Starstealer's Tournament Report - $10 w/Rebuys

So I've started to incorporate tournaments back into my fairly regular routine of poker playing. It has gone well - but at the same time, I haven't tasted real money in a long while.

Anyway, in this report, I'm going to address a whole bunch of hands, hopefully some fruits will become of them:

Level I (10/20)

23o in the BB - one limper, one raiser (to 60) to me. I fold.
K8o in the SB - MP raises to 120, folds to me. I fold.
A9o on the button - cutoff is the only limper. I fold.
AJo in the cutoff - MP limps, I raise to 80. Button calls, SB raises all-in (to 3170) - everyone folds.
Q7s in MP - UTG and MP limps. I fold.
72o in MP - UTG raises to 80. I fold.
AJs in MP - I open raise to 60. Cutoff calls, button raises all-in (to 2930). SB calls all-in, I fold (cutoff calls as well). Button had JJ, SB had 99 and cutoff had: 23s!
52o in UTG+1 - UTG limps. I fold.
42o in UTG - I fold.
Q6s in the BB. UTG and MP limp, SB completes. I check. Flop is 46T with 2 of my suit - it checks around. The turn is the 2h to make my flush. SB checks, I bet 100 and get 1 caller. The river pairs the board 4 and I bet another 100 - he calls. I take it down. He had A8o with the Ah.
K3o in the SB. UTG, MP, MP2 all limp. I fold.
A9o on the button. MP, cutoff limp. I call. SB folds, and BB checks. Flop is 246 with 2 clubs. BB bets 220 and both limpers call. I fold.
QQ in the cutoff. UTG+1 min raises, I reraise to 140 and UTG+1 calls. The flop is A37 rainbow and he bets 100. I push and he calls with A6o (Stupid move #1? Yeah - I thought so too...)
I rebuy...
K9o in MP. UTG, UTG+1 limp, I fold.

Level II (15/30)

96o in MP. UTG limps, I fold.
44 in MP. Folds to me, I limp, MP limps, SB raises to 240, BB folds - I fold.
K6s in UTG+1. UTG limps, I fold.
64o in UTG - I fold.
A8o in the BB. UTG, UTG+1 limp, MP raises to 150, folds to me - I fold.
53o in the SB. UTG limps, MP raises to 210, MP2 calls, button calls, I fold.
98o on the button. UTG, UTG+1, MP limp, cutoff raises all in to 945. I fold.
K9o in the cutoff. UTG, UTG+1, MP limp. MP3 raises to 150. I fold.
AKo in MP. UTG, UTG+1, MP all limp, I raise to 120. Cutoff, button, BB and all 3 limpers call. Flop is 46Q and it checks around. The turn is a 5 (second spade). Checks to me and I bet 210. I get 4 callers. The river is an 8, checks to me, I check, LHO bets 450 and is raises allin to 4732. He calls off his 1700. They split with gutshots made on the river.
K9o in MP. UTG, MP limp. I fold.

Level III (25/50)

J9o in UTG+1. UTG folds, I fold.
K9o in UTG. I fold.
73o in the BB. UTG+1 raises allin to 3000. SB calls. I fold. UTG+1 has kings and SB has queens.
22 in the SB. Folds to me, I complete. Flop is AAT. I bet 100, he calls. Turn is a T and we check. River is an 8 and we check again. He shows K8 and takes the pot.
A7o on the button. UTG+1 raises to 250. Folds to me. I fold.
63o in the cutoff. UTG limps, UTG+1 raises to 300. MP calls. I fold.
K9s in MP. UTG, MP limp. I fold.
AQs in MP. UTG, UTG+1 limp. I raise to 250. BB calls. Flop is 9TT and BB checks. I push - he calls. He has KQo. I take the pot. (If I had a second rebuy, I might have been able to get more out of this hand, but at the same time, I would've played it more cautiously. I started the hand with just under 1000 in chips.
T7o in MP. Folds to me. I fold.
A9o in UTG+1. UTG folds. I fold.
J7o in UTG. I fold.
43s in the BB. UTG limps, cutoff min raises. I call and limper calls. Flop is 23T. I check, limper checks. Raiser bets 200. I fold.
AQo in the SB. MP limps, cutoff raises to 200. I call, BB calls, limper calls. Flop is 25Q with 2 clubs. I push and limper is the only caller. He has QTo and I double up again. I'm up to 4030.
AKs on the button. UTG+1, MP, MP2 limp. I raise to 450. Everyone folds. I'm at 4255.
A8s on the cutoff. UTG limps, MP min raises, I call. BB and limper both call. Flop is A78 rainbow. Checks to raiser who bets 200. I raise to 1000. He calls. Turn is a 5 (2nd heart). He bets 150, I push to 3155 and he calls allin his last 2700. He has KK and rebuys when they die. I'm up to 8480.

Level IV (50/100)

Q6o in MP. UTG limps, I fold.
98s in MP. UTG limps, I call. SB completes and BB checks. Checks to the river, final board: 67327 with running hearts. K9o takes the pot unimproved.
JTo in MP. I fold.
K7o in UTG+1. I fold.
ATo in UTG. I fold.
T2o in the BB. MP limps, SB completes. I check. Flop is AT5. SB checks. I bet 300 - they both fold. I'm at 8580.
99 in the SB. UTG, MP both limp. I complete and BB checks. Flop is A89 rainbow. I bet out 400 and only MP calls. Turn is a jack (second diamond). I bet 1200 - he calls (he has 1600 left). River is 4d, I push the remainder of his stack in, he calls. I take the pot. He has A4o. He rebuys (he's been very aggressive throughout the rebuy period and is probably up to 10+ rebuys at this point... just for the record...). I have 12080.
TT on the button. UTG+1, MP limp, MP2 raises to 300, I call. BB raises to 2000 (he has 13895 to start the hand). I call. Flop is 47J with 2 diamonds and he pushes. I fold.
K8s in the cutoff. UTG limps. I fold.
85o in MP. UTG, MP limp. I fold.
97o in MP. UTG+1 limps. I fold.
T7o in MP. I fold.
ATs in UTG+1. I limp, MP limps (big stack, 16k), button (loose player with 10 rebuys so far, 2600)) raises to 500. SB calls (2600), I call - so does big stack. Flop is 45T and SB leads out for 100. I raise to 1000 and everyone folds. I'm at 11780.

1st break. I do buy the addon to bring me to 13780 - which is worth 100th/910 left.

Level V (75/150)

T3o UTG - I fold.
63o in the BB. Button min raises (10780), SB calls (9375). I call. Flop is K99, I check-fold to the raiser's 450 bet.
K9s in the SB. MP, cutoff limp, I complete. BB raises to 750. MP calls. Cutoff and I fold.
Q8s on the button. MP, MP3 limp. I fold.
74s in the cutoff. UTG, UTG+1, MP all limp. I fold.
72o in MP. UTG+1 raises to 520. I fold.
K7o in MP. MP raises to 450 - I fold.
T3o in MP. UTG min raises. I fold.
92o in UTG+1. I fold.
T2o in UTG. I fold.
QTs in the BB. UTG+1, button limp. SB raises to 600 (2010), I fold.
62o in the SB. UTG+1 limps, cutoff min raises. I fold.
KJo on the button. UTG+1 limps. I limp. SB completes and BB checks. Flop is 7TQ with 2 hearts. It checks to me - I check. Turn is a 5 and SB leads out for 150. I am the only caller. River is an 8 and we both check. He takes it with 45s.
AQo in the cutoff. UTG+1 limps (3600, loose player), MP raises to 590 (11540), MP2 min raises to 1030 (8605). I fold. All three end up all-in on the flop of 2JT with 2 spades. UTG+1 has Q9s (diamonds), MP has 89o and MP2 has AKo. Turn and river are both eights so MP takes the substantial side pot and UTG+1 takes the good main pot.
43o in MP. UTG+1 raises to 600. I fold.

Level VI (100/200)

82o in MP. UTG+1 limps. I fold.
T8s in MP. I fold.
K8o in UTG+1. I fold.
J3o in UTG. I fold.
94s in the BB. UTG+1, MP limp, MP2 min raises, cutoff calls, button calls, I call and both limpers call. Flop is TTK and I check-fold to a 600 bet.
Q3o in the SB. UTG, MP limp. MP2 raises to 600. I fold.
Q9o on the button. UTG raises to 600. UTG+1 and MP call. I fold.
J7s in the cutoff. MP min raises. I fold. I am moved to another table.
K2o in UTG+1. I fold.
62o in UTG. I fold.
86o in the BB. Cutoff limps, SB completes. I check. Flop is 2TQ. SB bets 400. I fold.
86o in the SB. UTG+1, MP, MP2 limp. MP3 raises to 800. I fold.
63o on the button. UTG raises all in to 2056. I fold.
TT on the cutoff. I open-rase to 800. Button calls (9564) and BB pushes allin (to 2356). I reraise all-in to isolate and the button folds. BB has A8o and I hit a ten on the flop. I'm at 15261.

Level VII (100/200, 25 ante)

QJo in MP. UTG limps, MP raises to 1000. I fold.
95o in MP. I fold.
KQs in UTG+1. I raise to 800. Only SB calls (18708). Flop is 244 and SB checks. I bet 1000 and he folds. I'm at 16411.
J5s in UTG. I fold.
J5s in the BB. UTG+1 min raises, cutoff raises to 800. I fold.
A9s in the SB. UTG limps, button raises to 1000. I fold.
A7o on the button. MP limps, cutoff raises to 1000. I fold.
K5s in the cutoff. I fold.
62s in MP. MP limps. I fold.
A7s in MP. UTG, UTG+1 limp. I fold.
65o in MP. I fold.
74o in UTG+1. I fold.
65o in UTG. I fold.
T9o in the BB. UTG and cutoff limp. I check. Flop is AAK and UTG bets 200. I fold.
67s in the SB. UTG (20412), MP (8327), cutoff (21899) all limp. I complete and BB (10289) checks. Flop is 66J with 2 spades. I check, BB checks, UTG leads for 1000, MP calls. I raise to 5000. Only MP calls. Turn is an offsuit 8 and I push him in. He calls and shows A5s for the flush draw. The Ts shows on the river and he takes the pot from me. I'm down to 7309.
94o on the button. UTG+1 raises to 600. I fold.
KTo in the cutoff. I open-raise to 800. Everyone folds. I'm at 7784.

Level VIII (200/400, 25 ante)

K2o in MP. I fold.
K7o in MP. I fold.
Q8o in MP. UTG min raises. I fold.
KJo in UTG+1. I fold.
75o in UTG. I fold.
AQo in the BB. Folds to SB who completes. I raise to 2000. SB folds. I'm at 8259.
K2o in the SB. UTG+1 raises to 1600. MP calls. Cutoff raises to 6400. I fold.
97o on the button. MP limps, cutoff raises to 1600. I fold.
96s in the cutoff. MP limps, I fold.
J3o in MP. UTG+1 limps. I fold.
A4o in MP. UTG limps. I fold.
76o in UTG+1. I fold.
94o in UTG. I fold.
AJo in the BB. UTG raises to 1600. MP raises to 3600, cutoff calls. I fold.
KQs in the SB. MP raises to 1200, cutoff calls. I fold.
J8o on the button. UTG, UTG+1, MP, MP2 all limp. I fold.

2nd break. I have 7209 and am in dire straights pretty soon...

Level IX (300/600, 50 ante)

43o in the cutoff. MP limps, MP2 min raises. I fold.
T8o in MP. I fold.
99 in MP. UTG limps, UTG+1 min raises. I call. Limper calls. Flop is 34Q and they check to me. I push my remaining 5859. They both fold. I'm up to 10809.
32s in MP. UTG limps, I fold.
A4s in UTG+1. I fold.
KQo in UTG. I fold.
62o in the BB. Cutoff, button limp, SB completes. I check. Flop is 67K with 2 spades. I check-fold.
JTo in the SB. MP raises to 1800, cutoff calls. I fold.
84o on the button. UTG+1, MP, MP2 limp. Cutoff raises to 3000. I fold.
KJo in the cutoff. Folds to me. I fold.
84o in MP. I fold.
JJ in MP. UTG+1 (22398) limps, I raise to 2400. Button (24362) calls, UTG+1 calls. Flop is 236 - all hearts (I don't have a heart). UTG+1 checks, I push in for 7059 and they both fold. I'm up to 15609.
J6o in MP. I fold.
94o in UTG+1. I fold.
83o in UTG. I fold.
A3o in the BB. UTG+1 raises to 1800. MP calls. I fold.
Q4o in the SB. MP raises to 1800. Button calls. I fold.
64o on the button. Folds to me. I fold.

Level X (400/800, 50 ante)

94o in the cutoff. UTG+1 min raises, MP calls. I fold.
K5s in MP. I fold.
AKo in MP. I open-raise to 3200. Everyone folds. I have 15909.
KK in MP. I open-raise to 3200. Only BB calls (he's the one who sucked out the flush..., 21349). Flop is 237 with 2 clubs. He bets 1600. I push in to a total of over 12k. He calls. He has A4s (hearts). He doesn't catch an ace, and I get most of my money back. I'm at 32568.
93s in UTG+1. I fold.
K2o in UTG. I fold.
44 in the BB. UTG limps, UTG+1 raises to 2400. I fold.
K5o in the SB. UTG+1 limps, I fold.
98o on the button. Cutoff raises to 4800. I fold.
J9o in the cutoff. MP limps, MP2 raises allin (only to 814 - lost 20k previous hand). I fold.
Q5o in MP. UTG+1 limps, MP pushes to 3656 (he won the previous hand). MP2 raises allin to 22k. Everyone folds. MP has A6o, MP2 has 66.
65o in MP. UTG+1 raises to 4000. I fold.
43s in MP. I fold.
K4o in UTG+1. I fold. I am moved to another table. I have 30868 which is middle of the pack at this table.
ATo in the BB. MP raises to 4800. I fold.
JJ in the SB. UTG limps, I raise to 4000. UTG calls. Flop is AA8 and I bet 2400. He folds. I'm at 35218.
42o on the button. UTG raises to 2400, UTG+1 raises allin to 7832. I fold. UTG calls and shows QQ and UTG has KK.
32o in the cutoff. MP raises to 2400. I fold.

Level XI (600/1200, 75 ante)

87s in MP. I open-raise to 3600. Everyone folds. I'm at 37443.
K2o in MP. I fold.
J2o in UTG+1. I fold.
94o in UTG. I fold.
66 in the BB. UTG (20215) raises to 3600. Button (46630) calls. I call. Flop is 347. I bet 2400 and they both flat call. Turn is another 7 and we check it. River is another 3 and we check it again. Button has jacks and takes the pot. UTG had AQo.
J7o in the SB. MP min raises, cutoff calls. I fold.
75o on the button. I fold.
T3o in the cutoff. I fold.
J5o in MP. UTG+1 min raises. MP calls. I fold.
JTo in MP. I fold.
87o in MP. I fold.
J3o in UTG+1. I fold.
J3s in UTG. I fold.
J3o in the BB. UTG+1 pushes to 28840. I fold.
96o in the SB. MP raises to 3600. Cutoff calls. I fold.
A5o on the button. MP raises to 6000. I fold.
99 in the cutoff. UTG (24538) limps, I raise to 6000. Limper calls. Flop is 37Q and he pushes allin for 18463. I fold.
K3s in MP. UTG+1 min raises. I fold.
54o in MP. I fold.

Level XII (1000/2000, 100 ante) -- bubble time...

J2s in MP. UTG limps. I fold.
63o in UTG+1. I fold.
QTs in UTG. I fold.
K8s in the BB. UTG+1 raises allin to 28740. SB calls allin for 1050. I fold. UTG+1 has KJo and SB has 65o. SB loses. I'm at 19293.
43o on the button. I fold.
QTo in the cutoff. MP limps, I fold.
J6o in MP. I fold.
93o in MP. MP raises to 6k. I fold.
T5o in MP. UTG+1 raises to 6k. I fold. This time he gets called and shows AJo.
T8o in the BB. Folds to SB (30784) who min raises. I call. Flop is 279 with 2 hearts. He bets 2k, I call. Turn is a 3 and we check. River is a 5 and he checks. I make a minimum bet and he folds. I take the 12k pot. I'm at 25593.
A3o in the SB. Folds to me, and I min raise. BB folds. I'm at 28393.
J9o on the button. MP min raises. I fold.
AJo in the cutoff. I open raise to 6k. Everyone folds. I'm at 32093.
93o in MP. UTG+1 min raises. I fold.
Q2o in MP. UTG min raises. I fold.
98o in MP. I fold.
Q6o in UTG+1. I fold.
83s in UTG. I fold.
87o in the BB. Folds to SB, who completes. Flop si 69Q with 2 hearts. We check. Turn is a 4 and we check. River is the Th (making my straight but also putting out a flush). He checks, I bet 2k and he folds. I'm at 34393.
T2s in the SB. UTG+1 raises to 6k. Cutoff calls. I fold.

3rd break - we are essentially in the money. I have 33293.

Level XIII (1500/3000, 150 ante)

AKo on the button. MP (54940) raises to 12k. I push allin. He calls with TT. Final board is 3254T - all spades. We split. I'm at 36068.
86o in the cutoff. MP min raises, MP2 reraises to 15k. I fold.
72o in MP. I fold.
T8o in MP. UTG raises to 9k. I fold.
32o in UTG+1. I fold.
A2o in UTG. I fold.
82o in the BB. Cutoff limps, button folds. I check. Flop is 556. I check-fold to a 6k bet.
72o in the SB. UTG min raises. I fold.
85o on the button. MP min raises, MP2 reraises all in to 90k. Cutoff calls allin for 10k. I fold. MP folds and the other two show pocket queens and split.
K8s in the cutoff. I fold.
64o in MP. I fold.
73o in MP. UTG raises to 8k. I fold. Everyone folds, but he shows KQs.
73s in MP. I fold.
T6o in UTG+1. I fold.

Level XIV (2000/4000, 200 ante). I have 29518.

Q5o in UTG. I fold.
K6o in the BB. Button min raises and SB calls. I fold.
J4o in the SB. MP min raises. I fold. He shows AJo.
86o on the button. MP min raises. I fold.
98o in the cutoff. MP raises to 12k, MP2 calls. I fold.
87o in MP. MP raises all in to 15662. I fold.
K3o in MP. MP raises all in to 23262. I fold.
T9o in MP. I fold.
72o in UTG+1. I fold. I have 21918.
77 in UTG. I push allin. UTG+1 (13k) calls. Everyone else folds. UTG+1 shows 99 and takes the pot. I'm down to 8265.
44 in the BB. MP raises to 12k. I call. He has K7s. Board is Q8JKQ. I am out in 109th.

Okay - so here's one of the hands from Level IV. This is still during the rebuy period, but I think it has two distinct possibilities to look at. Here's the hand.

I have 12080. TT on the button. UTG+1, MP limp, MP2 raises to 300, I call. BB raises to 2000 (he has 13895 to start the hand). I call. Flop is 47J with 2 diamonds and he pushes. I fold.

First of all, from the preflop action, there's 4550 in the pot. When he pushes, I have 10080 left and I'd be calling to win a 14630 pot.

In terms of hands to put him on, the player has been fairly aggressive thus far, so it is tough for me to put down an ironclad thought. First of all, he could have just overcards to my hand, in which case, he might or might not have a jack to have a better pair on the flop. He could have a pocket pair higher or lower than mine - but I suspect it is not jacks (as he probably would've played it a little slower, even with the flush draw out). He could also have a flush draw here.

Here are some examples of my possible situations:
http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1015794
pokenum -h ts th - ad kd -- jd 4d 7s
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7s Jd 4d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ts Th 451 45.56 539 54.44 0 0.00 0.456
Ad Kd 539 54.44 451 45.56 0 0.00 0.544

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1015796
pokenum -h ts th - ah kc -- jd 4d 7s
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7s Jd 4d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ts Th 745 75.25 245 24.75 0 0.00 0.753
Kc Ah 245 24.75 745 75.25 0 0.00 0.247

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1015800
pokenum -h ts th - 8d 9d -- jd 4d 7s
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7s Jd 4d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ts Th 600 60.61 390 39.39 0 0.00 0.606
9d 8d 390 39.39 600 60.61 0 0.00 0.394

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1015804
pokenum -h ts th - ks kc -- jd 4d 7s
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7s Jd 4d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ts Th 99 10.00 891 90.00 0 0.00 0.100
Ks Kc 891 90.00 99 10.00 0 0.00 0.900

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=1015805
pokenum -h ts th - 9s 9h -- jd 4d 7s
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 7s Jd 4d
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ts Th 907 91.62 83 8.38 0 0.00 0.916
9s 9h 83 8.38 907 91.62 0 0.00 0.084

The biggest decision here is whether to call or not. Right now, you have 10k. If you call and lose, you can take 2 rebuys and be up to 3k. If you call and win, you will have just under 25k. In all cases, the stack size will not be enough to guarantee you make it to the money, let alone deep into it - but obviously things are much easier with a huge stack.

In terms of EV - the only situation where you are in dire straights is where the opponent has a bigger pocket pair or a Jx hand. In these cases, it would be a clear indication to fold (as you only win about 10% of the time).

However, even in the cases where you are in a +EV in terms of tournament money, I would argue very much that folding is right all of the time, unless you know he has a smaller pocket pair (or smaller unpaired cards that can't make a straight without running cards). In these cases, where you have 85% chance of winning or better, I think the call is clearly indicated. On the other extreme though, I think it is pretty likely you are either up against overcards with a flush draw (where it is 45:55 - essentially a draw) or a straight flush draw (where you are winning 60% of the time - still pretty close).

If you lose, you triple your investment in the tournament (by rebuying a 2nd and 3rd time) to put you up to 3,000 after the hand.
If you win, you have the same investment, but your stack has increased by double the starting amount.
If you fold - you have the same investment, but your stack has decreased by 1/6th. In this case, it is a guarantee. If you call, you have a chance of getting a big stack and a change of tripling your investment and having a small, but liveable stack.

Confusing enough yet? I know I am all over the place, but these are the kinds of decisions that I sometimes have trouble with.

Opinions? Should I not even call the preflop raise? I don't think that's reasonable.

/d

That's alot of hands. And it takes a long time to read. Perhaps you could only post key hands? Dont know, do as you like. I will read it as it is fun to read. Haven't read it all yet but the 77 push looks marginal, or I dont know, you only had 5.5xBB. Maybe... Yes I like it. But with a couple of more BB's in your stack I dont know. I dont know what to do with medium pairs middle-late in a tournament.

Anyway I also play $10 rebuy, usually in the afternoon (ET) but sometimes later. When do you play?

I also thought that if someone on BTP had a good finish or just felt he played a good tournament, would it be possible to post the entire hand history here. Perhaps as text file. I dont know anything about that. But that would be good to read (I think).