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Old 02-02-2007, 01:33 PM
kingofmirrors kingofmirrors is offline
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Default How poorly did I play this hand?

9 players remain, final table is made at 8. Blinds are .75/1.50. Average stack is $29, but most people have less because the leader has ~80. My table is 4 handed.

UTG calls
Me (Button, ~$25) raise to $4 with Ah9c
SB folds
BB (~$25) calls
UTG folds

Pot size: $10.25
Flop 6h 7h Th
BB, an extremely tight player, bets $4 and his hand is shaking like crazy when he puts it in. I call hoping to improve but knowing there's a very high chance I don't have the best hand.

Pot size: $18.25
Turn 6d
BB bets $4 again, and now I'm pretty sure I'm beat but I'm getting ridiculous pot odds, not to mention if I hit I can probably take the rest of his stack... unless he flopped a set.

Pot size: $26.25
River As
BB pushes for remaining $13. I contemplate and fold, fairly confident that I'm beat but also because I'm out of the tournament if I call and lose. He shows Qh Qd.

Looking back I thought maybe I should have pushed on the flop. But if he made his hand on the flop (I wouldn't have been surprised about 2pair, set, straight, or flush... though the last two much less likely) I'm a pretty significant dog when he calls. If he has something like AT, AJ, AQ, AK, then it's probably about even money unless he has a heart. I'm really only in good shape if he has a non AA overpair, and even then I'm going to get called every time and lose probably 45%ish.

I think the real problem might have been that I wasn't watching the blinds. I didn't realize that blinds were going up after that hand, so leaving myself with $13 was pretty much suicide on $1/2 blinds. I guess that would justify pushing the flop a bit more, but still BB and myself were two of the bigger stacks, probably #3 and #4, and I didn't think a confrontation there was appropriate when 4-5 other players were shortstacked.

Thoughts?
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Old 02-02-2007, 01:47 PM
Bakes Bakes is offline
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Default Re: How poorly did I play this hand?

regardless of how tight he is I shove this flop.
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Old 02-02-2007, 01:48 PM
Mclane665 Mclane665 is offline
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Default Re: How poorly did I play this hand?

sorry I made a comment but I did not read the post thouroughly so I have deleted it. I may try again later lol
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Old 02-02-2007, 02:19 PM
kurtkatt kurtkatt is offline
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Default Re: How poorly did I play this hand?

this is one of the best hands u can hit with ur hand. Although with your perception of villain i can see your concern.

u are getting good odds for drawing, although your flush won´tbe very concealed (mildly speaking). So if thats how u play i guess u can peel one hoping for 8s...

But i think pushing is far superior. this way he can fold (probably not folding sets) and if he doesnt u get max value when u hit. with 12 outs im happy to commit myself with FE as a boost
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Old 02-02-2007, 02:21 PM
Fiksdal Fiksdal is offline
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Default Re: How poorly did I play this hand?

Gotta push flop. I get suspicious by him leading smallish into the preflop raiser, but your hand is very strong at this point.

Turn is....ok.

Haven gotten that far, I think you have to call river.
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