kdotsky
08-04-2004, 05:40 PM
Stars 10+1 rebuy. 25 left, I've got ~190K and am about 3rd place, blinds 4k-8k 200 ante. I get 77 UTG+1. I would normally limp but I min raise because the blinds are so huge I could very well take it down right there. Only guy at the table that has me covered flat calls from MP. Flop comes 2c-7h-9h. I bet the pot, about 40K. he raises the min to 80K. I move in, he calls and shows 99 for tops set over my middle set.
Should I have just not messed with the only guy at the table that has me covered? Or was this just unavoidable? Yeah I could have strolled to the final table and focused on the small stacks to gain ground, but then again I would have been a huge chip leader if I won that hand. Looking back on it it makes sense that he had top set. If he had a higher PP, he probably woulda reraised me preflop. The only thing he would put his whole stack in on (he barely had me covered) was a set... But seems like if I put the only guy at the table that can bust me on the only possible cards than can bust me, that's just playing scared poker.
thoughts?
Should I have just not messed with the only guy at the table that has me covered? Or was this just unavoidable? Yeah I could have strolled to the final table and focused on the small stacks to gain ground, but then again I would have been a huge chip leader if I won that hand. Looking back on it it makes sense that he had top set. If he had a higher PP, he probably woulda reraised me preflop. The only thing he would put his whole stack in on (he barely had me covered) was a set... But seems like if I put the only guy at the table that can bust me on the only possible cards than can bust me, that's just playing scared poker.
thoughts?