KJ, top pair on FD board, river Ace

[Kyle Flynn]

Any comments on this hand? Comments on all streets welcome. Is someone a big nit (me?)?

Poker Stars
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t25/t50
9 players
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Stack sizes:
UTG: t5245
UTG+1: t5245
MP1: t3235
MP2: t3515
MP3: t1205
CO: t5350
Button: t6525
Hero: t5690
BB: t2075

Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
2 folds, MP1 calls t50 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t75)</font>, 3 folds, Button calls t50 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t125)</font>, Hero calls t25 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t175)</font>, BB checks.

Flop: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (t200, 4 players)
Hero checks, BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 bets t100</font>, Button folds, Hero calls t100 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t300)</font>, BB folds.

Turn: 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (t400, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 bets t200</font>, Hero calls t200 <font color="aaaaaa">(pot was t600)</font>.

River: A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (t800, 2 players)
Hero checks, <font color="#cc0000">MP1 bets t300</font>, Hero folds.
Uncalled bets: t300 returned to MP1.

Results:
Final pot: t800

[Sherman]

Lead the flop with TP in a multiway pot.

150-200 sounds good to me.

[Kyle Flynn]

ya. I left myself with a guessing game. I shoudl have at least lead out on the turn. check call, lead turn... would have been better.


I wussed out, and didn't define my hand *sigh*. -- bad me.

[Sherman]

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and didn't define my hand

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Sometimes I have no idea what this phrase means. I mean, it often sounds like in poker the goal is to define your hand. Well of course it isn't. The obvious goal is to do anything but define your hand while finding out your opponents.

However, in this situation, you are OOP. That is the problem here. So you have to "define your hand", not because you want to, but to protect your hand against draws in a multiway pot.

So I lead to protect my hand, not to define it, even though I have to define it by doing so.

[sah_24]

if u are betting the whole way wit wat u think is the best hand y check the river here i dont understand ur play here. Ur check just gives him the reason to take the pot from u wit a wide range oh hands

[mflip]

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if u are betting the whole way wit wat u think is the best hand y check the river here i dont understand ur play here. Ur check just gives him the reason to take the pot from u wit a wide range oh hands

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He didn't bet any of the streets.

[sah_24]

ok even worsely played in my opinion then sorry for the mistake y r u check callin all the way down anyways this seems like a very weak play in this spot. U should have at least raised the turn to get an idea of where ur at in the hand

ty for correctin me flip sorry i read too fast