scared off too easily?

[VBM]

I think I may have played this too timidly. Just took a huge pot from Button, so I assume (wrongly?) that he's being more selective about his hands thereforth. BB is playing shorthanded, folded many hands, so I assume he's only playing good-great hands...

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 max, 4 handed)

Hero ($108.35)
BB ($44.80)
UTG ($45.85)
Button ($75.30)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, Button calls $1, Hero completes, <font color="CC3333">BB raises to $2</font>, Button calls $1, Hero calls $1.

Flop: ($6) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets $2</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to $4</font>, Hero calls $4, <font color="CC3333">BB raises to $10</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to $16</font>, Hero folds, BB calls $6.

Turn: ($42) 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets $10</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to $57.3 (All-In)</font>, BB calls $16.80 (All-In).

River: ($126.10) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $126.10

[schwza]

yeah, i'd say you got scared off too easily. i would be content to get all-in for 75 big blinds when the pot was 6 bb's on the flop. the most likely hand to beat you is BB's AA, but those are the last 2 aces in the deck, so that's not too likely. realistically, 88 is the hand you have to fear, and i'd be surprised if it were out there. i'd expect to see AK from BB and maybe 78 from the button. i would have bet out (with the draws, and hoping the BB would raise AK/AQ), but given the check i would c/r.

this huge pot you took off the button - did he play it reasonably?

[VBM]

mmm, he was on a 4-flush after the flop and i put him all-in with my set of 10's...i think that was a bad play on his part...

here was the play (About 9 hands before)

***** Hand History for Game 1072094756 *****
0/0 TexasHTGameTable (NL) - Mon Oct 18 00:00:43:27 EDT 2004
Table Table 14962 (6 max) (Real Money) -- Seat 1 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 3: SB ( $25.9 )
Seat 5: BB ( $42.2 )
Seat 10: Villain ( $132.3 )
Seat 1: Hero ( $48.4 )
Seat 6: Button( $77.7 )
Seat 8: MP ( $49 )
SB posts small blind [$0.5].
BB posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif T/images/graemlins/heart.gif ]
MP folds.
Villain calls [$1].
Hero raises [$2].
SB folds.
BB raises [$2].
Villain calls [$2].
Hero calls [$1].
** Dealing Flop ** [ T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif ]
BB checks.
Villain checks.
Hero bets [$5].
BB folds.
Villain raises [$10].
Hero is all-In.
Villain calls [$35.4].
** Dealing Turn ** [ J/images/graemlins/heart.gif ]
** Dealing River ** [ 2/images/graemlins/club.gif ]
Villain shows [ K/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif ] a pair of jacks.
Hero shows [ T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif ] three of a kind, tens.
Hero wins $98.30 from the main pot with three of a kind, tens.

[VBM]

btw, that was a great read...

BB had AQo.
Button had 45s.

[VBM]

actually, looking at it now, it looks like he did play it reasonably? I was just trying to protect my hand after the flop and i didn't think he had J-9, but completely missed the flush draw. I don't think I would've played it differently, but with 2 cards to come, if I were him, I don't think I'd play it any differently either...

[Wayfare]

First hand: I would have probably folded when you did considering the stack sizes.

Second (flush) hand: I think you played it very well, provided you think he will call, which he did.