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siccjay

08-30-2004, 11:02 PM

What else could I have done here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

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CO (t1245)
Button (t2240)
SB (t5294)
BB (t7266)
UTG (t2010)
Sicc (t1817)
MP1 (t3155)
MP2 (t6704)

Preflop: Sicc is UTG+1 with T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
1 fold, Sicc raises to t600, 5 folds, BB calls t400,

Flop: (t1300) 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
BB bets t200, Sicc raises to t500, BB calls t300.

Turn: (t2300) 4/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
BB checks, Sicc checks.

River: (t2300) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
BB bets t200, Sicc calls t200.

Final Pot: t2700
Main Pot: t2700 (t2700), between BB and Sicc.

BobboFitos

08-30-2004, 11:09 PM

What else could I have done here?

Big blind is 200, you have less than 2k. All in preflop.
It's not very imaginative, but you want to avoid King high flops and the like; you dont have enough chips to realistically get away from your hand, and if you commit your chips, your opposition will (generally) only call you with a better hand.

BobboFitos

08-30-2004, 11:11 PM

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What else could I have done here?

Big blind is 200, you have less than 2k. All in preflop.
It's not very imaginative, but you want to avoid King high flops and the like; you dont have enough chips to realistically get away from your hand, and if you commit your chips, your opposition will (generally) only call you with a better hand.

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Will only call with a better hand ON THE FLOP, I meant to say. (Oops)

siccjay

08-30-2004, 11:12 PM

The tourney ave was probably only about 2300 maybe less. Would you have still pushed pre-flop?

BobboFitos

08-30-2004, 11:14 PM

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The tourney ave was probably only about 2300 maybe less. Would you have still pushed pre-flop?

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Yes I would. 300 chips represent 1/6th of your stack. All in. Would you rather raise to 400 (as you did) and be left with 1.4k, only to fold on the flop? (Or play it out, as you did...)

RobGW

08-31-2004, 12:10 AM

I would go all in also. TT is a good hand to push with. It is very vulnerable to overcards falling on the flop. Then you wont know if you are ahead or not. Go for it and try to get the blinds or even double up. I don't think the average stack comes into play. With less than 10x the BB you have little room to find out where you are at.

ThingDo

08-31-2004, 01:50 AM

First of all I would push preflop here. That being said, after you have raised to 600 ands its folded to the BB who calls there is 1300 in the pot assuming no antes. This being the case when the BB bets 200 into a pot of 1300 there is 1500, you raise to 500 meaning he only has to call 300 more into a pot of 2k. This is an awful raise. The fact that you didn't get all your chips in before the flop has put you in this very hard spot. All that aside, after you raise to 500 on the flop and he calls you, I don't think you can fold at any time really. So, you have to decide if you are going to call any bet that the BB makes, if you will and he checks the turn then move in. You've already put more than 50% of your chips into this pot. I would say you are commited. I think that you only have two options at this point: Push the turn, or check behind and call his ridiculous T200 chip bet on the river.

Uncle Waldo

08-31-2004, 05:01 PM

Another suggestion would be to split your all in. Bet half your stack or 1100 -1200 chips. If he calls, you've got a better idea of what you're in for. Regardless of the flop, go all in. If there's an overcard, make him think you've got it.

SossMan

08-31-2004, 05:08 PM

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Another suggestion would be to split your all in. Bet half your stack or 1100 -1200 chips. If he calls, you've got a better idea of what you're in for. Regardless of the flop, go all in. If there's an overcard, make him think you've got it.

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TT is probably a little too strong for a stop and go. It is usually designed to get underpairs (but bigger than your pair) to fold on a scary board. Or it shuts out overcards from seeing all five cards. TT is good enough in this spot to simple push preflop.