Hi all,
I would appreciate any help with how I played this hand.
About 40 left in this Stars 180 $22. Villain has been slightly tight-passive preflop and average postflop.
On the turn, I raise 800, figuring I'll represent a mediocre hand, while at the same time narrowing the field.
I then decided to push all in, because I concluded that the possibility of an evil river card (flush, likely straight) outweighed the risks of a better straight. I also considered check-calling a medium bet on the river.
Thanks!
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed)
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MP2 (t10490)
CO (t4755)
Button (t5080)
SB (t13092)
Hero (t4660)
UTG (t2286)
MP1 (t5065)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
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2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, Button calls t400, SB calls t300, Hero calls t200.
Flop: (t1600) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, Button checks.
Turn: (t1600) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t800</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t1200</font>, SB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t4260</font>, Button calls t3060.
River: (t10520) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Final Pot: t10520