Did I play this right, or am I a lucky, lucky fish???

[BrendoK]

Suggestions and criticism welcome......

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

UTG+1 (t1530)
MP1 (t1380)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1610)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t1400)</font>
Button (t1380)
SB (t1820)
<font color="#C00000">BB (t1700)</font>
UTG (t1680)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t20, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t20, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t80) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets t80</font>, MP1 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t160</font>, SB folds, BB calls t80.

Turn: (t400) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, BB calls t300.

River: (t1000) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t200</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t920</font>, BB calls t720.

Final Pot: t2840

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
BB has Kc 9d (two pair, kings and nines).
Hero has Ah 5h (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins t2840. </font>

[4CardStraight]

I probably raise this preflop. You have position and a winning hand. Why would you want to let the sb and bb see the flop for nearly free? As played, it lets you earn more from the bb who probably would have folded his 4.

On the flop, bb is representing a 4 here. A full pot size bet is saying he doesnt want you to stay for your flush draw. In order for you to call the bet, you have to think he will pay you off more for your hand than you are putting at risk on this street, since you are a slight dog to catch your flush.

Theres no way I bet this turn this big. My hand hasnt improved and my opponent is calling with his 4. I bet something smaller to represent the king so that my opponent will pay me off more when the flush comes.

His bet on the river is unlikely the nuts, and he calls you with a worse hand.

I am not going to say you played this miserably, you raked, for a full stack. I just play this slightly differently.

I raise it preflop or I fold.
I do something other than minraise on the flop. I probably just call here since I am pretty sure he has a 4, but if I really think he is stone cold bluffing I raise it overpot so something like 250-300 on the flop.
I bet less on the turn so he will pay me off a bigger percentage of the time on the river.

[Fiksdal]

Pre-flop: Fold. What kind of flop are you really rooting for with this hand?

Flop: Just call. There are too many players in the pot to try and win the pot at this point. I reckon you might be trying to disguise your hand or something, but I advice just calling. If you are gonna raise, at least 3-bet, miniraising is bad. The bet being pot sized, you do not have the expressed odds you need to actually call this bet. However, they might improve if some of the other players decide to call too, and you probably have some implied odds to make it okay, even though the flush is a very obvious hand.

Turn: I easily check behind and take a free card here. One of the benefits of raising/betting the flop with draws is that you might paralyze your opponent and get a free river. This was offered to you, but you refused to take it. Luckily for you villain seems to be a donk, and didn't raise you at any point in this hand.

River: Fine obviously.

[mornelth]

preflop fine, the rest is sort of UGH.

[FortunaMaximus]

Raise flop more, call the shove.

[adanthar]

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Pre-flop: Fold. What kind of flop are you really rooting for with this hand?

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this one

this hand's pretty standard, except the pot bet is some kind of king and they don't fold the turn, so check behind here. you can also just call the flop, or raise more, depends on your style.

[mastr]

minraise flop bet is only good if you use the free card you're given, otherwise you're just handing away chips

[SuperUberBob]

Preflop is fine. Min raise on flop is bad. I'd probably raise on flop a bit higher and take a free card on the turn. If you don't hit the river, then fold since villain can beat ace high.

[diebitter]

I don't see too much wrong with this hand myself, but I'd be cursing when he called the turn.

I'd have called the flop though and hoped the SB stayed in. Drawing hands are better teh more people stick around, as long as the pot is building nicely.

I'd have taken a free card on the turn too, but I can't blame you for trying to push him off.

[smoore]

preflop: great, limp with this stuff to get flops like this
flop: raise more, 240 sounds good
turn: check behind
river: played itself. I'm a little surprised he called your shove though