Makin a play...

[youngin20]

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx (http://www.zerodivide.cx/converter)

MP1 (t8715)
MP2 (t43960)
MP3 (t11275)
Hero (t12210)
Button (t9375)
SB (t12340)
BB (t17335)
UTG (t18946)
UTG+1 (t6685)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 4/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
UTG calls t200, [color=#666666]4 folds</font>, [color=#CC3333]Hero raises to t950</font>, [color=#666666]3 folds</font>, UTG calls t750.

Flop: (t2100) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, Q/images/graemlins/club.gif [color=#0000FF](2 players)</font>
[color=#CC3333]UTG bets t400</font>, [color=#CC3333]Hero raises to t2500</font>, UTG calls t2100.

Turn: (t7100) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif [color=#0000FF](2 players)</font>
UTG checks, Hero checks.

River: (t7100) A/images/graemlins/club.gif [color=#0000FF](2 players)</font>
UTG Bets 1000, Hero Raises to 4500, Villain...
Final Pot: t7100

[JustPlayingSmart]

This almost never works for me because they picked up 2 pair on the river and can't lay it down. Also, it looks like a low buy in rebuy tournament, which means they're less likely to fold.

[JustPlayingSmart]

As an example, in the Party Poker Million semifinal I played, I raised KTd in the CO. BB defended. Flop 884 with 2 diamonds. We both check. Turn diamond. He bets and I raise. River blank. He bets a tiny blocking bet, and I move in because I'm pretty sure he has an 8 and if he was full he would have checked or set me all in. He calls with his 8. Obviously a way different tourney, but in my experience if this guy calls one raise, he's calling another raise.

[lotus776]

yeah, I don't like the post flop raise, I don't really understand why you're risking a portion of your stack to take this pot away from someone who more than likely has a good hand, release the 44 and don't look back