Reraiseallin
01-09-2005, 05:10 PM
6000 FPP sat on Stars for a seat in the EPT final in Monte Carlo. 1500 chips starting stack, 30 min clock.
Just wanted to know if this fold is too tight given I AM PLAYING TO WIN:
After raising pre-flop with position, it's checked to me and I go ahead and bet 2/3 pot on the flop = 200. There has been a caller of my 200 bet on the flop (LAG - not too worried here), and then I am CHECK-RAISED (N.B. We are only 15 hands into the tourney so I have no real read on the check-raiser at all - he's just been moved here).
I think given the size of the pot here on the flop, it's all in or fold?
What could I be up against? (I have blockers to high straight draw for example). He didn't re-raise preflop, which may the lessen the chances of him having QQ, KK, AA. Also, his check-raise doesn't look like a 'shut-out' bet (it kinda looks likes he wants a call). Lastly, he may believe my button bet of 200 is a missed AK-AQ-AJ, but he has to consider that a LAG had check-called too, so we are still 3-way here.
What do you guys/gals think?
I folded because I feared top-two pair or any set. Again I ask, is my fold too tight? I want to play aggressively, acculmulate chips and put myself in a position to win, but I realise that survival is important to a great extent too, and I don't want to make a BAD CALL and go out unnecessarily. IF I FOLD I STILL HAVE 1270 IN CHIPS WITH BLINDS AT 10/20.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
Hero (t1550)
SB (t1480)
BB (t2490)
UTG (t1410)
UTG+1 (t1440)
MP1 (t1630)
MP2 (t1440)
MP3 (t780)
CO (t1410)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t20, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t20, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, SB folds, BB calls t60, MP1 calls t60, MP3 calls t60.
Flop: (t330) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, BB calls t200, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t600</font>, MP3 folds, Hero folds, BB folds.
Final Pot: t1330
Just wanted to know if this fold is too tight given I AM PLAYING TO WIN:
After raising pre-flop with position, it's checked to me and I go ahead and bet 2/3 pot on the flop = 200. There has been a caller of my 200 bet on the flop (LAG - not too worried here), and then I am CHECK-RAISED (N.B. We are only 15 hands into the tourney so I have no real read on the check-raiser at all - he's just been moved here).
I think given the size of the pot here on the flop, it's all in or fold?
What could I be up against? (I have blockers to high straight draw for example). He didn't re-raise preflop, which may the lessen the chances of him having QQ, KK, AA. Also, his check-raise doesn't look like a 'shut-out' bet (it kinda looks likes he wants a call). Lastly, he may believe my button bet of 200 is a missed AK-AQ-AJ, but he has to consider that a LAG had check-called too, so we are still 3-way here.
What do you guys/gals think?
I folded because I feared top-two pair or any set. Again I ask, is my fold too tight? I want to play aggressively, acculmulate chips and put myself in a position to win, but I realise that survival is important to a great extent too, and I don't want to make a BAD CALL and go out unnecessarily. IF I FOLD I STILL HAVE 1270 IN CHIPS WITH BLINDS AT 10/20.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
Hero (t1550)
SB (t1480)
BB (t2490)
UTG (t1410)
UTG+1 (t1440)
MP1 (t1630)
MP2 (t1440)
MP3 (t780)
CO (t1410)
Preflop: Hero is Button with J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 calls t20, MP2 folds, MP3 calls t20, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t80</font>, SB folds, BB calls t60, MP1 calls t60, MP3 calls t60.
Flop: (t330) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, MP1 checks, MP3 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, BB calls t200, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t600</font>, MP3 folds, Hero folds, BB folds.
Final Pot: t1330