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splashpot
10-03-2005, 09:20 PM
***** Hand History for Game 2820461439 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:16303836 Level:6 Blinds(100/200) - Monday, October 03, 21:11:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 15005 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 4
Seat 3: MoDog50 ( $3400 )
Seat 6: cardplayerk ( $335 )
Seat 9: BrotherChem ( $1445 )
Seat 10: Translucity ( $2820 )
Trny:16303836 Level:6
Blinds(100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Translucity [ 9d Ad ]
Translucity raises [700].
MoDog50 folds.
cardplayerk is all-In [235]
BrotherChem calls [500].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9c, 8s, Qd ]
BrotherChem checks.
Translucity pushes?

I don't want to check this down to eliminate the shortie, right? There is a substantial sidepot.
lastchance
10-03-2005, 09:32 PM
Yup, go for the sidepot. Your pair of nines is very good against a random hand.
10-03-2005, 10:01 PM
As the larger stack here, go for the sidepot.

Alot of opponents don't know what they're doing here, they take your checks for weakness and bet you off on the turn or river with no pair and you lose out on both the sidepot and on eliminating the other guy.

The other guy being eliminated isn't as big a concern for you, you still have good equity if he survives with queens while you bet out the other guy who mighta spiked an ace on the river.