Foxwoods $600 NLHE Tourney hand

Toro · #1 03-21-2007, 06:02 PM

Hand from todays tourney. Blinds are 50/100 no ante. I have about 5000 and villian 4000 at start of hand.

I have 8 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] in mid position and make it 300 to go. Cutoff calls and everyone else folds.

Flop: K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I bet 500 and he calls quickly.

Turn: 9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I bet 700 and he again quickly calls.

River 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I check and he fires out 1400.

Do you call or fold and any other comments on how I played the hand?

TCA · #2 03-21-2007, 06:12 PM

Presumably you checked to induce a bluff?
Clearly the quick calls suggests the draw.
Your line looks quite weak, esp. with the smallish turn bet. I think he will try and bluff you off your hand here enough to be an easy call, he has even left himself 1100 behind if you call.

Toro · #3 03-21-2007, 07:01 PM

He can't call fast with a king he's not sure about the kicker with, like KQ?

TCA · #4 03-21-2007, 07:08 PM

No he definately can, dont get me wrong. But I think this call will be profitable. There is also a chance you could check a king on the river to induce the same bluff.

I think he might check some of the weaker kings here and just see a showdown.

Toro · #5 03-21-2007, 07:19 PM

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No he definately can, dont get me wrong. But I think this call will be profitable. There is also a chance you could check a king on the river to induce the same bluff.

I think he might check some of the weaker kings here and just see a showdown.

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I took a long time with this call, so long another player called the clock on me. What it came down to was that i thought exactly what you said above, that if he had a weak king he would be just happy to get to showdown and not bet.

So I called and I heard the music to my ears "nice call".
Kudos to you for nailing it. He had T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]J [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] btw.

TCA · #6 03-21-2007, 07:45 PM

Well it is a good call.
Much easier for me because it doesnt mean anything to me.
Obv. he should really have raised somewhere, that turn is just too good to let go.