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Was this a good move?
I was wondering if I played this correctly.
Tournament Buy-in: $1+$0.10 Players: 830 Starting chips: 1500 Game: NL Holdem Players at table: 8 Factors at time of decision: - 16 players remaining (out of 830) - Average chip size: about 60,000 - Blinds: 4000/2000 ante 200 - Several big stacks (100K+) on the table - My position (chip count): last - My chip stack: 16,000 - Player 1 in hand: loose, 130K chips - Player 2 in hand: tight, 120K chips 2 questions - Was my decision correct to call for the flop? - Was my decision correct to go all-in on the flop? I am in big blind. All players fold to Player 1 Player 1 is four seats from the big blind. He doubles the blinds, making 8,000 to go. Player 2 (1 seat off the button) flat calls 8K Everyone else folds, including the small blind. My thought process: - After posting my BB, I have 12K remaining in chips. - I am last to act, so I know 4,000 is what it will cost me, and it cannot be raised after me. - Read: I think player 1 has a small pocket pair (hence the small raise, trying to prevent others from raising more then that pre-flop), or may have trash cards trying to pick up the blinds either pre- or post-flop if someone does call. - Player 2 probably has a legitimate hand, calling a small raise. Probably QJ, KT, JT, etc. I figure anything better would warrant a re-raise. - My pot odds are almost 6 to 1 to call, (8K + 8K + 2K + 4K, + 1,600 = 23,600) 4000/23,000 = 5.9 - My implied odds are even better as it is doubtful either big stack will fold if I go all-in for 8,000 more chips on the flop. - Biggest problem: my cards are horrible: 93o - If I fold, after the next hand (being in the small blind), I will have 10K left in chips. Even if I double up, I will still be in last place. The blinds will eat me up very soon, so I have little time to wait for a good hand. - My decision: Going all-in will do little to discourage the big stacks, so I call the 4K to see the flop. I hope for a great flop, but tell myself if I hit either a 9 or a 3, I will go all-in unless it is something like 9TJ, or AK9, etc. - Flop: J94 rainbow. - I go all-in. - Both players call, and check it down. - The turn brought another J. - River was a blank. - Player 1: A9o - Player 2: TT - Player 2 take it with Tens and Jacks I was fine with this outcome, and felt I played it correctly, but when mentioning it to my friend, he said I should have folded pre-flop, as the card strength of my 93o was so bad. I ended up winning $6, but, the only way to have a chance to win anything worthwhile, was to try and make a move quickly. First place paid about $150, but even if I made the final table and went out first, the payout for 9th place was only $12. So, what do you think? I’ve provided as much info as I can think of (maybe too much), so you can understand what I was thinking. All comments welcome. |
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Re: Was this a good move?
4BB = all in with ATC.
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