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Paradigm
04-13-2005, 10:55 AM
Low stacked from a suckout earlier, but ignoring that, how does one play this hand?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero checks.

Flop: (5.40 SB) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.20 BB) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets</font>, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls.

River: (15.20 BB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $0.25 (All-In)</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 folds, Button folds, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 17.70 BB
@bsolute_luck
04-13-2005, 11:03 AM
dump it on the flop. small pot, coordinated board and few redraws...IMHO /images/graemlins/smirk.gif
KaiShin
04-13-2005, 11:06 AM
Why'd you raise the turn?

The biggest crime is the fact that you didn't have enough money to complete the hand. ALWAYS have at least 12BB entering any hand.
Paradigm
04-13-2005, 11:09 AM
i didn't have time to reload, but let's just presume i had. i understand to dump it on the flop, but that flop fails to hit its draws on the turn and river (which is true in this case) then do I have the best hand most of the time? and how would you play it?
KaiShin
04-13-2005, 11:28 AM
Well, I don't really want to fold top pair here even though my kicker sucks. I think the flop check/call is fine. No reason to belive a straight is out just yet. Check/raising the turn accomplishes nothing but trapping the field for one more bet when we have a very fragile hand. I'd just call the turn, and lead the river when the third T falls. I wouldn't 3-bet though, since someone could be slowplaying a made straight.
Paradigm
04-13-2005, 11:31 AM
very cool. thanks a lot. any other suggestions? thanks for not crapping on the new guy @ the forum. looking forward to building a roll and starting it here.
KaiShin
04-13-2005, 11:33 AM
If you want bankroll building advice, there's tons of info in this forum and in the Internet forum, just use the search function.
Paradigm
04-13-2005, 11:38 AM
yeah, i've read it, but to be frank, i've tried out other casinos and assorted stuff, but i don't want to put my cash into blackjack sites right now. also, i'm not interested in playing limits that i'm not into just to clear bonuses, so we'll let it go @ .25/.50 for a while
@bsolute_luck
04-13-2005, 11:48 AM
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yeah, i've read it, but to be frank, i've tried out other casinos and assorted stuff, but i don't want to put my cash into blackjack sites right now. also, i'm not interested in playing limits that i'm not into just to clear bonuses, so we'll let it go @ .25/.50 for a while

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if you've got $200, take the GRANNY code to Paradise. i play .25/.5 there. it is good play and you get the max bonus of $100 as you play as a new account. it doesn't have a time limit, so you don't have to rush at a higher limit to clear it. just an idea /images/graemlins/laugh.gif good luck.
Paradigm
04-13-2005, 09:11 PM
what does the granny code get?
thesharpie
04-13-2005, 09:25 PM
I lead the safe turn if you're going to carry on with the hand.