Texas Holtem Poker

Does anyone have any information on any WSOP satellites in the Midwest (Iowa,Missouri,Kansas,Illinois). Also, when do the WSOP satellites start inLas Vegasand when will they be advertised as such or are they? What about any Super satellites?

Answer 1:

The only ones I know about are at the Miss Marquette inMarquetteIowasoon to be known as the Isle of Capri, Marquette. The 7 card HL started today 3/11/00 at noon, Omaha HL is next Saturday 3/18/00 at noon and Hold’em is Saturday 3/25/00 at noon. Call the poker room at 1-800-4YOU-BET for more information.

Answer 2:

I believe the Horseshoe in Tunica had satellites for the WSOP last year or the year before, before the split-up I assume. This is probably where the confusion is coming from.

Let’s say it’s a $200 buy in limit hold-em Tourn. You have about $8000 and the blinds are 500-1000 and you are playing 1000-2000. You have been stealing the blinds.  The table is playing tight because everyone is almost in the money. Everyone folds to you in the sixth position. You raise with crap and then a tough turn player re-raises you. The blinds fold so you are heads up. You call his raise. What do you do if you flop nothing? Do you check raise him? Or fold when he bets? You flop a pair? You know that he suspects you might be on a steal so he might be on a steal himself.  Both your stacks are about equal.  Do you bite the bullet and call him all the way?

Answer 1:

I think you have a series of mistakes here. Your “steal” off the button should be with some kind of hand maybe Ax or Kx at a min. Your call of the raise is a mistake. Any further calling or raising in this hand is a compounding of the original mistake. You got caught stealing give it up and live to fight another hand. You are at a critical junction of the tournament – you didn’t say how many left but sounds like less than 15. This is where you have to manage your stack and make the final table with as many chips as possible.  I’m not saying whimp out but be aggressive with “real” hands.

Answer 2:

I don’t know what a tourney expert is, exactly (But I’m currently ranked #1 on the IRC tourney circuit). In my opinion in this situation you should fold against the raise BEFORE the flop. Either your foe has read your blind stealing correctly and has a better draw, or he has a high pair and doesn’t care what you have. Better preserve the rest of your stack at this point, shift gears and now wait for a decadent hand (or the blinds) before betting out again.

Answer 3:

I don’t know what a tourney expert is either, and I seldom play in tournaments so I’m pretty sure I don’t qualify in any event. But, the advice to fold when he re-raises pre-flop is right, I think. What I think is that this tough tourney player has you pegged as hardheaded and somebody who just isn’t going to give it up so he’s quietly waited for a chance to just trap you for as many bets as he can. He’s probably expecting you to bet the flop and turn no matter what and I’d guess you’re going to get raised on the turn — he’s got a big pair I think. Give it up right away.