive play that got me action when I wanted ito. Looking back, I think my J7 was good when I moved in. At the time I thought he might have folded a better jack.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (7 handed) converterUTG (t4780)MP1 (t3751)MP2 (t5239)CO (t7704)Button (t3141)Hero (t17254)BB (t7677)Preflop: Hero is SB with 7:diamond:, J:diamond:. 5 folds, Hero completes, BB checks.Flop: (t1200) J:heart:, T:club:, 9:club: (2 players)Hero checks, BB bets t1600, BB folds.Final Pot: t12800

It could be table respect, or it could be somebody taking a shot at the pot after missing completely. I tend to think it's the latter. I know I wouldn't fold any jack after that ridiculous check-raise.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t800 (6 handed) converterMP (t11731)CO (t7730)Button (t4004)SB (t10915)Hero (t15477)UTG (t17552)Preflop: Hero is BB with A:club:, T:spade:. [color:#CC3333]UTG raises to t2450[/color].Final Pot: t2700Respect given.Should I have called?

I don't want to play the guessing game with AT against DKE, who has raised UTG, either.

Here's a bad hand for me, but I think it is a close call....5 handed with enormous blinds, this had become a crapshoot. The aggressor took down the pot 90% of the time.PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t1200 (5 handed) converterBB (t9335)UTG (t42414)MP (t14219)Hero (t33454)SB (t15627)Preflop: Hero is Button with 9:diamond:, A:heart:. 2 folds, Hero calls t5660.This might have been a bad call. But I wanted to 'take a stand' and was gettin much better than 2 to 1 on the call. I certainly think, in hindsight, I could have found a fold here.Villian shows 66 and it is a race.Flop: (t18745) 3:heart:, 4:diamond:, 3:spade: (2 players)Turn: (t18745) 8:diamond: (2 players)River: (t18745) 5:club: (2 players)Final Pot: t18745Bad news for hero, who takes a big hit.

I don't think a fold is warranted. The BB could push with hands much worse than yours (KQ-K9, A8-A2) as well as any pair (some of which you race, most of which you aren't in terrible shape against).