Am I ahead here ever?
 

Villain just got moved to the table. Comments on pre and flop welcome.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (9 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP1 (t2080)
MP2 (t5545)
MP3 (t1910)
CO (t7902)
Button (t4430)
SB (t7235)
Hero (t6420)
UTG (t1930)
UTG+1 (t1204)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">7 folds</font>, Hero calls t100.

Flop: (t450) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t200</font>, Hero calls t200.

Turn: (t850) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t500</font>,

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

Buy-in?

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

$20/180

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

considering stack sizes, i think i put him all-in on the flop....but i feel compelled to raise this preflop, i hate minraises

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

you shove olmost 6k in 600 pot ?
you know how weak that looks
youre hand is already underrated because you called a mini raise from the BB wich you can do with 57o

pre is fine
flop is ok but a raise to 500 might give you some extra info
turn i wanna raise for info but raising flop is cheaper
as played i might just flat the turn and hope for a showdown

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

I put UTG all in pre, I'm OOP, and the pot is now a big chunk of effective stack sizes.

I think its pretty standard to be honest with no one else in the pot.

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

I raise to ~700 pre flop. I have seen so many people show down crap with UTG min raise. I can also fold comfortably to a 4 bet pre flop.

Many times its a suited connector trying to scare away a reraise so that he sees a flop cheap.

As played I chk raise flop and also prolly fold to a 3-bet as we can still have lots of chips left behind for a better spot.

chk/call is just too passive for me, how does that sound?

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

I think this is a pretty easy turn fold, best case senario he has QQ or KK with the spade or a chop. fwiw I think I play the same, RR pre is a disaster waiting to happen

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

You guys do realise that UTG has only 1730 left after his raise, and there's 450 in the pot after you call right?

How is this not a push pre?

also, raise 700 pre and fold is sick as you would be getting more than 2:1 on his 4-bet.

Re: Am I ahead here ever?
 

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You guys do realise that UTG has only 1730 left after his raise, and there's 450 in the pot after you call right?

How is this not a push pre?

also, raise 700 pre and fold is sick as you would be getting more than 2:1 on his 4-bet.

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my bad i checked heros stack forgot to look at villains, push pre sounds good to me