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wiggs73

05-14-2005, 01:42 AM

no reads, party 10+1. thoughts on all streets appreciated, especially the river.

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

BB (t1275)
UTG (t828)
Hero (t745)
MP1 (t615)
MP2 (t1710)
CO (t472)
Button (t1425)
SB (t930)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, A/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
1 fold, Hero calls t30, 3 folds, Button calls t30, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t120) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif (4 players)
SB bets t30, BB folds, Hero raises to t100, Button calls t100, SB calls t70.

Turn: (t420) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t230, Button calls t230, SB calls t230.

River: (t1110) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif (3 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t385 and is all-in, Button calls t385, SB folds.

shejk

05-14-2005, 08:03 AM

I think you're betting too small. The 70 raise in a 180 pot on the flop especially, but on the turn as well. Apart from that, without reads I'd probably lose my money here as well.

GutPunch

05-14-2005, 08:19 AM

raise Pre flop, you have a good hand

pot bet that flop

shejk

05-14-2005, 08:23 AM

The limp is fine imo.

Karak567

05-14-2005, 08:26 AM

PF limp is good IMO.

Raise to 150 on the flop (the pot).

I would jam the turn.

shejk

05-14-2005, 08:31 AM

The pot in this case would be raising to 180.

wiggs73

05-14-2005, 08:59 AM

thanks for the input. button had 33 here for the set, but at the 10+1 level, i think i have the best hand here enough to justify getting my money in on a board that is this non-threatening.

fwiw, i did think about making a larger raise on the flop, but i wasn't particularly worried about draws so i wanted to get full value out of this. perhaps this was flawed thinking on my part. at any rate, it's good to read that i should have gotten my money in, if anything, sooner than i did. i still don't see the button folding, but that's poker.

also, in regards to raising pre-flop, i raise pre-flop with very little in the first 2 levels. i probably would have raised with this in later position, but in early to mid positions i like limping with it. AQ is a hand i'm more than willing to get rid of before blinds matter.

durron597

05-14-2005, 09:15 AM

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Don't go broke in an unraised pot.

-T.J. Cloutier

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pokerraja

05-14-2005, 10:09 AM

All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

Karak567

05-14-2005, 10:13 AM

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All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

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AQ sucks in EP at early blind levels and isn't worth the risk of going broke over, maybe?

astarck

05-14-2005, 10:15 AM

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All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

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AQ sucks in EP at early blind levels and isn't worth the risk of going broke over, maybe?

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Agreed.

*EDIT* - If he does play it (it is soooooted /images/graemlins/grin.gif), I think he needs to come out with a small raise. And he needs to drop it if played back at.

pokerraja

05-14-2005, 11:34 AM

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All you guys saying the limp is fine need to get your head banged with a hammer! Seriously. What the fuc has happened to this forum?

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AQ sucks in EP at early blind levels and isn't worth the risk of going broke over, maybe?

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He went broke over it, did'nt he? AQ is good raising hand. Its not as good for calling raises obviously. If your going to just limp in with AQ, then play it as drawing hand, such as 78suited. The limp here early in the tourney is still bad. I raise here all day, every day.

I might catch grief over saying this but I beleive if you play AQ just like its AK in a $10 sng it is +EV. Only because you will run into so many Ace lower kickers calling your bets.