Anthony Martino
Royal Flush
Hero is playing his monthly hosted $40 home game NL Hold Em Tournament. Game had 9 players tonight and our one optional "1st bustout" rebuy.
ABOUT HERO:
Hero has gone deep in all hosted events, but has started cashing more frequently since the structure was changed to add more chips, a few extra levels and levels were increased from 15 to 20 minutes in length. Tournament generally lasts 5 or so hours. Hero won the last event with Villain coming in 2nd.
Hero is usually viewed as TAG, and Villain in the past has pushed him around a bit. However tonight Hero has shown a greater propensity for bluffing and shown many hands where Villain folded the winner.
When the game got down to four-handed play (the money bubble) Hero was the short stack with Villain the clear chip leader. Hero organized an arrangement to pay 4th place their buyin back, taking half the money from 2nd and 3rd and leaving 1st place untouched.
Hero entered heads-up play at a 2:1 chip disadvantage and Villain was generally controlling play, but Hero recently won an all-in pot by checking and allowing Villain to bet the 2nd best hand. Hero has not been as aggressive as Villain, but has called around 60% of Villains raises (Hero has been getting a LOT of 25, 93, etc. type holdings heads-up thus far) and has also raised about 70% of his own hands from the button to 75K.
ABOUT VILLIAN
Villain is a middle-aged math teacher. His style is a crafty LAG but he is capable of tightening up when necessary, and also taking advantage of others when they tighten up. Villain has cashed in every game he's played, and usually for 1st or 2nd place.
In heads-up play Villain has been relentless in raising preflop. With blinds at 15/30K he has been raising pre to anywhere between 90-125K. Villain has rarely folded to a pre-flop raise from Hero, but has usually only called most of them.
ABOUT THE HAND
Stacks are relatively even, at 1.5 million apiece due to Heros recent double-up. Blinds are 15/30K.
Hero is the dealer heads-up with a blind of 15K already in and looks down at
. Hero ????
ABOUT HERO:
Hero has gone deep in all hosted events, but has started cashing more frequently since the structure was changed to add more chips, a few extra levels and levels were increased from 15 to 20 minutes in length. Tournament generally lasts 5 or so hours. Hero won the last event with Villain coming in 2nd.
Hero is usually viewed as TAG, and Villain in the past has pushed him around a bit. However tonight Hero has shown a greater propensity for bluffing and shown many hands where Villain folded the winner.
When the game got down to four-handed play (the money bubble) Hero was the short stack with Villain the clear chip leader. Hero organized an arrangement to pay 4th place their buyin back, taking half the money from 2nd and 3rd and leaving 1st place untouched.
Hero entered heads-up play at a 2:1 chip disadvantage and Villain was generally controlling play, but Hero recently won an all-in pot by checking and allowing Villain to bet the 2nd best hand. Hero has not been as aggressive as Villain, but has called around 60% of Villains raises (Hero has been getting a LOT of 25, 93, etc. type holdings heads-up thus far) and has also raised about 70% of his own hands from the button to 75K.
ABOUT VILLIAN
Villain is a middle-aged math teacher. His style is a crafty LAG but he is capable of tightening up when necessary, and also taking advantage of others when they tighten up. Villain has cashed in every game he's played, and usually for 1st or 2nd place.
In heads-up play Villain has been relentless in raising preflop. With blinds at 15/30K he has been raising pre to anywhere between 90-125K. Villain has rarely folded to a pre-flop raise from Hero, but has usually only called most of them.
ABOUT THE HAND
Stacks are relatively even, at 1.5 million apiece due to Heros recent double-up. Blinds are 15/30K.
Hero is the dealer heads-up with a blind of 15K already in and looks down at
. Hero ????
so the board now reads
and I was drawing dead
