A7s flops bottom pair, paired board.

[David04]

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (3 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

SB (t7560)
BB (t5180)
Hero (t2260)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t775</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t575.

Flop: (t1650) 7/images/graemlins/club.gif, K/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets t1650</font>, Hero calls t1485 (All-In).

Turn: (t4785) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t4785) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t4785

Okay, so I raise preflop hoping to take the blinds. I get one caller. Hopefully he will miss the flop and I can take the pot then.

I get bottom pair on the flop. When he puts me all-in, I am about 99% sure that he is either bluffing completely or has a hand like 55 and is scared of the kings. I figure my pair of sevens will be good about 80% of the time(maybe 5% of the time he has a king and is playing it wierd, but the most likely hand that beats me is something like 88 or 99. I'm getting about 2:1 here, so I think a call is the right play.



Is my call okay? Was my thought process reasonable?

[valenzuela]

I like it.

[Phil Van Sexton]

Depending on the player, the call on the flop could have been fine.

I dont understand why you bet 33+% of your stack preflop. You have 11xBB which is a pretty awkard stack size. Pushing seems excessive, but raising then folding is pretty expensive.

If you are going to raise, raise from 400-600. 775 is too much and unnecessary. I'd probably raise to 500.

Against some aggressive opponents, folding or pushing would be required, even at 11xBB.