Blind Battle 10.00 stars tourney - turn play

[Hotrod0823]

I was talking to a friend on my way home tonight and this hand came up.

Blinds 100/200 with a25

SB (5,000) Post SB 100
BB (7,800) Post BB 200

2 limpers and the SB completed. Hero in the BB checks with T9s in clubs.

Flop comes T 7 8 (2 diamonds). As he is decribing the hand he has already made up his mind he is going to make a play for the pot. I'm just listening at this point.

SB leads out for 600. Hero in BB smooth calls his Top pair no kicker with OESD with intentions of raising on the turn.

Limpers both fold and they are heads up.

Turn is a scary card. 8 - He even says so.

SB leads out again for 1k. My buddy raises to 3k effectively pot committing the SB. SB's only reasonable play is to push or fold.

Whoops, the SB pushes and Hero is left with a decision call the last 2k or so with his Top pair and no kicker/OESD on a now paired board.

Yuck!


* Not sure how I feel about it. I think he got himself into trouble when he waited for the turn to make his raise. By waiting he now has given the SB a cheap turn card and a larger pot making the raise less effective compared to the pot/stack considerations.

[kleath]

ok I think he should raise the flop, there's 2 diamonds a decent chance you could have the best hand and also a decent chance you take it down right here. Call is ok, but you cant be planning on raising the turn with stack sizes. For example on this turn what does raising do? You arent pushing him off the hand unless your solidly ahead, and you're committing yourself to have to call if he pushes when your probably beat. If you ARE going to raise the turn just shove. As played you have to call pot is too big and you very well could have ~10 outs.