ATo on button - Stars turbo nearing bubble time

[cha59]

Big blind's play has seemed reasonable so far - not particularly laggy or tight.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP (t1175)
Hero (t2640)
SB (t3780)
BB (t2385)
UTG (t3520)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t400.

Flop: (t1300) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ???

[Iamafish]

Reads. I think I would push. But its a tough one to just look at in text.

We'll see what others say...

[cha59]

Big blind's play has seemed reasonable so far - not particularly laggy or tight.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

MP (t1175)
Hero (t2640)
SB (t3780)
BB (t2385)
UTG (t3520)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls t400.

Flop: (t1300) Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333"><font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t800</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1785</font>, Hero ???

[Iamafish]

I hate pokerstars. Well I like it, but I hate how everyone plays back at you with sh*t, but lots of times not sh*t. W/e.

See now you're f*cked. Thats why I think all-in would be good. Checking could be good also, if not better.

The only reason I wouldn't want to just bet out 800-900 is becuase there is a good chance of them playing back at you.

[lastchance]

[ QUOTE ]
I hate pokerstars. Well I like it, but I hate how everyone plays back at you with sh*t, but lots of times not sh*t. W/e.

See now you're f*cked. Thats why I think all-in would be good. Checking could be good also, if not better.

[/ QUOTE ]
There are a very few hands that fold to a push but raise your flop bet. Standard 1/2 pot cont bet and fold to a raise works well here, I think.

[bawcerelli]

i would have played this exactly as you have so far. after the flop raise, i'd just muck. you have 7bb's enough to do some damage with, hell 1 double up and you're right back where you were. you're not ahead of the BB on this flop and you're probably not gonna catch him.

[Iamafish]

So we frown upon an all-in here?

[cha59]

Ya, I hate it when this happens. He could very easily have a lot of hands that have me beat at this point where an all in flop bet probably gets him to fold a lot of hands I'm behind.

I hate checking here, but in hindsight it might have been the best play.

[cha59]

[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ]
I hate pokerstars. Well I like it, but I hate how everyone plays back at you with sh*t, but lots of times not sh*t. W/e.

See now you're f*cked. Thats why I think all-in would be good. Checking could be good also, if not better.

[/ QUOTE ]
There are a very few hands that fold to a push but raise your flop bet. Standard 1/2 pot cont bet and fold to a raise works well here, I think.

[/ QUOTE ]

So you think a 650 - 700 bet would probably accomplish the same thing as 800?

I hate what happened here. Maybe I was destined to lose half my stack here.

[cha59]

Preflop: Hero is Button with A, T.
2 folds, Hero raises to t600, 1 fold, BB calls t400.

Flop: (t1300) Q, 5, 6 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t800, BB raises to t1785, Hero folds with 1240 left in stack /images/graemlins/mad.gif.....comes back and finishes in second place /images/graemlins/smirk.gif