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trojanrabbit
08-03-2004, 06:21 PM
Long time reader, first time poster...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed)

Button (t535)
Hero (t3670)
BB (t1405)
UTG (t2390)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG folds, Button calls t100, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, BB calls t300, Button calls t300.

Flop: (t1200) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>

What should be my strategy now? Is this an easy check/fold or is there merit to betting out and folding to a raise?

UncleRemus
08-03-2004, 07:41 PM
After this flop, BB is sitting with ~1000 chips and the button has ~135. First to act on this flop, I use my stack to push the BB out by putting him all in. On the bubble with button so short stacked, there is no way he can call this without a jack, becuase he knows button can fold and potentially sneak into the money. Button will call off his last 135, but even if he has you beat right now, you're getting great odds on the pot. I say bet the pot, watch BB fold, and showdown with the button for the big pot.

Cleveland Guy
08-04-2004, 10:19 AM
BET. This flop is easily scary for the other player with chips. He could only call with a PP or a J. I highly doubt he has a 5 here.

The other player has 135. If he bets- would you really fold to his last 135?