It’s a busy time for the folks over at 888poker , as the platform’s $2 million guaranteed XL Autumn Series recently kicked off. At the same time, the company is also getting ready for its upcoming 888poker LIVE Coventry festival.
And with all these action-packed tournaments scheduled, you’ll probably want to brush up on some poker strategy to give you the best chance of booking big wins. Luckily for you, 888poker ambassador Alexandre “Cavalito” Mantovani has put together this video to help you when you’re facing tricky spots around the money bubble .
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The hand that Mantovani covers is from the 2023 888poker LIVE Barcelona Main Event , with the money bubble looming.
With that in mind, Mantovani mentions that he’s starting to tighten up his opening range due to being close to the money. The hand starts with him in the cutoff with A 10 and 26 big blinds. For Mantovani, this is a very clear raise from this position, and he opened raised to two big blinds (8,000). The action then folded to Edu Riego in the small blind who three-bet to just over six big blinds (25,000) with A J , which forces Mantovani into his first decision.
“He [Riego] three-bets on the smaller side, which is standard when we have ICM in play,” said Mantovani. “Ace-ten is an awful hand to jam because if I go all in here, he is always calling me with ace-jack or better and folding all of his ace-nines and weaker aces.”
Montavio opted to call the three-bet despite playing tighter than usual at this point as “folding a hand as strong as ace-ten, I’m probably going to be easily exploited, so I go with the call.”
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