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Preview of Crushing Small Stakes Poker Tournaments, Volume 2
Rather than tell you about my Kindle book, Crushing Small Stakes Poker Tournaments, Volume 2, I created this PDF
to let you experience it for yourself.
This PDF contains 5 complete hand examples taken from the book. The book contains 50 hand examples taken from small
stake, fast structured tournaments.
If you want to become a large winner at the game, you must learn to think for yourself. My book is laid out so you can
think about the play you would make before going to the next page, where my actual play is revealed.
You should spend a lot of time thinking about each and every decision in order to come up with your answer, as well as the
reason for your answer, before looking at my answer. If your answer differs from mine, try to figure out why.
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Situation 003
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 180
Blind Level: 1 10/20 Blinds: 30 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 +2 MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand 87s
Starting Stacks 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1550 1490 1480 1500
Pre-Flop Bets Call 20 Call 20 ???
Action leading up: There are two limpers before the action gets to Hero in the CO.
What should Hero do?
Response 003
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 180
Blind Level: 1 10/20 Blinds: 30 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 +2 MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand 87s
Starting Stacks 1500 1500 1500 1500 1500 1550 1490 1480 1500
Pre-Flop Bets Call 20 Call 20 Call 20
Hero’s action: Hero limps.
Strategic Concept: Implied Odds
Analysis: The tournament is in the Early Stage. Typically, you want to start out playing tight aggressive and as
the stacks get shorter, you need to play a few more hands in position, hoping to steal the blinds with a wide range.
87s is a great hand to see a cheap flop with. Hero gets in for 20 chips but even if there was a raise to 60, he would
call to see a flop because hands like 87s, also called suited connectors, flop very well.
Situation 006
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 160
Blind Level: 2 15/30 Blinds: 45 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand TT
Starting Stacks 1270 1585 1545 1375 745 2190 2860 1930
Pre-Flop Bets Call 30 ???
Action leading up: There is one limper and the action folds to Hero in the HJ.
What should Hero do?
Response 006
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 160
Blind Level: 2 15/30 Blinds: 45 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand TT
Starting Stacks 1270 1585 1545 1375 745 2190 2860 1930
Pre-Flop Bets Call 30 Raise
to 150
Hero’s action: Hero raises to 150 chips.
Strategic Concept: Isolation Raise
Analysis: The tournament is in the Early Stage. TT is a good hand but it does not do particularly well post-flop
in a multi-way pot. Hero wants to make the standard raise to 5BBs, which is 3BBs plus 1BB when there are
limpers plus 1BB for each limper (5BBs = 3BBs + 1BB + 1BB). Notice this raise is a little more than a pot sized
raise, which is usually ideal.
Situation 010
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 110
Blind Level: 5 75/150 Blinds: 225 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 +2 MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand AA
Starting Stacks 2915 1285 1860 2715 3755 2125 1995 1108 1222
Pre-Flop Bets Raise
to 450
???
Action leading up: The action folds to the button, who raises to 3BBs. The action is now on Hero in the SB.
What should Hero do?
Response 010
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 110
Blind Level: 5 75/150 Blinds: 225 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 +2 MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand AA
Starting Stacks 2915 1285 1860 2715 3755 2125 1995 1108 1222
Pre-Flop Bets Raise
to 450
Push
Hero’s action: Hero pushes.
Strategic Concept: Easy Push
Analysis: The tournament is in the Middle Stage. The only question is how to get all the money in. The button will be pot committed, needing less than 30% equity to break even, when Hero pushes, meaning he will call Hero’s push basically every time. There is no need to slowplay preflop when your opponent will almost always call a push. The last thing you want to happen is to see a flop and have the Button get scared out of the hand when he has something like JJ on a flop of KQ7 or AQ on K85.
Situation 012
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 110
Blind Level: 5 75/150 Blinds: 225 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand K9o
Starting Stacks 1122 1400 870 1683 1820 3655 2735 4160
Pre-Flop Bets ???
Action leading up: The action folds to Hero in the SB.
What should Hero do?
Response 012
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 110
Blind Level: 5 75/150 Blinds: 225 Antes: 0
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand K9o
Starting Stacks 1122 1400 870 1683 1820 3655 2735 4160
Pre-Flop Bets Raise
to 400
Hero’s action: Hero raises to 400, planning to fold to a push.
Strategic Concept: Dead Money
Analysis: The tournament is in The Middle Stage. Hero can’t fold this hand because it is too strong and the pot
is too small to justify the risk of a push. Calling is just inviting a bluff resteal, which Hero can’t defend well
against. This opponent has not shown any amount of aggression so far, meaning he will be unlikely to bluff Hero
off his hand by reraising, making a raise to 400 the best play.
Situation 017
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 65
Blind Level: 8 150/300/25 Blinds: 450 Antes: 200
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand Q7o
Starting Stacks 4708 3540 6760 2818 6760 5770 2196 7279
Pre-Flop Bets ???
Action leading up: The action folds to Hero in the CO.
What should Hero do?
Response 017
Game: Short Stack MTT Players Remaining: 65
Blind Level: 8 150/300/25 Blinds: 450 Antes: 200
Position UTG +1 empty MP HJ CO Button SB BB
Hero’s Hand Q7o
Starting Stacks 4708 3540 6760 2818 6760 5770 2196 7279
Pre-Flop Bets Fold
Hero’s action: Hero folds.
Strategic Concept: Easy Fold
Analysis: The tournament is In the Middle Stage. This hand is too weak and Hero’s stack is too deep to push.
Hero has substantial tournament equity and there is no reason to gamble. A raise to 4BBs would invite a resteal
and Hero would have to fold if a large stack pushed. A min-raise would allow Hero to fold to a big stack’s push
but Hero would be getting the odds to call the short stack. The best option is to fold and wait for a better
situation.
My Kindle book, which includes 50 complete hand examples, is available on Amazon:
http://amzn.com/B00BWDD3D0
You can read my Kindle book on your PC, Mac, iPad, iPhone, iPod Touch, or Android device.
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