Stronghands
11-01-2004, 02:13 PM
This is my first tournament post, so I'm not sure what information is relevant. Please bare with me.
I'm playing at a home game with 6 other people. The top 2 places get money while 3rd gets the buy-in returned.
Noone has been eliminated, everyone has ~250 in chips (except one guy who took a big pot - his stack size is irrelevant, he folds pre flop) blinds are 15 and 30.
I'm dealt two red aces under the gun. I call looking for the opportunity to re-raise. (Is this a bad idea in a tourney?). Folded around to the button who calls, SB completes and BB checks.
Flop comes QsTc8c. That is one coordinated board. SB checks, BB goes all-in. I fold : (
It seems to me that the board is way too coordinated, and since I'm not close to the money, I'd better play it safe. If the Q were a K or a 5, I would have probably insta-called, but with 3 to a straight and 2 to a flush I had no piece of combined with my having no idea where I was (thanks to the PF call), I thought better to fight and run away...
Anyway, to compound a potentially horribly weak play, I showed my aces. At the time, I thought it would build my table image as rock-like (so that people would "know" if I were in a pot with them, that I must have something good). It turns out, people just thought it was an incredible blunder (and it may well have been). Thoughts on showing?
Thanks in advance for your help!
I'm playing at a home game with 6 other people. The top 2 places get money while 3rd gets the buy-in returned.
Noone has been eliminated, everyone has ~250 in chips (except one guy who took a big pot - his stack size is irrelevant, he folds pre flop) blinds are 15 and 30.
I'm dealt two red aces under the gun. I call looking for the opportunity to re-raise. (Is this a bad idea in a tourney?). Folded around to the button who calls, SB completes and BB checks.
Flop comes QsTc8c. That is one coordinated board. SB checks, BB goes all-in. I fold : (
It seems to me that the board is way too coordinated, and since I'm not close to the money, I'd better play it safe. If the Q were a K or a 5, I would have probably insta-called, but with 3 to a straight and 2 to a flush I had no piece of combined with my having no idea where I was (thanks to the PF call), I thought better to fight and run away...
Anyway, to compound a potentially horribly weak play, I showed my aces. At the time, I thought it would build my table image as rock-like (so that people would "know" if I were in a pot with them, that I must have something good). It turns out, people just thought it was an incredible blunder (and it may well have been). Thoughts on showing?
Thanks in advance for your help!