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NYCNative
06-13-2005, 06:40 PM
Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t60 (6 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Hero (t2060)
UTG (t1355)
MP (t1320)
CO (t2390)
Button (t6335)
SB (t1540)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif, K/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t180</font>, SB calls t120.

Flop: (t360) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t360) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t360</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t360</font>, Hero calls t0.

River: (t1080) 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t1080
kyro
06-13-2005, 06:42 PM
1. It's not a steal. It's a raise for value.

2. Bet the flop. Evaluate if he raises.

3. I call the push of the turn.
Bigwig
06-13-2005, 06:42 PM
The converter has messed this up, I think. Could you clean it up a little?

I wouldn't characterize this as a steal, BTW. When the SB limps against my BB and I have KQ, I'm raising more for value.
NYCNative
06-13-2005, 07:20 PM
Okay... It's a raise for value and I can't edit it however we both checked the flop and when he bet the turn I pushed and he called.
Bigwig
06-13-2005, 07:30 PM
I think you played it fine. Betting the flop here is probably a good play here. You've got a healthy stack that can stand some action if your continuation bet is called.
NYCNative
06-13-2005, 09:02 PM
I didn't bet the flop because I was worried that villain called with a weak Ace. I was right, he did. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Ace-Nine. /images/graemlins/frown.gif I don't think a flop bet would have got him of top pair, however, if he raised me I could have folded and avoided the suckout.
pergesu
06-13-2005, 10:00 PM
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I didn't bet the flop because I was worried that villain called with a weak Ace. I was right, he did. /images/graemlins/smile.gif Ace-Nine. /images/graemlins/frown.gif I don't think a flop bet would have got him of top pair, however, if he raised me I could have folded and avoided the suckout.

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The point is that he's far more likely to have missed than to have flopped any pair, much less an ace. You should be betting most flops here anyway. The fact that you made a pair just makes things that much nicer.

As the hand went, you can't get away from kings up when you're heads up, so you just take the beat.