$5.50 FT 9 Player SNG down to heads up

montagu · #1 04-22-2007, 04:59 PM

How was my play? Should I have folded after his post-flop raise as I couldn't make a flush?

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t150/t300
2 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
Hero: t7660
BB: t5840

Pre-flop: (2 players) Hero is SB with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
Hero raises to t900, BB calls t600 (pot was t1050).

Flop: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t1800, 2 players)
BB bets t1800, Hero raises all-in t6760, BB calls all-in t3140.
Uncalled bets: t1820 returned to Hero.

Turn: 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

TruFloridaGator · #2 04-22-2007, 05:00 PM

Stacks?
No, go broke for sure. Nice hand.

austrian · #3 04-22-2007, 05:02 PM

U played it in the best possible way,nothing u can do here
then stacking off

montagu · #4 04-22-2007, 05:03 PM

I added the stacks, I had him covered.

Thanks alot guys, I wasn't sure about that one.

Xanthro · #5 04-22-2007, 05:06 PM

I'd do the same. You can't let another card fall for free and you can't fold, so you have to push.

If he has two hearts already that's just bad luck and it happens.

montagu · #6 04-22-2007, 05:13 PM

thanks. when he called i thought he must have 2 hearts. he had a 9 and a 7 of hearts. i wouldn't have called with that i don't think.

macdaddy991 · #7 04-22-2007, 05:35 PM

I think you are ahead a lot of the time.

macdaddy991 · #8 04-22-2007, 05:37 PM

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thanks. when he called i thought he must have 2 hearts. he had a 9 and a 7 of hearts. i wouldn't have called with that i don't think.

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If you mean that if you were in your opponents shoes you wouldn't have called with a made flush on the flop HU? If so, that is really bad.

J-P · #9 04-22-2007, 05:39 PM

nah, he meant that his opponent called with 9x7h. The 9h is already on the board.

Xanthro · #10 04-22-2007, 05:43 PM

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thanks. when he called i thought he must have 2 hearts. he had a 9 and a 7 of hearts. i wouldn't have called with that i don't think.

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I might have called you with that. He's down 3-1 in chips if he folds after your push, he has mid pair, the flush draw, and has to think you could have nothing or if a 7 comes his two pair win.

Your push was correct, you were ahead and just got sucked out on, but I can't fault him for calling (though I might fault his reasons for calling)

If I really feel I'm better than someone and can make up that 3-1 chip difference I may fold this, but quite often heads up people will take this to the felt.

This is really no different that if you push AK and someone calls with AQ and hits a Q. You did nothing wrong and the other person got lucky.

Smile, move on and understand that over time you'll win money in that situation.