Double Quads, baby

[EscapePlan9]

With turbos you really have to push all the edges you get. This makes my understanding of the math involved with ICM and SNG-PT infinitely invaluable.

Both these tournaments were played earlier today.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

MP1 (t1960)
MP2 (t1430)
CO (t785)
Button (t2770)
SB (t1335)
BB (t2440)
Hero (t2780)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with , .
Hero raises to t2780, 4 folds, SB calls t1235 (All-In), BB calls t2240 (All-In).

Flop: (t6555) , , (3 players, 2 all-in)

Turn: (t6555) (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: (t6555) (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t6555

For proof of it being an unexploitable push in this situation, check out the math in the image below. Anytime the EV Dif is greater than 0.5%, you are definitely making a good push, and here it's +1.1%! With only 6 players to act after you, there's less than a 10% chance anyone has JJ+. And with these stacks and blinds, pushing is g00t. You either take down the blinds while slowly whittling away everyone else's stacks (a lot of them have less than 10x BB already), or you get a caller and are the favorite to beating nearly every hand.

The two callers had 33 and AKo, by the way. From winning this huge pot, I put myself in a great position to clinch a first, which I did.




PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (2 handed) from (Format: Bet The Pot)

BB (t2595)
Hero (t10905)

Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
Hero raises to t4800, BB calls t2170 (All-In).

Flop: (t6995) , , (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t6995) (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t6995) (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t6995

Only good players flop quads twice within the same set of four SNGs.