DougBrennan
02-03-2004, 05:54 PM
This is a hypothetical hand, but it simulates a situation I've run into several times recently, and I'd be interested in others' thoughts on the matter.
A NLHE multi-table tourney, 350 starters, 250 left, blinds at 25/50, I am in EP. And let's say all involved players have somewhere around an average stack, 2000 or so.
I am dealt A /images/graemlins/heart.gifQ /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I raise to 150, MP and Button call.
Flop: K /images/graemlins/spade.gif 10 /images/graemlins/club.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
I check, MP bets 300, EP folds.
What do I do?
I have mostly folded in such situations, thinking I'm behind a pair, but I'm beginning to wonder if an overcard plus a gutshot is enough to draw with. It seems to me that the implied odds for the straight are good, if I hit it, and an A still gives me a shot at the best hand.
However, I fear that the Turn will cost me considerably more than 300, and if the A comes and it doesn't give me the best hand, I will lose a big pot.
So I am in a bit of a quandry here, and could use the benifit of second, third, and fourth opinions.
Thanks
A NLHE multi-table tourney, 350 starters, 250 left, blinds at 25/50, I am in EP. And let's say all involved players have somewhere around an average stack, 2000 or so.
I am dealt A /images/graemlins/heart.gifQ /images/graemlins/spade.gif
I raise to 150, MP and Button call.
Flop: K /images/graemlins/spade.gif 10 /images/graemlins/club.gif 5 /images/graemlins/heart.gif
I check, MP bets 300, EP folds.
What do I do?
I have mostly folded in such situations, thinking I'm behind a pair, but I'm beginning to wonder if an overcard plus a gutshot is enough to draw with. It seems to me that the implied odds for the straight are good, if I hit it, and an A still gives me a shot at the best hand.
However, I fear that the Turn will cost me considerably more than 300, and if the A comes and it doesn't give me the best hand, I will lose a big pot.
So I am in a bit of a quandry here, and could use the benifit of second, third, and fourth opinions.
Thanks