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Old 11-17-2007, 07:39 PM
TheDespot TheDespot is offline
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Default Re: 200NL: Yucky spot with TPTK

I don't really like a push here either. We can narrow his range down pretty confidently to a big draw or a (somewhat?) big made hand. If I shove here, I don't think there is any hand at all that he can call with that I beat. And he's obviously calling with all the hands that have me crushed that he could have here. I elected to call here and then re-evaluate on the turn. If a scare card comes I'm probably done with the hand. If I have him beat here and he just has K-Q or something I think that will be reflected in how he reacts on the turn. I don't think he can keep firing with a marginal holding such as that or even a draw into two players.

On the actual hand, I called the raise as did the MP player (so now it's pretty obviously a draw)

The turn came a non-spade K.

The BB bet out $80 and I shoved. The MP folded what he said was As-Qs and the BB instacalled with his 10-10.

This card, I feel, is the only card that could drop that could really stack me here. If a blank falls and he fires hard like this again I have to give him credit here. But now three hands beat me here: 10-10, 2-2, or K-10. Of course these are all possibilities, but at this point in the hand I just went with it and hoped to see a K-Q or a random semi-bluff or something.

In retrospect, I think a fold is probably best on the flop here (and this is not just because of the results of the hand). Though it may be a tad weak, it certainly helps to avoid very sticky situations that could come up after the flop that are just unpleasant and will almost certainly be for my whole stack.
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