Good, Bad, or Ugly?

[Pat Southern]

About 20 away from the money, average stack is about 7000. I'd seen MP2 open limp before, and SB had completed every chance he got.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (9 handed)

saw flop|<font color="C00000">saw showdown</font>

<font color="C00000">Hero (t3210)</font>
UTG (t1203)
UTG+1 (t6372)
MP1 (t13777)
MP2 (t3346)
MP3 (t11595)
CO (t3495)
Button (t2202)
<font color="C00000">SB (t9266)</font>

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls t400, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, SB completes, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t3210 (All-In)</font>, MP2 folds, SB calls t2810.

Flop: (t6820) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Turn: (t6820) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

River: (t6820) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>

Final Pot: t6820
<font color="green">Main Pot: t6820 (t6820), between Hero and SB.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by SB (t6820).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
SB has Ad Qd (two pair, aces and nines).
Hero has Ah 2c (two pair, aces and nines).
Outcome: SB wins t6820. </font>

[SossMan]

read dependent. Clearly you can wait for another opportunity with your chip stack, but it is a relatively safe way to add 25% to your stack vs. the right opponents.