5$ rebuy and bad FT

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Qyvs! Poland. Jan 10 2009 17:57. Posts 190

5$ rebuy on stars

I got to my first final table of some larger tournament for me which was 5$rebuy on stars. First prize was around 2,5K$ - around 900 entrants. I haven't played any tournaments before to a decent extent and I really enjoyed it. I guess I might be playing more of them on weekends.

Anyways... I was in top TOP30 all the way from the beggining of the tournament. I was getting some decent hands at first, then I was basically stealing a lot. I did raise w/ garbage sometimes and just c/bet. I was getting paid off in spots where I would not think I would. However, I did not build my stack that way, usually just maintain its' size in between getting paid off. Level of play post-flop was really low. I did enjoy the structure beacuse most of the time I had more than 70 big blinds.

Unfortunately when it came down to last 20 people I was 4th in chips and was losing chips constantly.

One guy who was hyper-aggro was reraising most of my raises ( he was 2nd out of 17 at that time ). Eventually he managed to redistribute all my chips beacuse he didn't make it to the final table.

I just gave up raising on that table to steal beacuse he was on my left. Finally I found myself in a spot where I had around ~15 BB and was in reraise all-in, push mode. I wasn't getting any hands at all for an hour and eventually dropped down to 10 BB being 10th out of 12 people on 2 tables.

I had to shove with any two cards couple of times to my new big-blind friend and I made it to the final table. I was last in chips.

Last hand of the tournament I should have folded but I didn't. Blinds were 6/12 1K ante and I had 118K. Everybody folded to the SB who had 330K and decided to make it 36K. I had A5s and decided to shove on him which was terrible. What really made me mad was that I didn't think for a second when I shoved. Last hour I was waiting 3 seconds to make any decision not to give away any timing tells. When I saw A5s I knew that the button and the SB will be bullying me, and A5s was top5 hands I got in the last hour. Before the dealers' , or the SB's decision I knew I was going to shove against their raise on me - which is a retarded way of thinking.

The reasons which made me think I had to push were :

- I got to the FT and perceived it as a success beacuse it was a battle for the last hour to get there
- I was the last in chips ( had 10BB )
- I got a hand which was decent compared to what I was getting in the past hour
- I knew I will be bullied
- I was a little bit frustrated with the hands I was being dealt

Reasons why I shouldn't shove :

- I had no folding equity at all
- I was just transfered to a 10-man table in which effectively I could get more hands that I was getting in the 6-man table before it broke down
- Guy who raised from the SB had no less that AT before when it did come to showdown, and he wasn't stealing
- I didn't analyze the situation

So finally I pushed, the SB had AJ and the flop didn't bring me any luck. I got 200$ for 9th or 10th whatever and a feeling that I messed up hahah.

At least this can help my mood !

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