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Prickly Pete
02-04-2004, 01:08 PM
Party $100 NLHE SNG. I've got 900 at 15-30 and pick up red Qs in MP. Folded to me, I raise to 90. Button & BB call. 285 in Pot. (Button & BB both have 1000 or a little over.)

Flop is 9c 7h 4s. Checked to me, I bet 250, button folds, BB calls. 785 in pot.

Turn is 3d. Checked to me. What should I do and why?

kerssens
02-04-2004, 01:19 PM
I think you're still in the lead, its not unreasonable that you're up against a 10-8 or 8-6, probably suited... the set would likely raise over the top although the reason for writing this must be that they had it..........I'd push

CrisBrown
02-04-2004, 01:22 PM
Hi Prickly Pete,

I think I would just check behind. There are no flush possibilities, and I wouldn't put him on T8 (the only reasonable straight possibility). Which means he's likely not chasing. I don't think your hand is strong enough to bet for value, as he's only likely to call it if he has a hand to beat it (a set or AA/KK). So checking it down is probably the better choice here, as I see it.

Your mileage may vary.

Cris

kerssens
02-04-2004, 01:40 PM
Out of curiosity, what's there to make you dismiss the T8? And if you check the turn and they bet the pot on the river (assuming another rag hits) what do you do?

CrisBrown
02-04-2004, 01:58 PM
Hi kerssens,

With only 7:2 on his call at the button, and in a $100 SNG, I don't think it's likely that he'd have called on a one-gap connector (suited or off). I wouldn't have, and most of the opponents with whom I play wouldn't have. Obviously I could be wrong and THIS opponent might have, but to me it seems more likely that he has a made hand rather than a draw.

Given that, and the pot size, and my stack size here, the only reasonable bet (if I'm going to bet) is to move in, a bet that he probably won't call UNLESS he has me beaten. So I gain nothing by pushing in -- I'm not worried about giving him a free card -- and I stand to lose a lot if he has hit a set or has an overpair.

Given all of that, I'd rather check it down than push all of my chips in against what smells a whole lot like a trap.

Cris

ohkanada
02-04-2004, 01:59 PM
I would likely bet all-in on the turn.

Without any specific info about the BB, the BB could have a wide variety of hands. Sure some he would win with but the majority of which you are ahead. Hands like A9, TT, T8, JJ and a few others he will likely call your allin bet.

FYI, I havn't played any SNG on Party.

Ken Poklitar

Prickly Pete
02-04-2004, 02:05 PM
Thanks for the responses thus far. One more question, if you check behind on the turn, do you call or fold an allin bet on the river?

I'll post the results in a bit.

kerssens
02-04-2004, 02:06 PM
Makes sense, just like the discussion....so do you fold if he bets after the river?

kerssens
02-04-2004, 02:20 PM
I'm not saying I'd play the T8 but its not an automatic fold....its not all about pot odds, its important to know but its a relatively inexpensive flop to see and the type of hand that can break a mechanical player.

The Prince
02-04-2004, 02:32 PM
On Party,

I really can't see how you can not move all-in on the turn. You'll have the best hand at least 85% of the time. In no way does the action suggest you are beaten. He easily could have a 9 or a 7 for that matter.

Having played many, many SNGs on Party at the 100 and 200 buy ins, players are so weak that if you never folded top pair decent kicker you would be way ahead.

CrisBrown
02-04-2004, 02:53 PM
Hiya Pete,

I would probably have to have a better read on the player to be able to give you an answer of whether to call an all-in bet at the river here. If he's tight, I'm gone. If he's loose, I'll probably call.

Cris

CrisBrown
02-04-2004, 02:55 PM
Hiy kerssens,

As I said in my reply to Pete, it depends on my opponent. If he's been tight, yes, I fold, and especially if he's been tight-passive. If he's been loose, I'll probably call.

Cris

Ulysses
02-04-2004, 03:00 PM
All-in because:

a) You probably have the best hand.

b) If an Ace, King, board pair, or straight card hits on the river and he pushes, you're in a tough spot.

c) You'll get called by hands like T8 that might check-fold the river.

d) You'll get called by lots of worse one pair hands.

Sometimes you'll be shown 56, a set, or even 97. Most times you'll be ahead.

Ulysses
02-04-2004, 03:03 PM
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I wouldn't put him on T8

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T8 is a very reasonable possibility here.

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he's only likely to call it if he has a hand to beat it

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This opponent called 90 and 250. Now the pot is 785. He'll call the 550ish all-in w/ lots of worse one-pair hands.


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(a set or AA/KK)

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A set is a real possibility. Few opponents will play AA or KK like this, though.

Ulysses
02-04-2004, 03:05 PM
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With only 7:2 on his call at the button, and in a $100 SNG, I don't think it's likely that he'd have called on a one-gap connector (suited or off).

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Doesn't sound like you've played many of these $100 SNGs.

CrisBrown
02-04-2004, 03:11 PM
Hi Ulysses,

No, not at Party. That's why I said this was my read based on the opponents I typically see. It may well be that the typical opponent at Party would have played it differently, and having not played there I can't say.

I think most of us try to extrapolate the situation we see into our own environment. I looked at this as if the play had been made at a $109 SNG at PokerStars, and in that case I would be surprised to see him turn up T8. I'd put him on a made hand.

I suppose I should have just not answered, given that I don't play at Party and I don't know how they play there.

Cris

Kurn, son of Mogh
02-04-2004, 03:16 PM
I suppose he *could* have a set. If he does, I'd have to get in another SNG, because I'm all-in on the turn.

Prickly Pete
02-04-2004, 03:31 PM
Thanks for the responses. Well, I didn't have a read on the player, which made it tough. Everything was screaming "SET" to me, but I pushed in anyway. Most times it's a false alarm and they just fold. In this case, he calls and turns over 6c 5c and I was drawing dead.

I did wonder if I should just check with the intention of calling a river bet from the likes of JJ TT, A9 etc. But I figure a lot of those will call my bet anyway. And there's no point in giving that free river.