Party 22$ ITM

Marc Desjardins · #1 08-19-2006, 01:47 AM

28 players left out of 855. I have about double the average. Vilain has just joined the table. Played only one hand and he open-raised it.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

UTG+1 (t169308)
MP1 (t28159)
MP2 (t64476)
MP3 (t53242)
CO (t126476)
Button (t95970)
SB (t19928)
Hero (t134616)
UTG (t124476)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
5 folds, CO raises to t18000, 2 folds...

I have to suspect a steal and Q8s seems like a good hand to defend with. I thought about re-raising to 45k, but didn't want to commit too many chips against another big stack. I decided to just call and check-raise any flop.

Hero calls t12000.

Flop: (t30000) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t15000

I hit my 8, I'm happy, but this is a coordinated flop. Should I abort or go forward with the check-raise plan? Maybe just call and see what develops? I decided to go ahead with the check-raise, it was a scary flop for me, but there's a good chance it was as scary for him.

Hero raises to t45000, CO calls t30000.
Turn: (t120000) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

I really hate the call and I really hate the turn. Should I give up at this point? I have about 70k left... I really hoped he wasn't on the flush draw and fired again.

Hero bets t45000, CO calls t45000.

Was it a good amount, should I just go all-in at this point?

River: (t210000) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero calls [t32516] , CO calls [t18376] .

Final Pot: t210000

Well, I hit two pair, hopefully he doesn't have a diamond there... at this point, there is no other decision, right? I can't just keep 32k and try to rebuild, can I?

thanks in advance for any feedback you can give on this hand.