Stars $3 Rebuy - After rebuy period, clash with other big stack
 

PLEASE give me any feedback on any street here. Results soon...Villain is 39%/14%/2AF after 129 hands. Raise seemed a bit high preflop so I just called.


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

CO (t14725)
Button (t3725)
SB (t9025)
Hero (t27500)
UTG (t20130)
UTG+1 (t7175)
MP1 (t9015)
MP2 (t26705)
MP3 (t10825)

Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t150, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t900</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero calls t750, MP1 folds.

Flop: (t2025) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

Turn: (t2025) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t600</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t1800</font>, Hero calls t1200.

River: (t5625) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 bets t1200</font>, Hero calls t1200.

Final Pot: t8025

Re: Stars $3 Rebuy - After rebuy period, clash with other big stack
 

I lead the flop there, but I understand it the check.

I think you need to bet more like 1800 on flop. If raised there, I'm either pushing, or if you think he's got a set of tens folding. I guess you managed to keep the pot as small as possible though.

I like the check-call on river.

Definitely interested in other comments though.

Re: Stars $3 Rebuy - After rebuy period, clash with other big stack
 

This guy was just so unpredictable. He was Daniel Negreanu-ish. I watched him limp with KK UTG, and just call a min raise from the SB after the BB called too. He raised 8bbs 2 hands later after a limper behind and showed QTs. Called A4os preflop after I raised 6bbs in CO when he was the only limper so far. LAG, but an excellent post-flop player.

I was REALLY lost in this hand...and after loading up with my multi-tabling, I hadn't been able to watch him much since the last blind level.

Re: Stars $3 Rebuy - After rebuy period, clash with other big stack
 

Villain had AA. Could have lost more, but wonder if leading the flop would have helped. I'm guessing I would have been pushed right there, and then working on a larger pot and bets for the turn and river. Who knows...

Re: Stars $3 Rebuy - After rebuy period, clash with other big stack
 

I think you played this hand fine. The PF call is good because the money is deep and JJ can be dubious, and reraising is gonna have you playing a bloated pot OOP. Checking the flop is fine too for pot control. Your turn lead is gonna get raised b/c of it's size so I would have bet closer to 2/3 pot. River check is mandatory as is the call. All in all GH. I think this is a good example of maintaining pot control throughout a hand and it started with not bloating the pot OOP with a marginal hand with deep money PF.