Play A Hand With The Triple Threat: Flop

[grandgnu]

PRE-FLOP ACTION

You are chip leader at your table, which is a 290-player $5+$1 tournament.

The money hits at 30 players and we are down to less than 40. How do you play this hand from the Big Blind?


Party Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t600/t1200
(Ante: t50)
9 players
Converter

Stack sizes:
UTG: t27627
UTG+1: t18454
Hero: t39438

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BIG BLIND with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG calls t1200, <font color="#cc3333">UTG+1 raises to t2400</font>, everyone else folds, Hero ???

WHAT HAPPENED Hero calls t1200, UTG calls t1200.


FLOP

Flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (t7750, 3 players)

Hero is first to act, what do you do?

[Nez477]

Well, I think your pre-flop play was incorrect. And now you have no idea where you are at. UTG or UTG+1 could have you killed right now but you really have no idea.

I have to lead into this flop. Blah, I don't know what to do if you get smooth called or reraised or what though. You are now in a tough spot. I'd lead 4000 and reevaluate.

Brad

[bruce]

I see you called.

I'm going to assume your hand is the best. If your up against a higher set or UTG flopped a straight, well them are the breaks.

I'd probably checkraise and try to get all my money in on the flop. There are too many turns cards that can kill your action or put you in a guessing game on fourth street or the river.

Bruce

[rockin]

check, with the intention of check raising allin. this is an extremely draw heavy board with potential to have hit either of the other players (i.e. AK, AJ, AQ, even QJ - less likely but possible, going broke even though). The only 4 hands you are behind are AA, KK, QJ and AhQh is a coin flip roughly. If they have AA or KK, then i'm going broke regardless, good for them. If they have QJ, then i need to suck out on them, good for them also. If they have the heart/straight draw, then i am getting my chips in while i have the best poker hand.

Basically, your going broke regardless, the question is c/r or lead out. If your confident one will take a stab at this pot then i c/r. If your not confident that they will lead out then i do.

[bruce]

How would reraising BTF help if one of the villians called to define the hand? I thinks that is one of the most widely misused terms in poker.

If villian just calls hero's BTF raise does that mean he doesn't have a set of Aces or Kings? Reraising may have eliminated UTG but we may also not have gotten to see a flop if it were pushed BTF.


Bruce

[Ansky]

Reraising to "see where you're at" is just bad with these stack sizes.

[haddoc]

raise 6000

[grandgnu]

Just so everyone knows, I will only be replying to comments in the final post-flop thread. Thanks for taking the time to give your opinions.

[vieira10]

I bet 3/4 to the pot here, trying to price out the flush / straight draws. Right now i cant see how i would give this hand up.

If you get reraised, push, there's no way im folding a set of tens here.

If you get smooth called, just re-evaluate on the turn

[rockin]

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raise 6000

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raise who? your first to act.