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EasilyFound
04-09-2005, 03:14 PM
This is early in a step 2 tourney at PartyPoker. Two separate earlier hands w/QQ had allowed me to eliminate two players and take their chips. I'm curious to see if people think that the hand could have been played differently to extract more chips:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

CO (t1030)
Button (t665)
SB (t1020)
BB (t1060)
UTG (t1890)
Hero (t2760)
MP1 (t695)
MP2 (t880)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t225</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t150.

Flop: (t495) K/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets t325</font>, Hero calls t325.

Turn: (t1145) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t500</font>, CO folds.

Final Pot: t1645
willie
04-09-2005, 03:39 PM
i might push preflop in this situation, of course- seeing the flop action let's you know that he gave up w/ JJ or QQ once he got called on the flop

you got the most you could with the least amount of risk i'd say.
EasilyFound
04-09-2005, 09:42 PM
I thought about pushing preflop, but chickened out, I guess. Should have rode the rush a bit further.
microbet
04-09-2005, 09:46 PM
Not that chickening out is bad, but I thought you chickened out on the turn.
EasilyFound
04-10-2005, 09:13 AM
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Not that chickening out is bad, but I thought you chickened out on the turn.

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Meaning that I should have checked again, and let him bet? I thought he might conclude I was trying to buy the pot with my big stack and that he'd therefore call.
Unarmed
04-10-2005, 10:45 AM
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Not that chickening out is bad, but I thought you chickened out on the turn.

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Meaning that I should have checked again, and let him bet? I thought he might conclude I was trying to buy the pot with my big stack and that he'd therefore call.

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Call flop, lead turn is one of the strongest lines in NLHE. Remember that when you use it.
11t
04-10-2005, 11:53 AM
I doubt you have to worry about him hitting a straight so I check raise the turn all in. If he has QQ hes going to check behind you though and fold to a bet.