Extracting value with a straight...

[ggbman]

What's the best way to get the money in here?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP2 (t1030)
MP3 (t975)
CO (t1985)
Button (t970)
Hero (t925)
BB (t1015)
UTG (t985)
UTG+1 (t1025)
MP1 (t1090)

Preflop: Hero is SB with 6/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls t15, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t57.50) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
Hero checks, BB checks, UTG checks, CO checks.

Turn: (t57.50) 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t45</font>, BB calls t45, UTG calls t45, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t90</font>, Hero calls t45, BB folds, UTG calls t45.

River: (t372.50) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t300</font>, UTG folds, CO calls t300.

Final Pot: t972.50

[RiverDood]

You got pretty decent action, so there's no reason to tear your line apart. But the one obvious place to wonder about is on the turn after the CO min-raises you back with 90.

The CO's check on the flop seems highly suspicious. If he had overcards, a 7 or any sort of straight draw, there'd be a temptation to bet something, just to see how many people might drop. The check at the end of flop betting is consistent with him having a powerful hand -- most likely a third 10 -- and wanting everyone else to catch up a little so he can get some action.

In that case, why not give him what he craves on the turn and min-raise him back? You bet 45, he makes it 90, you make it another 90 -- to 180. You lose the other two players at that point, most likely. But you're willing to do that because the CO might get cranky and push his trips at that point. Or he might call you. Almost no chance he lets go of it.

If he does call you on the turn, I think your 300 bet still will be called at the river. And in the early stages of a Party tournament, something tells me he'll push back at your min raise on the turn to "teach you a lesson."

Yum. Your only risk is that he has 77 or J8.

[ggbman]

I was 98% sure the CO had a 10, i was just pondering if flat shoving the river or going for the c/r would get all the money in.