MtSmalls
04-15-2003, 11:22 AM
I came across a new situation for me last night that I did not understand at the time, but think I have reasoned out, which in turn becomes a philosophical question. Help me out please.
Playing a 2 table, Limit Holdem Sit and Go last night at Stars. Tournament pays 4 places, and we are down to five. T27000 in play, and I am the chip leader with roughly 10K. Blinds are 200/400 and the limit is 400/800. On the button I get A2o. Its folded to me and I notice that the small blind has about 800 left and I want to isolate him, or at worst straight steal the blinds. I raise, the SB raises all in (an extra T20 or something) and BB calls as do I. Flop came down 10-2-10, giving me two pair. There is a little over $2400 in the middle and if I can take it down, I have the tourney in my pocket. So I bet into the dry side pot, basically forcing the BB to fold. The turn is a J, which incidentally pairs the SB's J-7 (or something similar) and I lose the pot.
I start getting ragged on by the BB and a couple of other players for misplaying the hand, which I didn't get at first, but later (after the tourney was over) I believe they were upset that I didn't let the BB stay in, in order to give the rest of the table, including the BB a better chance of running down the all-in player and getting everyone into the money. The BB incidentally was the second smallest stack and did end up finishing out of the money.
Do I have some obligation to help everyone else get into the money? I don't think so. I made the right move pre-flop in my mind, had the best hand on the flop, got turned and the move failed. I didn't really want to give the second smallest stack a shot at that pot if I could help it, so I didn't.
Is this a case of sour grapes from the BB or was it really in my best interest to let the BB stay to help run down the SB?-
Thoughts? Comments?
Playing a 2 table, Limit Holdem Sit and Go last night at Stars. Tournament pays 4 places, and we are down to five. T27000 in play, and I am the chip leader with roughly 10K. Blinds are 200/400 and the limit is 400/800. On the button I get A2o. Its folded to me and I notice that the small blind has about 800 left and I want to isolate him, or at worst straight steal the blinds. I raise, the SB raises all in (an extra T20 or something) and BB calls as do I. Flop came down 10-2-10, giving me two pair. There is a little over $2400 in the middle and if I can take it down, I have the tourney in my pocket. So I bet into the dry side pot, basically forcing the BB to fold. The turn is a J, which incidentally pairs the SB's J-7 (or something similar) and I lose the pot.
I start getting ragged on by the BB and a couple of other players for misplaying the hand, which I didn't get at first, but later (after the tourney was over) I believe they were upset that I didn't let the BB stay in, in order to give the rest of the table, including the BB a better chance of running down the all-in player and getting everyone into the money. The BB incidentally was the second smallest stack and did end up finishing out of the money.
Do I have some obligation to help everyone else get into the money? I don't think so. I made the right move pre-flop in my mind, had the best hand on the flop, got turned and the move failed. I didn't really want to give the second smallest stack a shot at that pot if I could help it, so I didn't.
Is this a case of sour grapes from the BB or was it really in my best interest to let the BB stay to help run down the SB?-
Thoughts? Comments?