2 pair on the river should I call the push?

[SINKIST]

Play money 10k sit and go
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP2 (t2275)
CO (t1500)
Button (t3445)
SB (t1325)
Hero (t2700)
UTG (t5675)
UTG+1 (t1920)
MP1 (t1390)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Button calls t30, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t120) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, MP2 folds, Button calls t100, SB calls t100.

Turn: (t420) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t400</font>, Button calls t400, SB calls t400.

River: (t1620) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t795 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2170</font>, Button calls t2170.

Final Pot: t6755

[rafiki]

lol for play money, does it really matter ? I may be out to lunch, but does anyone find that most poker principles apply to play money ?

[BigBrad44]

nobody cares when playing for play money, nobody.

[RobTheDuck]

Hi Sinkist, Welcome to the forums!

Most people will agree that in play money games, normal poker strategy and logic go out the window since people really have nothing on the line. That being said, let me see if I can give you some advice on the hand that you took the time to post:

Pre-flop: Your check here is fine. Your hand is pretty trashy, so you have no reason to raise.

Flop: 100 is not a bad value bet here. You can probably even get away with 120 to 150, but 100 is fine.

Turn: 400 is a good bet here. It's not letting people with 2 clubs play for a good enough price. Since you got 2 callers on the flop, (and since its a play money tournament) I might make it more here, say 500 or 550.

River: Fold. The SB either caught their flush or has aces up.

IMO, you played the hand fine except for the shove on the river. The SB has shown no aggression up to this point. Believe him and fold.

[hamnegger]

you are toast i muck the river

[hamnegger]

oh didnt see play money this is bogus

[Cornell Fiji]

Sinkist,
Welcome to the forums.

A lot of poker strategies are moot in a play money tournament but I think that you played this hand very well. Your flop and turn near potsized bets are perfect. I call on the river because you only need your hand to be good 20% of the time for this call to be +ev.