Big Bet on MONSTER draw (low content)

[phil_ivey_fan]

5 way limped pot. I flop top pair and open-ended str8 flush draw. Pushed 190 into $15 pot. I had just stacked a guy a couple of hands ago when he couldn't lay down top set to my flopped str8 (hehe).

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

BB ($93)
UTG ($98)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($191)</font>
MP1 ($102.95)
MP2 ($85.48)
MP3 ($178.65)
CO ($111)
Button ($94.17)
<font color="#C00000">SB ($63.65)</font>

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. SB posts a blind of $0.5.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls $1, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls $1, Button calls $1, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($5) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets $5</font>, BB calls $5, Hero calls $190 (All-In), CO folds, Button folds, SB calls $57.65 (All-In), BB folds.

Turn: ($262.65) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

River: ($262.65) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 2 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: $262.65

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
SB has 9s Js (one pair, jacks).
Hero has 9d Jd (flush, ace high).
Outcome: Hero wins $262.65. </font>

[Shibby]

freeroll nice.

[xorbie]

Not a terrible way to play it.

[PoBoy321]

I don't like open-limping J9s in MP. Also, I would likely raise to $15 instead of pushing. I think you'd be better off raising, taking a free card and playing some poker rather than just pushing and gambling.

[xorbie]

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I don't like open-limping J9s in MP. Also, I would likely raise to $15 instead of pushing. I think you'd be better off raising, taking a free card and playing some poker rather than just pushing and gambling.

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The problem with making it $15 is that BB might be in on a higher draw, and so you'd probably want to make it like $20 to make sure he drops anything but a hand like AJ.

[phil_ivey_fan]

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I don't like open-limping J9s in MP. Also, I would likely raise to $15 instead of pushing. I think you'd be better off raising, taking a free card and playing some poker rather than just pushing and gambling.

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true about the open limp, but I was playing loose preflop. The players at the table were willing to get stacked in a limped pot, so I figured that it was +EV at this table to limp w/ hands that can flop big.

as for the push, I am a coin flip w/ a set, and 42% dog vs a flopped str8. At this table I am getting calls from everything down to top pair...maybe even a flush draw. I was actually pretty surprised when he showed J9. Also, another diamond kills the action for a lot of my opponents possible calling hands. AND pushing on a draw loosens up the table and is +EV for future action.