Note to Self: Never Fold Pocket 5s

[tubbyspencer]

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

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

MP2 (t770)
MP3 (t500)
<font color="C00000">CO (t725)</font>
Button (t522)
SB (t770)
BB (t770)
UTG (t770)
<font color="C00000">UTG+1 (t701)</font>
Hero (t1292)
MP1 (t1180)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t30</font>, Hero calls t30, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls t30, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>, SB calls t20, <font color="666666">1 fold</font>.

Flop: (t135) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t75</font>, Hero folds, CO calls t75, SB folds.

Turn: (t285) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t150</font>, CO calls t150.

River: (t585) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">UTG+1 bets t446 (All-In)</font>, CO calls t446.

Final Pot: t1477
<font color="green">Main Pot: t1477 (t1477), between CO and UTG+1.</font> &gt; <font color="white">Pot won by CO (t1477).</font>

Results in white below: <font color="white">
UTG+1 has Kh Qd (two pair, queens and fives).
CO has 7d 7s (full house, sevens full of fives).
Outcome: CO wins t1477. </font>

[willie24]

what were you thinking? you should never fold unimproved pp 5s to a set of 7s.

[LokiV]

Willie duh that's dumb, you should fold if you think he's going to hit his last 7. You don't want to put your whole stack at stake against that.