Rubbish play

[Jason Strasser]

This is crap isn't it. I wanted to keep the third guy along.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t970)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t1070)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1025)
CO (t990)
Button (t975)
SB (t970)
Hero (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls t15, Button calls t15, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t60) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB bets t30, Hero calls t30, CO calls t30, Button folds.

Turn: (t150) 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB bets t90, Hero calls t90, CO calls t90.

River: (t420) 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero bets t250, CO folds, SB folds.

Final Pot: t670

Comments appreciated.

[AJo Go All In]

every once in awhile with a strong hand i make a ridiculously over-sized raise. the typical 215 player is like, oh wow that's such a bluff i am going to snap him off with my Q7. something to think about, you might be surprised how often it works.

[snowbank]

I would have played very similar to you there. If I was to play it differently I would have forgotten about keeping the 3rd guy in and raising the flop bet just a little to make sure the small blind called, and if he called raises he would make up for the 3rd guy not being involved. However, that's just another way I might play it, I wouldn't say I saw any "flaw" in how you tried to maximize the pot.

[snowbank]

Jason,

Looking over your hand again, I would say you played it as good as you can possibly play it. The "other option" as to how I said I might have played it I don't think would have been as good as how you played it because as soon as the turn brings the 8 of hearts someone could be drawing for a straight or a flush, or possibly even have a flush, so I really think you played it perfect because someone could have easily hit their straight or flush on the river and paid you off, but just didn't happen that time.

[stupidsucker]

I think its a good time to slowplay.. the river gave you a terrible threating board for the others.. Maybe make your move on the turn with a small raise hoping that one of them pushes to protect the hand they think they have.

I dunno.. Just be happy no one had the 5h.

[Jason Strasser]

if they had the 5 of hearts they would be drawing dead

[AJo Go All In]

not on the flop

[stupidsucker]

whoops skimmed it too fast and misread the hand.

I knew you had flopped the boat, but I was thinking it was a fourstr8flush on the board..

My bad sorry.

[Tosh]

Thats techincally wrong Jason, if they held 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif5x on the flop, they could hit runner runner quads.

[Jason Strasser]

Bah, damn you people.

I even said rubbish and I get no credit from the UK.

Whats up with that. You guys do know that I actually posted a hand right? /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[Tosh]

Us Brits like to nit pick before offering anything constructive. /images/graemlins/smirk.gif

The hand, I haven't played an SNG over $100 so might not be very well positioned to answer but I will often raise this flop. People are still clinging onto their hands at that stage, might get some bets off them as they will find it hard giving your credit for a big hand after the raise. Just a thought really, sometimes your big hands win you f'all though.