55 NLTRN: TP vs possible overpair

[teteatot]

Blinds are still at 10/20, villain is a small winner over a small sample size on sharkscope. This is only maybe 10 hands in, and I have absolutely no reason to believe villain is crazy.

I get Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and raise to 60. Villain reraises making it 80 to go. I call.

Flop 9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

With the pot at 280, villain bets 200. I decide to play it cautious and call, seeing if he'll slow down on the turn or if I'll improve.

The turn brings 8 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Villain bets 400 at the 680 pot and I fold.

Do you think this is fine, or too passive/tight?

[Austiger]

If this is the first time he's done this I fold to the PF raise. No sense in getting in a big pot with Q9s vs. a nit who's only re-raising you with AQ/TT+. Doesn't sound like you have a read yet that he isn't that kind of player, so for now let him have the 60 chips. I try to avoid playing big pots early in tourneys w/o a strong hand.

[Austiger]

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I try to avoid playing big pots early in tourneys w/o a strong hand.

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As soon as I posted this I broke my own rule and lost on about the 10th hand. It's a good [censored] rule.

[ChicagoRy]

I don't mind playing in these pots early, you win more than you lose in these and they end the match quickly either way. If you're fully rolled for the level you are at and comfortable making these higher variance plays I definitely think they are +EV.