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[PokerProdigy]

<font color="red">Hand 1</font>

<font color="red">Good pre-flop fold after that player check raised up front? Why or why not?</font>

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

MP1 (t1665)
MP2 (t1285)
CO (t1130)
Button (t640)
Hero (t1180)
BB (t685)
UTG (t645)
UTG+1 (t770)

Preflop: Hero is SB with T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t30, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t100</font>, BB calls t70, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t300</font>, Hero folds, BB folds.

Final Pot: t500

<font color="red">Hand 2</font>

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP (t3035)
Button (t1285)
SB (t1675)
Hero (t1080)
UTG (t925)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t300</font>, MP calls t225.

Flop: (t615) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t780 (All-In)</font>, MP calls t780.

Turn: (t2175) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t2175) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t2175

[bluefeet]

#1 - i fold too. could 'just' be AK, but just as likely a higher pair. you're only out T100 - fold

#2 - IMO the reraise is not an option PF. push...maybe (read dependant), maybe even fold. i would just call the additional 45....for set value only. the flop? uhboy. with you being so committed to the pot, i don't see any other choice but push - you kind of trapped yourself. had you just called the PF raise, you could have stuck 100 out there and folded to a reraise or check/fold after. again...baring a push PF, i'd be just as content folding. middle PP absolutely blow post flop...especially with an early raiser.

[ewing55]

#1: Fold, I think you have enough chips without getting involved any further with this hand.

#2: If you are going to play this hand because you think he is on a steal, I'd push. Or I fold it. You're about 8 to 1 on getting a set and you just know you are going to get over's and it'll be hard to play post-flop. As you played it preflop I'd say you played it fine postflop as you were already pot committed.

Of course I'm just a rookie, I could be wrong.

---------------Jeff