How should I have played this hand?

pool_junky65 · #1 01-17-2007, 09:28 PM

PokerStars Game #7981049729: Tournament #40777995, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level V (75/150) - 2007/01/17 - 02:58:37 (ET)
Table '40777995 3' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Pool_Junky65 (3833 in chips)
Seat 2: forestfawn (4073 in chips)
Seat 4: gambo1981 (2075 in chips)
Seat 5: tnut25 (1163 in chips)
Seat 6: KELLYBAR (785 in chips)
Seat 7: hienster33 (3065 in chips)
Seat 8: BRTATUM (600 in chips)
Seat 9: scredy (1215 in chips)
gambo1981: posts small blind 75
tnut25: posts big blind 150
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Pool_Junky65 [9d 7d]
KELLYBAR: folds
hienster33: folds
BRTATUM: folds
scredy: folds
Pool_Junky65: calls 150
forestfawn: calls 150
gambo1981: calls 75
tnut25: checks
*** FLOP *** [3d Jc 8d]
gambo1981: checks
tnut25: checks
Pool_Junky65: bets 250
forestfawn: raises 250 to 500
gambo1981: folds
tnut25: folds
Pool_Junky65: calls 250
*** TURN *** [3d Jc 8d] [2c]
Pool_Junky65: checks
forestfawn: bets 750
Pool_Junky65: calls 750
*** RIVER *** [3d Jc 8d 2c] [Ts]
Pool_Junky65: checks
forestfawn: checks
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Pool_Junky65: shows [9d 7d] (a straight, Seven to Jack)
forestfawn: mucks hand
Pool_Junky65 said, " nice check"
Pool_Junky65 collected 3100 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3100 | Rake 0
Board [3d Jc 8d 2c Ts]
Seat 1: Pool_Junky65 showed [9d 7d] and won (3100) with a straight, Seven to Jack
Seat 2: forestfawn (button) mucked [Js Kd]
Seat 4: gambo1981 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: tnut25 (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: KELLYBAR folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: hienster33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: BRTATUM folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: scredy folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Forest Fawn has been a LAG all game raising bets and calling a lot of raises. I have been playing a small ball approach through out the tournament, raising with a fair share of hands and taking down small pots. Have not shown down a big hand yet. I pick up 9d-7d on the cut off and decide to limp to change things up because I have been raising a lot when in position. Button limps, small blind completes the bet and big blind checks. Flop is very interesting as it gives me a flush draw with an inside straight draw. It is checked to me so I bet a probe bet of a little less than half the pot. I get mini raised by the LAG player. Easy call to make on the flop. Here is where I think I made my first mistake, I check to him and he bets 750. The pot odds are about 3-1 and I have at best 10 outs facing him. Given those odds, I should fold. But I believe that I could get a good sized pot if I do hit my draw so I call. Then the card hits me on the river giving me a straight and I check to him and he checks behind. That is where I think I made another possible mistake. I think I played that hand pretty poorly and got lucky to win it. I made a lot of silly errors in that hand.

How should I have played this hand?

JamesRea · #2 01-17-2007, 09:51 PM

go allin pf

ItalianFX · #3 01-17-2007, 09:55 PM

Convert the hand first...

and then I fold preflop.

ASPoker8 · #4 01-17-2007, 10:02 PM

Preflop:

folding = raising > calling

Limping PF is really gross with your stack size and currenty blinds.

ItalianFX · #5 01-17-2007, 10:03 PM

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Preflop:

folding = raising > calling

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Because we are first to open?

StrongStack · #6 01-17-2007, 10:04 PM

I don't really like the check /call on the turn. A bet there would be appropriate since, 1 it could flush out perhaps a bluff or weak hand, 2 limit the bet you would have to call also known as a block bet. I also think you could of extracted maybe 300 on the river seeing how he had bet on all the streets, he would more often then not call the river bet just to see if he can take it down cheeply.

okterrific · #7 01-17-2007, 10:05 PM

Call more.

u called 1250 drawing to a 4 outer and u hit it and...check?

*edit. u had the flush draw = not 4 outer. nice check still. bet 800-1000 on river next time and hope he shoves. open limping from the CO is the suck.

ASPoker8 · #8 01-17-2007, 10:05 PM

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Preflop:

folding = raising > calling

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Because we are first to open?

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Depending on table dynamic, image, etc

At a lot of tables, raising > folding > calling
At looser tables, folding > raising > calling

pool_junky65 · #9 01-17-2007, 10:07 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (8 handed) internettexasholdem.com

Hero (t3833)
Button :#A500AF((Opponent Alias))/ (t4073)
SB (t2075)
BB (t1163)
UTG (t785)
UTG+1 (t3065)
MP1 (t600)
MP2 (t1215)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
4 folds, Hero calls t150, Button :#A500AF((Opponent Alias))/ calls t150, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t600) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t250, (Opponent Alias) raises to t500, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls t250.

Turn: (t1600) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, (Opponent Alias) bets t750, Hero calls t750.

River: (t3100) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, (Opponent Alias) checks.

Final Pot: t3100

RichC. · #10 01-17-2007, 10:07 PM

Fold or Raise preflop, limping in on the CO is horrid IMO.