RESULTS
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t770)
Button (t435)
Hero (t785)
BB (t800)
UTG (t1170)
UTG+1 (t800)
MP1 (t1640)
MP2 (t800)
Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 calls t15, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t15, MP3 calls t15, CO folds, Button calls t15, Hero completes, BB checks.
Flop: (t105) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(7 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">BB bets t80</font>, UTG calls t80, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">MP2 raises to t400</font>, MP3 folds, Button folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t770 (All-In)</font>, BB folds, UTG folds, MP2 calls t370.
Turn: (t1805) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: (t1805) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: t1805
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1805 (t1805), between Hero and MP2.</font> > <font color="white">Pot won by Hero (t1805).</font>
Results in white below: <font color="white">
Hero has Ks Qh (full house, queens full of kings).
MP2 has Js Kd (two pair, kings and queens).
Outcome: Hero wins t1805. </font>
I chose to push because:
a) I believed it was likely that I had the best hand - while the raise from MP2 was somewhat worrisome, the massive overbet struck me as an attempt to protect a weak hand such as top pair, weak kicker or (albeit less likely) as a semi-bluff from a draw. While I did fear a made straight, I believed such a hand wouldn't show such strength this early (though I realize this could be flawed reasoning given the flush draw).
b) I thought that even if I was up against a draw that hit, I still had outs (though admittedly slim) to beat a straight (backdoor king-high flush) or a flush (by pairing a king or queen).
c) I felt that even though MP2 had committed a sizable amount of his stack on the flop raise, I felt my push still had fold equity given that it was so early in the SNG (it was the first hand) and the blinds were still low enough for him to fold and still have a chance to recover.
Obviously my read of the oversized raise was correct in this instance but any thoughts on my overall rationale?
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