Do I have the right to think this was a stupid play by an opponent?

scanman33 · #1 07-01-2007, 01:27 AM

I was playing in the Bike's Mini-Series 1:00pm $75+15 tourney yesterday. Blinds are at 50/100. I'm in the BB w/ about $1900. There are a couple limpers plus the SB and the pot has $400 when it gets to me. I have J-J and raise it to $400 and one guy calls. This one guy had been fairly loose all day and had limped and called raises a few times. He had about $3200.

Flop comes down 3d-5s-9d. Holding an over pair and seeing two diamonds on the board, I decide to put my last $1500 w/ $1100 in the pot and call all-in. He takes about 1 second and says, "Ok, I'll gamble with you" and he flips over Qd-10d. I couldn't believe he called almost half of his stack on a pure draw while knowing he was behind. 3c comes off on the turn and he spikes a queen on the river.

I thought it was a fairly dumb play for him to make that call, but didn't pop off (not my style). Opinions?

illini43 · #2 07-01-2007, 01:47 AM

It's a micro buy-in (by live Vegas live standards), so you are going to get crappy people making bad calls.

He figures he has a flush draw, and a ten and a queen might be good if he hits as well. You lost on basically a coiblfip postflop. You got your money in as a 55% favorite, and lost. It happens.

Yes, technically it is a bad call for him to make. But you WANT him to make that call; you are ahead, and getting your chips in while ahead is not a bad thing...

scanman33 · #3 07-01-2007, 01:55 AM

Thanks for the input. Yeah, I was pretty happy when I turned it over, but still was surprised he made that call.

omaha · #4 07-01-2007, 04:42 AM

I hate your retarded pf raise. Why not raise it up to 800 or 1k pre?

miami32 · #5 07-01-2007, 06:04 AM

Well first off, you shouldn't ever call people stupid or consider peoples plays stupid.

Secondly, you should have raised more preflop.

Third, I like being ahead when I get the money. Sometimes people suckout. If you can't deal with it, don't play poker.

Pokerfarian · #6 07-01-2007, 08:36 AM

I kinda like just shoving preflop here, 400 is too small & anything else commits you anyway. As played as the cards lay it was a good call for villian on the flop...yeah sometimes his Q isnt live but sometimes his T is, so it isn't a stupid call from him at all.

scanman33 · #7 07-01-2007, 10:26 PM

That's why I asked if I had the right to think it was a stupid play. Maybe stupid wasn't the right word. Reckless would have been a better choice. Anyway, thanks for the input.

scanman33 · #8 07-01-2007, 10:31 PM

Thanks to everyone for your thoughts. I've only been playing live tournies for about a year now and know that I'm still learning. There are some things I could have done differently and I don't begrudge the guy as much as I did while walking away. Just because I wouldn't make that play doesn't mean it's wrong. Thanks again.

BlueEcho · #9 07-01-2007, 11:01 PM

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I hate your retarded pf raise. Why not raise it up to 800 or 1k pre?

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If we are going to make it 800 or 1k pf I think it would be correct to just shove.

BlueEcho · #10 07-01-2007, 11:22 PM

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It's a micro buy-in (by live Vegas live standards), so you are going to get crappy people making bad calls.

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I played in the Mini Series twice now and there is nothing closer to the truth then this. The players are horrible and it's almost embarrassing at the table to watch.