Step1 SNG on Fulltilt, on 1st bubble w QQ facing 3bet?
Here's a bubble spot in a Step1 SNG on Fulltilt (the ~$3 buyin where Top2 get Step2, 3rd-5th gets Step1). I'm actually doing a personal challenge to put together a bunch of Step3 tickets/tokens (or whatever they call them now), where my initial buyin is $26 & will see how many $26 tokens I can win with it (my last challenge like this, I invested $50 & managed to get 8 $26tokens).
With two bubble spots in the Step SNG's it alters our play a fair bit (or should, as ICM considerations are alot different from a typical 9plyr. SNG, & different too from a typical SNG Satty).
On this table we've played very tight but doubt that most will even notice. Table had mostly bad/weak players with only 2 out of 9 who were profitting players who seemed like they knew what they were doing.
We're sitting on an okay stack of 23bb's, blinds at 50/100. We've been pretty tight and got out stack from a hand that played out in early levels (EP limper we raise to 120 in SB with AQo, EP called. Flop was AT6 rainbow & we lead out for ~3/4 pot and EP calls. Turn '4' we lead out for 350 (~1/2 pot) and EP re-raises us allin.. we snapcall (villain had been really loose & was big-time fish).. and villain shows T9s... AQ holds FTW & we double up. Other than that we haven't been active much at all.
In this hand, Villain has been pretty active, playing a lot of pots, showing down some marginal hands (ie. flats a 7bb EP shov with A7o in CO for over 1/4 his stack.. & takes it down; in another he has 94s in BB, 4-way limped pot he checks a set on the flop & then check-raises allin on the turn vs. a turned straight & sucksout with boat on river).
Here's the hand ->
Full Tilt Poker Game #25038808712: Step 1 (193932369), Table 1 - 50/100 - No Limit Hold'em - 00:24:55 ET - 2010/10/27
Seat 1: Dr_Hangtime (3,495)
Seat 2: yankee885 (2,470)
Seat 3: berlin799 (1,255)
Seat 5: DeepchapChopra (2,325)
Seat 6: TIM8924 (1,230)
Seat 7: charlesmmark (2,725)
charlesmmark posts the small blind of 50
Dr_Hangtime posts the big blind of 100
The button is in seat #6
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to DeepchapChopra [Qh Qd]
yankee885 folds
berlin799 folds
DeepchapChopra raises to 300
TIM8924 folds
charlesmmark has 15 seconds left to act < stalls for a bit & is 1-tabling
charlesmmark raises to 950
Dr_Hangtime folds
DeepchapChopra.....??
What Would You Do?
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