TT- no set- but straight draw

tbach24 · #1 03-01-2005, 07:55 PM

First rotation so no reads...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (9 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

CO ($25)
Button ($14.55)
SB ($8.60)
BB ($10.85)
UTG ($57.55)
UTG+1 ($8.10)
MP1 ($48.60)
Hero ($24.40)
MP3 ($24.15)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. MP1 posts a blind of $0.35.
UTG raises to $1, 2 folds, Hero calls $1, 1 fold, CO raises to $3.5, 3 folds, UTG folds, Hero calls $2.50.

Flop: ($8.70) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $1.25, Hero calls $1.25.

Turn: ($11.20) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets $5, Hero raises to $19.65, CO calls $14.65.

River: ($50.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: $50.50
Main Pot: $50.50, between CO and Hero. > Pot won by Hero ($50.50).

Results in white below: 
Hero has Th Tc (straight, queen high).
CO has As Ah (one pair, aces).
Outcome: Hero wins $50.50. 

Everything standard? Thoughts about drawing to an inside straight?

xorbie · #2 03-01-2005, 08:23 PM

You're getting amost 10:1 odds on the flop. Easy call. Assuming he has the straight already, you have almost 10% equity, and you have way about 25% equity against AA, KK, KQ or AQ. JJ you have 10% equity again. So I'd say this is an easy call on the flop.

istewart · #3 03-01-2005, 08:47 PM

I might muck preflop.

TrailofTears · #4 03-01-2005, 09:20 PM

Looks good to me. If he is going to give you those odds, take them and make him pay for his greed. Nice hand.

-T

tbach24 · #5 03-01-2005, 09:21 PM

I thought about it and I decided that I would outflop/turn him.

But seriously, I was only putting in ~10% of my stack and there was a bit of dead money. Is that marginal or bad?

Los Feliz Slim · #6 03-01-2005, 09:25 PM

I usually won't call a pre-flop raise of that size with 10 10, but I guess once you've done that calling a 1/6th pot bet with a pair and an inside straight draw makes sense.

The real question is: How much worse could CO have played it?
Answer: None more worse.

tbach24 · #7 03-01-2005, 09:32 PM

Is it really that bad of a call with the dead money in there? It's only ~10% of my stack and there's the dead money.

joewatch · #8 03-01-2005, 09:35 PM

You are lucky that CO was bad. If I were the CO, you would have seen a $10 bet on the flop, which would have been a fold for you.

Anyway, very nice play on every street.

I agree with mucking a reraise on the flop in most games with TT, but if you are playing microlimits, I have no problem with gambling once in a while. Just don't go all-in with TT if you flop an overpair. That's just stoopid. [img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img]

Los Feliz Slim · #9 03-01-2005, 09:38 PM

No, certainly not a *bad* call, maybe just marginal. But I'm pretty tight. I'd be happier if you & CO had bigger stacks to pay more off if you make your set. Also would be nice to have position.

istewart · #10 03-01-2005, 09:43 PM

You're basically putting in $3 out of a $25 stack preflop. 10% of your stack is a lot. Especially when a reraise comes.