View Full Version : What to do here: UTG-1 w/ QQ
DVC Calif
12-16-2004, 07:02 PM
This is from a $50+5 SnG on Party:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
Hero (t2250)
MP1 (t605)
MP2 (t1550)
CO (t750)
Button (t1440)
SB (t870)
BB (t1165)
UTG (t1370)
Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif.
UTG folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t200, CO folds, Button folds, SB calls t175, BB folds.
Flop: (t650) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t670 (All-In)</font>,Hero ...?
Fold?
Call?
Push? (Still another player after me to act.)
I'll post results after.
Thanks, Steve
captZEEbo1
12-16-2004, 07:10 PM
I'm pushing this. My guess is that he has nut flush draw, or some sort of AJ, KJ, QJ hand. I feel that people wouldn't necessarily respect your EP raise, because you're a bigstack and can likely be raising a lot more than premium pairs.
McBandit
12-16-2004, 07:11 PM
I push. I think if the SB had flopped something that beats you, he would have gone for a check-raise. Even if the SB flopped 2-pair, you have lots of outs to redraw to. It sounds like maybe a weak J. If the guy behind you has you beat, oh well, that stuff happens.
Winning this pot puts you in a good position to win the tourney...I think it is worth the risk to go for it.
tigerite
12-16-2004, 07:15 PM
I'd have raised 150 preflop instead of 200, but that's just personal taste because, as I explained in the AK thread, I don't like to give information about my hands. On the flop I am only worried about 88, possibly JJ, but many fishy-type players like to reraise this. I doubt 66 would hang around, but I suppose it's possible too. Given all this and the likelihood I'm way ahead here, I push.
Big Limpin'
12-16-2004, 07:16 PM
push
tigerite
12-16-2004, 07:17 PM
[ QUOTE ]
I push. I think if the SB had flopped something that beats you, he would have gone for a check-raise. Even if the SB flopped 2-pair, you have lots of outs to redraw to. It sounds like maybe a weak J. If the guy behind you has you beat, oh well, that stuff happens.
Winning this pot puts you in a good position to win the tourney...I think it is worth the risk to go for it.
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If it was heads up, then I would agree the SB should check a set, but 3 handed I can see him pot betting this, which of course commits him, so the set is possible. But if he has it so be it, I'm pushing anyway..
Push. SB is more likely to have AJ or a flush draw than a set.
Most people also check to a raiser with a set.
DVC Calif
12-16-2004, 07:47 PM
I pushed. I thought it was the right move but wanted to tap into you guys to confirm.
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t670 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t2050 (All-In)</font>, MP2 calls t1350 (All-In).
Turn: (t4720) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 3 all-in)</font>
River: (t4720) 5/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players, 3 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t4720
Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Qs Qc (one pair, queens).
MP2 has 8d 8s (three of a kind, eights).
SB has Ts 9s (high card, jack).
Outcome: MP2 wins t4020. Hero wins t700. </font>
Oh well, that's poker. I ended up playing my short stack really well but busted out on the bubble in fourth.
Thanks, Steve
tigerite
12-16-2004, 08:04 PM
Nothing you can do when the guy still to act hits a set, and you're left calling an all-in from someone. Have to pay him off I'm afraid.
ThorGoT
12-16-2004, 08:10 PM
Haven't looked at the other posts yet. Small blind probably has a small pair (not matching the board), possibly xJ; remote chance of flush draw with an overcard. If I were small blind, I probably would not push with a set, and if I had KK or AA I would have reraised preflop. So don't fold.
So, call or raise? I think I'd raise. If you call, the other player has implied odds to draw for a flush or straight, if that's what they're holding. If they happen to have some other reasonably legitimate holding (Jx, e.g., or maybe TT), they can bluff if a flush card drops. The chance of them having hit a set is small. So I think I would push. The pot is big enough to win now.
partygirluk
12-16-2004, 09:17 PM
Good push.
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