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Lumpy
10-29-2004, 03:55 PM
Moving to more NL SnG's from limit ring game. At the time I felt this was the right play, but going back and looking at it I second guess myself. All thoughts and opinions welcome. When SB went back over my raise I was thinking slow played big pair or maybe trying to push me off and steal a big chunk.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (3 handed)

Button (t3705)
SB (t3765)
Hero (t6030)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t300) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">SB bets t150</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t1500</font>, <font color="CC3333">SB raises to t3615</font>, Hero calls t2115.

Turn: (t7530) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

River: (t7530) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t7530
jcm4ccc
10-29-2004, 04:10 PM
Good push. Hope you didn't go down to a set.
wjmooner
10-29-2004, 04:43 PM
Fine spot to get all of your money in. Assuming you lost the hand to 35 or a set, or even 57 with the river, don't be too results oriented, since you are correct, a weakly played overpair, or top pair top kicker, which would've caught you on the turn, are more likely.

C
Lumpy
10-29-2004, 04:54 PM
Good call. Was indeed a 35. Couple blinds later I'm now the short stack. I push with A5s, same player calls. Turns A3s and hits the flush on the flop. I just had to laugh.
Benholio
10-29-2004, 04:54 PM
I make the same play every time. I can see SB playing the same way with an overpair, top pair, any pair + draw. Against that range of hands you are going to get drawn out on sometimes, but you are going to win enough to make up for it.
SmileyEH
10-30-2004, 12:31 AM
Raise on the flop was way too much. Make it potsize, therefore raise to something like 800. You want your opponent to call with hands like A6. Raising so much probably lets him get away from his hand.

As it were you're perfectly justified getting all in. Poker sucks.

-SmileyEH