PS60 L2 - milking some chips out of a solid player

[Little John]

Villian is 1do2den007 He is pretty solid but plays the early levels looser than most TAGs. For L1 and L2 he is 20/4.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

Button (t1385)
SB (t1630)
BB (t1450)
UTG (t1700)
Hero (t1470)
MP1 (t1595)
MP2 (t1310)
MP3 (t1700)
CO (t1260)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]], K[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]].
1 fold</font>, Hero raises to t90</font>,6 folds</font>, BB calls t60.

Flop: (t195) K[[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]], 4[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]], K[[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]](2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero bets t150</font>, BB calls t150.

Turn: (t495) 2[[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]] (2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (t495) 3[[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]](2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero bets t210</font>

[suzzer99]

Why on earth are you not betting this turn? He probably has 88 or something. Hard for him to put you on a K.

I'm starting to see a common theme in these in that you're trying to play way too much poker for sngs (imo). 98% of the pre-pushbot-stage sng-strategy is just get a good hand and bet, or know when you're beat and minimize the damage.

[MikeMcQ1]

Looks good John. This line might get him to call with whatever PP he has.

[Little John]

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Why on earth are you not betting this turn? He probably has 88 or something.

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A medium pocket pair is a huge part of his range. He knows I am a nit so I think he folds the turn if I bet. People just don't like to call a 2nd barell vs a regular on this board when I raised from EP. If you think about my opening range, what could 88 possibly be ahead of if I fire a 2nd barell? So I figured the best way to get a few more chips from him was to check the turn, make it look like I had AQ, and then lure him into calling a few chips on the river.

[MikeMcQ1]

Suzzer, vs a good regular that you play often against, I think these plays make a lot more sense than vs an unknown, where your advice applies almost always.

A good solid regular isn't going to call very often with PP &lt; QQ when John (another solid regular) had raised in EP, cbet strong, and fires a second barrel on the turn vs that solid regular. I like a bet on the turn if villain thinks John will fire second barrels vs good players, but now you're 3rd/4th leveling and you said yourself that's outside of necessary SNG play.

[darinvg]

Yep, I like it. This is the only way to get him to call another bet.

[TruFloridaGator]

Betting the turn is ok, but I like your line. nh

[Chipchucker5]

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Yep, I like it. This is the only way to get him to call another bet.

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Agreed. I think you could bet a little more on the river though since your hand looks like air (like in the 300 range). NH

[RRizGod]

i like your line.

[suzzer99]

Yeah I can see him folding 88 etc. I was in the middle of a spyware crisis and didn't process it all. I still see him having a very hard time getting away from JJ+ though. He could easily put you on 99 or something and you think you're good.