99 early in Party 300k

FionnMac · #1 07-08-2007, 01:11 PM

**Disclaimer - I am a cash game player, so sorry if this is very standard/boring. Thoughts on all streets appreciated. No reads on any players.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t40 (10 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

UTG+1 (t5000)
UTG+2 (t5100)
MP1 (t3440)
MP2 (t6140)
MP3 (t5380)
CO (t4780)
Button (t4720)
SB (t5880)
BB (t4600)
Hero (t4860)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero calls t40, 2 folds, MP1 raises to t160, MP2 calls t160, MP3 calls t160, 4 folds, Hero calls t120.

Flop: (t700) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets t400, Hero calls t400, MP1 calls t400, MP2 calls t400.

Turn: (t2300) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets t800, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, Hero calls t800.

River: (t3900) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 calls [t2080] , Hero folds.

kommunizt · #2 07-08-2007, 01:18 PM

raise UTG? You could go for the limp-reraise also, it would give you some valuable information about MP1 hand..

And you would show strenght, as limp-reraise UTG it's usually AA/KK..

Dunkman · #3 07-08-2007, 03:27 PM

This is not standard, you really need to have tossed in a raise/bet somewhere in this hand. I would have just raised PF. Given how the PF action went I don't mind going for a c/c on the flop, assuming MP1 would be betting, but when it folds to MP3 and he bets it's a really good spot for a c/r and you needed to do it. Turn and river are ok (I probably would have led the turn, I think we have the best hand there almost always,) but I don't care for PF or the flop at all.

JARID · #4 07-08-2007, 04:59 PM

I raise 99 pf most of the time, but limp is good too.

In situations like this when the pf raiser is sandwiched between me and one or more overcallers and I have a good but vunerable hand I usually like to donk bet the flop.

Pf raiser is forced to define his hand. Tough for him raise w/out the goods and unlikely he would smoothcall w/ overpair in this spot.

I figure to be ahead of the overcallers, but can evaluate based on the way they react to my bet.

As played, this is a really odd hand. What MP1 hand plays it like this? Its hard for me to see TT-AA checking/calling multi way on the flop. Also odd for AQ-AK to break out into bluff mode on the turn.
It was probably a good river fold, but I think you snap off a bluff here a fair amount of the time.

hamnegger · #5 07-08-2007, 06:31 PM

fine