Played just the 12 STTs on betfair today and managed a massive 40p profit on them... sheeesh, maybe plus a couple of quid in cakeback. This huge profit didnt quite cover the multis I have entered today (4k gtd, a couple of €50 bonuses. satellite for the 10k) so I am down a bit on the day.
Anyway in the last one tonight a situation arose which has caused me some thought. Me and Snap had played a couple of the same STTs, and in this particular one there were four players left, one big stack and three little ones, me and Snap included, on the SB and BB. Other short stack utg folds, as does the big stack. I've got 1309 and Snap has 640 after paying the blinds. I have A6 off suit. My normal play would be to stuff them in and pressure the shorty, this I do and Snap calls in a flash with 88. Here is the hand in full:
Game #2258136953: Hold'em NL (300/600) - 2006/08/19 - 21:50:57 (GMT)
Table "STT1 3286075 - 1" Seat 2 is the button.
Seat 2: MickLFC (5969 in chips)
Seat 3: ajcairns (1609 in chips)
Seat 5: .snap. (1240 in chips)
Seat 8: Sparx (1182 in chips)
ajcairns: posts small blind 300
.snap.: posts big blind 600
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to ajcairns [6d Ah]
Sparx: folds
MickLFC: folds
ajcairns: raises to 1609 and is all-in
.snap.: is all-in 640
Returned uncalled bets 369 to ajcairns<B< span>r>----- FLOP ----- [2s 7h 3h]
----- TURN ----- [2s 7h 3h][8d]
----- RIVER ----- [2s 7h 3h 8d][5h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
ajcairns: shows [6d Ah] (High Card Ace)
.snap.: shows [8h 8s] (Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high)
.snap. collects 2480 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 2480 Main pot 2480 Rake 0
Board [2s 7h 3h 8d 5h]
Seat 2: MickLFC (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: ajcairns (small blind) showed [6d Ah] and lost
Seat 5: .snap. (big blind) showed [8h 8s] and won (2480) with Three of a kind, Eights, Seven high
Seat 8: Sparx folded before Flop (didn't bet)
So if I had done as the title of this thread suggests and gone easy on him, I would have had 1309 and Snap would have been on 1540 and the other shorty on 1182 and about to pay 600 on the BB. Even though it was normal play, it bothered me that it was Snap and it looked as if I was trying to bubble him. Hindsight is a great thing, but maybe I should have soft played as the other shorty would have then been under extreme pressure, and me with no blinds to pay for two hands. As it happens, I went out a couple of hands later, the big stack went out in 3rd, Snap 2nd and the other original shorty went on to win.
Personally, when I am playing my run of the mill STTs I would prefer not to play a flashmobber as it affects the way I play, ever so slightly, but nonetheless it does. Happy to hear your views on this subject.
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