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Do you think this was a bad poker play?
I use to play very often in college, but now I only play about once a month. It was a $109 online tournament buy in, first place is $17 000, 740 people entered. I played for three hours, but had to go somewhere, so I called a college roommate, someone I taught how to play, and told him to take over, splitting profits 50/50 whatever we won. When I left he was in 22 out of 150; he ended up finishing 38th, and made $300, really just $200 after the buy-in. Which is fine, but the play he lost in was...
10-10 hole cards, he was big blind. The person before the dealer went all-in. He decided to call, the other guy had AJ, and caught a J on the flop. Both he and the other player had similar chips, 10x big blind....imo, my friend made a bad play...I know things happen in poker, and his finish wasn't bad, but should I give him a friendly reminder that 10-10 isn't a good play?
With 38 players left and only 10 big blinds, you're hurting. I know a lot of people will tell you to hang on to try and eek out a few more dollars, but your goal in MTTs should be to get to the final table, not make $350 instead of $300.
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When a guy pushes in their chips with ten big blinds from the cut off position, it looks a lot like a steal. A lot of players will push in that position with any Ace, any pair, any two face cards, or even suited small connectors. Heck, there are people who will shove with any two cards in that position. Unless your opponent is a total rock, you're going to dominate a significant portion of his range, be a modest favorite against most of the rest of it (AK, AQ, AJ, KQ, KJ) and be dominated by only 4 hands.
From a strategic standpoint, you have to make a move. Like I said, you shouldn't be playing to hang on, you should be playing to get to the final table, which means you're going to have to double up probably at LEAST 3 more times. You can't just muck a huge hand like pocket 10s with a small stack late in the tournament. I call this all day, every day.
So in summary, you've got a top 10 hand, an opponent who's likely stealing, and a small stack. Winners shove, losers muck. Period.
