$22 99, stubborn calldown

[kewl_cph]

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I didn't want to raise the UTG limper, so I completed the SB with 99.
I thought the flop was really good for my hand. UTG might have a K, but I took a stab.
When BB minraised my smallish bet on the flop I put him on roughly a 7.
I really didn't think the turn bet represented much of anything, so even if I was now behind a T, I called.

The river was a real tough one. I used all the time and finally made the call.

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No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t200/t400
10 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t6130
UTG+1: t16670
UTG+2: t4960
MP1: t2345
MP2: t7710
MP3: t7725
CO: t10020
Button: t2485
Hero: t18170
BB: t12427

Pre-flop: (10 players) Hero is SB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG calls t400 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t600)</font>, 7 folds, Hero calls t200 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t1000)</font>, BB checks.

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t1200, 3 players)
<font color="#cc0000">Hero bets t500</font>, <font color="#cc0000">BB raises to t1000</font>, UTG folds, Hero calls t500 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t2700)</font>.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t3200, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">BB bets t1200</font>, Hero calls t1200 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t4400)</font>.

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t5600, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">BB bets t5000</font>, Hero calls t5000 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t10600)</font>.

Results:
Final pot: t15600

[b-komplex]

definitely raise it up preflop, give UTG a chance to make a big mistake with 22-88 and get BB out of the way.

I'd probably put in a ~1500-2000 blocking bet on the river. Your line may be more lucrative but readless it's a difficult call.

[w33ktight]

I don't like it. How had utg been playing? against most players I would raise even out of the sb here, assuming he never really has a higher pair.

Flop your reasoning is right. Most likely, you have the best hand. I would probably bet somewhere around 600 and hope to take it down. If I'm called/raised here I'll probably give up and give them credit for a king. with his min raise, turn, and river bets, he either has absolutely nothing (rarely) or a king.

you are beat here I think.

[kewl_cph]

I thought his line was fishy, especially the big river bet.
If he was bluffing with A-high I think he'd at least check behind on the river. If he had a K and put me on a pocket pair, A-high or a 7, why would he try to blow me off my hand on the river? I don't consider myself a calling station, so I don't see why I should pay off an overbet.

In the end BB had Q8o and told me I was a donkey who couldn't let go of a pocket pair.
I'd like to think I had a read on the hand.

[Geoff Lightning]

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In the end BB had Q8o and told me I was a donkey who couldn't let go of a pocket pair.

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Aha! So that's why you posted it.