3 more hands from my first $16 Turbo [Archive]

partygirluk

12-04-2004, 01:13 PM

1. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 (t550)
MP3 (t730)
CO (t1680)
Button (t800)
SB (t1530)
BB (t2110)
Hero (t3305)
UTG+1 (t1385)
MP1 (t1410)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif.
Hero calls t50, 1 fold, MP1 calls t50, MP2 raises to t100, 3 folds, SB calls t75, 1 fold, Hero calls t50, MP1 calls t50.

Flop: (t450) 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t450

I like to limp in with pocket pairs and play them for set value if I can get a reasonable price. I am not sure about my decision to bet out on the flop. OTOH I don't want to see a 9 or a 5 nor a T or 4 really. OTOH what are the chances of the flop getting checked through? Perhaps a C/R would have been better? I am not too worried about the straight as it is unlikely and I still have a stack of outs.

2. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|saw showdown

SB (t1125)
BB (t805)
UTG (t1163)
UTG+1 (t1812)
MP1 (t1510)
Hero (t4140)
CO (t985)
Button (t1960)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/club.gif.
2 folds, MP1 raises to t300, Hero calls t300, 3 folds, BB raises to t805, MP1 calls t505, Hero raises to t4140, MP1 calls t705 (All-In).

Flop: (t6530) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t6530) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif (3 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t6530) 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (3 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t6530
Main Pot: t2490 (t2490), between BB, MP1 and Hero.
Pot 2: t4040 (t4040), between BB and Hero.

I decided to flat call initially as the min raise is always suspicious, I can get away if there is a large reraise behind me and I have position. When he just called the BBs push, however, I figured that his min raise meant I had him beat and thus I did not want him to see a flop. If he had something like a KJ then I was only likely to get postflop action from him if he had me beat. I figured the BB was desperate, but in any case I had pot odds to call.

3. PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP2 (t3000)
CO (t1063)
Button (t1412)
SB (t2450)
Hero (t2630)
UTG (t985)
MP1 (t1960)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
1 fold, MP1 calls t200, MP2 calls t200, 2 folds, SB completes, Hero raises to t2630[/color,}

I figured that there was a nice 800 in the pot which I quite fancied for myself, and as they had limped I likely had the best hand, so I pushed. I did not fancy playing AQ out of position so I just shoved it all in.

Thanks.

partygirluk

12-04-2004, 09:26 PM

Shameless bump

partygirluk

12-06-2004, 07:10 AM

Final bump, some people pls comment!

texasrattlers

12-06-2004, 07:23 AM

#1. I think I bet a little less, maybe 250. I guess I am not sure what I am trying to accomplish with a lesser bet though. If someone comes back over the top I probably put all my chips im anyway. Maybe I am hoping for a call from someone on a draw and I can get more chips from him on the turn.

#2. I think I would have played this the same way given your large stack.

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When he just called the BBs push, however, I figured that his min raise meant I had him beat and thus I did not want him to see a flop.

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If I were the original raiser w/ AA or KK I just call here too hoping that you will call as well, then I would push on the flop.

#3. Good play.