Push good or bad?

Lumpy · #1 10-29-2004, 03:55 PM

Moving to more NL SnG's from limit ring game. At the time I felt this was the right play, but going back and looking at it I second guess myself. All thoughts and opinions welcome. When SB went back over my raise I was thinking slow played big pair or maybe trying to push me off and steal a big chunk.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (3 handed)

Button (t3705)
SB (t3765)
Hero (t6030)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t300) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets t150, Hero raises to t1500, SB raises to t3615, Hero calls t2115.

Turn: (t7530) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t7530) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t7530

jcm4ccc · #2 10-29-2004, 04:10 PM

Good push. Hope you didn't go down to a set.

wjmooner · #3 10-29-2004, 04:43 PM

Fine spot to get all of your money in. Assuming you lost the hand to 35 or a set, or even 57 with the river, don't be too results oriented, since you are correct, a weakly played overpair, or top pair top kicker, which would've caught you on the turn, are more likely.

C

Lumpy · #4 10-29-2004, 04:54 PM

Good call. Was indeed a 35. Couple blinds later I'm now the short stack. I push with A5s, same player calls. Turns A3s and hits the flush on the flop. I just had to laugh.

Benholio · #5 10-29-2004, 04:54 PM

I make the same play every time. I can see SB playing the same way with an overpair, top pair, any pair + draw. Against that range of hands you are going to get drawn out on sometimes, but you are going to win enough to make up for it.

SmileyEH · #6 10-30-2004, 12:31 AM

Raise on the flop was way too much. Make it potsize, therefore raise to something like 800. You want your opponent to call with hands like A6. Raising so much probably lets him get away from his hand.

As it were you're perfectly justified getting all in. Poker sucks.

-SmileyEH