Bubble question

1C5 · #1 02-01-2005, 09:50 PM

Party 10+1, was this a bad call by me, thinking back I think it was as the best I could hope for would be him having two higher cards (coinflip almost) and the worst would be a pair.

Do you fold, call or push here?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

MP (t2150)
Button (t2590)
SB (t1150)
Hero (t1035)
UTG (t1075)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG raises to t400, 1 fold, Button calls t400, 2 folds.

Flop: (t1100) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Turn: (t1100) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t1100) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t1100

willperkins · #2 02-01-2005, 10:48 PM

Lets see, if you are BB then you have t835 left after posting?

That means if you call the t300 you are getting 3.67 to 1 pot odds which is good, but you will only have t535 left with the SB coming and the blinds at 100/200, so I would not call.

That leaves push or fold.

If you push that would mean that UTG would be getting 2.63 to 1 pot odds to call. I would have to assume he will call and probably with a decent hand because he raised 4 X BB under the gun.

Now to the button. He has plenty of chips. He has already cold called one raise, so he must have something and now he will be getting 4.75 to 1 one pot odds to call. So he will probably call as well. That means the pot is three way and you are most certainly behind even if they are both drawing to overcards.

If you fold, you still have t875 with the SB coming and the blinds at 100/200.

This is a tough one, but I would probably fold. If the button had not called, I would have pushed and took my chances heads up. With two in the pot, I would try to pick a better hand.

microbet · #3 02-02-2005, 01:37 AM

Looks to me like you folded, but maybe I can't read.

I dunno, seems like it is either push this time or next time and the way the stacks will be you will be almost certain to get called next time by BB and anyone else who has a good hand. So it's not likely you'll have a better shot and you'll be taking it with 200 fewer chips.

Maybe if you push now UTG makes a bad fold and you are HU agaisnt overcards with a lot of dead money.

Plus it doesn't really look like you are up against a pocket pair unless it is a slowplay with AA or KK.