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dentoner
03-27-2005, 07:40 PM
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

UTG (t1865)
UTG+1 (t860)
MP1 (t1310)
MP2 (t2795)
CO (t1155)
Button (t1890)
SB (t2295)
Hero (t1330)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t60</font>, UTG+1 calls t60, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls t60, Button calls t60, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t350</font>, UTG calls t290, UTG+1 folds, CO folds, Button folds.

Flop: (t895) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t500</font>, UTG calls t500.

Turn: (t1895) 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t480 (All-In)</font>, UTG calls t480.

River: (t2855) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t2855

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Hero has Kh Kd (two pair, kings and jacks).
UTG has Ts Ks (flush, king high).
Outcome: UTG wins t2855. </font>

lastchance
03-27-2005, 07:43 PM
Yeah, but not because of the flush draw.

Your stack is about as big as the pot. Betting anything less than all-in is horrible 99% of the time, and you're not getting much value when it is correct to bet less than all-in either.