calling a strange all-in.

[Shakespeare]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

UTG (t1000)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1375)
MP1 (t985)
MP2 (t985)
MP3 (t985)
CO (t1000)
Hero (t985)
SB (t685)
BB (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP2 calls t15, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero calls t15, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t60) 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 4/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t85</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 calls t115.

Turn: (t460) K/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 all-in t785</font>,<font color="#CC3333">Hero is all-in t770</font>

River: (t2030) A/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: t2030
<font color="#009B00">Main Pot: t2015, between UTG+1 and Hero.</font> &gt; <font color="#FFFFFF">Pot won by Hero (t2015 ).</font>

<font color="#009B00">
UTG+1 has 7d 6d (one pair, sixes).
Hero has 9d 9h (one pair, nines).
Outcome: Hero wins t2015 . </font>


I have no read on this player, I just found the all-in bet strange. I call these types of all-ins often, as I think the player wouldn’t play a set this way, but would play a draw in this manner. I assume he went all-in on the turn as he felt the K might be a scare card for me.

Am I going to get into trouble in the higher limits if I call these types of bets? (Not an auto call, I analyze the situation before I make these types of calls.)

[morgan180]

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I assume he went all-in on the turn as he felt the K might be a scare card for me.


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That's what it looks like, if it was an over pair or flush draw I think you'd be reraised/check raised on the flop more often.

Any insight on to why you didn't want to raise 99 on the button here? At the 11s I wouldn't try it because it just acts as a pot sweetener but at the 55s with position and some limpers wouldn't a raise be worth it??

[Shakespeare]

I dont like to risk to much of my stack PREFLOP with mid pairs at this stage of the blinds. This is my standard preflop play with 22-JJ, I do however change it up every once in a while depending on comfortable reads with players already in the pot.