MikeRand2000
01-31-2005, 01:02 PM
An interesting hand from a $22 SNG that I won today...
Status
Hero (3850) in big blind (400)
Bad guy (1000) under the gun
Random 1 (2560) on button
Random 2 (590) in small blind (200)
Hero is dealt 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif2/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Bad guy raises to 800. Randoms 1 and 2 fold.
Ok, here's the interesting part.
1) Pot is 1400 (blinds + 800). It's 400 for me to call. I figure I'm getting > 3:1 here.
2) I do the following math:
50% chance of overpair (= 5:1 against = 8% equity)
50% chance of overcards (= 5:3 against = 19% equity)
0% chance of bluff (any bluff is better than my two cards)
That's 27%. I'm getting over 3:1 on odds of less than 3:1.
I raise 800 to put him all in.
Flop comes:
Q/images/graemlins/club.gifA/images/graemlins/club.gif3/images/graemlins/spade.gif
Turn comes:
3/images/graemlins/club.gif
River comes:
Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Hero wins when bad guy shows K/images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Hero subsequently gets berated by bad guy for the "horrible" call.
Was this such a bad call? In my mind its a call that a) leaves me no worse than 400 chips behind the leader b) is in the money based on conservative preflop estimation (50% pair vs. 50% non-pair) and c) eliminates a jackass who uses a pro's name in his/her party alias.
What do you all think? Was I crazy? Am I misreading Harrington on Hold'em?
Thanks,
Mike
Status
Hero (3850) in big blind (400)
Bad guy (1000) under the gun
Random 1 (2560) on button
Random 2 (590) in small blind (200)
Hero is dealt 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif2/images/graemlins/spade.gif. Bad guy raises to 800. Randoms 1 and 2 fold.
Ok, here's the interesting part.
1) Pot is 1400 (blinds + 800). It's 400 for me to call. I figure I'm getting > 3:1 here.
2) I do the following math:
50% chance of overpair (= 5:1 against = 8% equity)
50% chance of overcards (= 5:3 against = 19% equity)
0% chance of bluff (any bluff is better than my two cards)
That's 27%. I'm getting over 3:1 on odds of less than 3:1.
I raise 800 to put him all in.
Flop comes:
Q/images/graemlins/club.gifA/images/graemlins/club.gif3/images/graemlins/spade.gif
Turn comes:
3/images/graemlins/club.gif
River comes:
Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif
Hero wins when bad guy shows K/images/graemlins/diamond.gifJ/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Hero subsequently gets berated by bad guy for the "horrible" call.
Was this such a bad call? In my mind its a call that a) leaves me no worse than 400 chips behind the leader b) is in the money based on conservative preflop estimation (50% pair vs. 50% non-pair) and c) eliminates a jackass who uses a pro's name in his/her party alias.
What do you all think? Was I crazy? Am I misreading Harrington on Hold'em?
Thanks,
Mike