$55 SnG, down to Heads up.

[jedi]

Ballsy, or reckless? Villain had been playing fairly weak, and I thought I could push him off the hand for all his chips since he didn't reraise me at any point, which I felt he would have done with an Ace.

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<font color="#C00000">Button <font color="#A500AF">(Villain)</font> (t3790)</font>
<font color="#C00000">Jedi (t9710)</font>

Preflop: Jedi is BB with 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
Button <font color="#A500AF">(Villain)</font> calls t100, <font color="#CC3333">Jedi raises to t800</font>, Button <font color="#A500AF">(Villain)</font> calls t600.

Flop: (t1600) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Jedi bets t1200</font>, Villain calls t1200.

Turn: (t4000) 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Jedi bets t1800</font>, Villain calls t1790 (All-In).

River: (t7590) T/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t7590

[gildwulf]

I think you just threw away 3500 chips.

[The Don]

I don't make the play PF but post flop I like where you were going with it. It is unlikely he has an ace because of the limp and you are representing one with your raise. Too bad your opponent is a calling station (or a donk slowplaying an Ace heads up) which negates everything I just said and makes this a terrible play.

[jedi]

Well he took a ton of time and dipped well into his timebank before deciding to call on the river with a 9 to beat me. He said "nice betting" afterwards, not sure if he thinks I'm ballsy for betting with a pair of 2s, or completely nuts.

Anyways, if I KNEW he had a 9, and faced a decision on the flop or the turn, what should I have done? I totally thought he might lay this down, but afterwards he told me that 2nd place was good enough at that point. So he called and I think he expected to lose.

Oh well.

[Dan Rutter]

After he called your bet on the flop, I think you can be quite sure your beaten, and check fold. He didnt call a little less of 1/2 his stack on the flop to fold the turn.