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I had the experience of playing this year's Shooting Start Tournament at Bay 101 in San Jose. It was another Matt Savage tournament. I really enjoy the way he structures his events. Even though I never made the money I got a lot of play in two of the events. What follows are a few interesting hands that came up in the Shooting Star Main event.
The main event is a $1560 buy-in event. You receive 10,000 in tournament chips. The blinds start at 25-50, so you get a lot of play for your money. There was a designated star at each table and you received a $1500 bounty for eliminating a star. Marsha Waggoner was the star at my table. I had never played with her before. I sat next to her, and we had some very nice conversations. I didn't want to bust her, because I enjoyed conversing with her so much.
The first big hand for me came when the blinds were 50-100. I had pocket Jacks and raised from early position for 300. My stack was around the original 10,000. An Asian player 3 to my left raised it to 2,000, and everyone folded around to me. As I considered the w88 hands that he would raise with I concluded that he most likely had a larger pair, but an A-K was also possible. I decided not to reraise all-in, rather choosing to call. My plan was to see the flop. If my pair was an over pair, then I would bet strong, figuring he would lay down the A-K. If an over card came to my pair, I would surrender. If he raised my bet, I felt that he could only do that with a bigger pair. The flop brought 9-high. I bet 3000, and he moved all-in. I stuck to my plan and said, "Ok, I believe you," turning face-up my pocket Jacks. He showed his cowboys. Vinny Vihn, sitting between us, complimented me on my lay-down. "It probably would have been a better lay-down before the flop," was my response. At least I didn't let myself be busted by the hand, but I also didn't let myself get bullied either. So I would offer that strategy as a way to play pocket Jacks without investing your entire stack.
Now I was down to under 4000 in chips. I had pocket 3's, which I limped in with. I am a great believer in trying to see flops with pairs, in hopes of catching a set. There were already three limpers, when it got to Vinny Vihn. Vinny had a huge stack, and it was obvious to me that he was bullying the table. He raised to 800, and one-by one everybody folded. With my small stack, I decided that I would move in, if it was folded around to me. I figured that a limp reraise would potentially win the pot right there, and if Vinny called I felt that he would only have overcards, not a made hand. Everyone folded to me and I moved in. The player between myself and Vinny thought and finally folded, and I was quite relieved, because I figured him, as it turns out correctly, for a bigger pair. Vinny didn't take much time to call. I said, "I don't have much."
He showed A-J, which is kind of what I hoped he had. I was just looking for a coin toss to double my meager stack with. The flop came Q-10-x, but he missed on his huge draw, doubling me up. "You tired?" he asked amazed at my bold play with the pocket threes.
I basically explained what I'll explain now. I had a small stack, and a chance to gamble against someone who I felt had over cards. Furthermore, there was a reasonable chance that he would lay the hand down. I would not have overcalled anyone. He thought that I was showing him disrespect, which I refuted. I told him I thought he was playing his stack very well, but in his position, the way he was raising aggressively, I knew he had a wide variety of hands that he would play in that way. Having gambled a little, I was back up to nearly even.
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