one annoying sit and go situation

[curtains]

$215 NL sit and go -


***** Hand History for Game 1654279844 *****
NL Hold'em $200 Buy-in + $15 Entry Fee Trny:9928710 Level:2 Blinds(15/30) - Saturday, February 26, 23:09:21 EDT 2005
Table Table 11747 (Real Money)
Seat 5 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 5: CHRISIS ( $930 )
Seat 9: curtainz ( $1080 )
Seat 3: texastomfnc ( $1485 )
Seat 10: mrmhorn ( $1180 )
Seat 2: mdpa17 ( $905 )
Seat 6: WangChi55 ( $1005 )
Seat 7: nycmatt49 ( $960 )
Seat 8: PokrDreams ( $630 )
Seat 1: trippple ( $875 )
Seat 4: mccsyd ( $950 )
Trny:9928710 Level:2
Blinds(15/30)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to curtainz [ As Ks ]
PokrDreams calls [30].
curtainz raises [120].
mrmhorn folds.
trippple folds.
mdpa17 folds.
texastomfnc folds.
mccsyd folds.
CHRISIS folds.
WangChi55 folds.
nycmatt49 folds.
PokrDreams calls [90].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5s, 8s, 3h ]
PokrDreams is all-In [510]

[TylerD]

Is there a question here? You're not considering folding?

[curtains]

I called, it's just annoying to be forced to call in a likely coin flip situation.

[Scuba Chuck]

Yep, sure is a bitch.

At least you have more outs than usual. 15 total, if we assume no dead outs. 15 outs, and 32 nonhelpers is pretty much 2:1 Of course, 6 of those outs could be drawing dead, as villain may have made his set (which I doubt he slow plays with the flush draw out there and his vulnerable stack).

Without more info, this really looks like a stop-n-go. You're getting, what 1.5:1 (?) odds to call?

Do you know the player? Any other details? I like this hand - to study that is.

[curtains]

I know the player is an idiot because he called utg and called my raise with A8c. Before the hand I had no information though

[callmedonnie]

It looks like he's betting approximately twice the pot. Even if he's got a pocket pair higher than the board, so long it looks like your drawing to any A,K, or spade putting you ahead in the hand. He first tried to limp, there is a small chance he's got some weird like a set of 3's but I think you have to call as the first is much more likely.

[The Yugoslavian]

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I called, it's just annoying to be forced to call in a likely coin flip situation.


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I fold this in the games I play.

I also raise less preflop.

But I *do* play AK at least, [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img].

Yugoslav

[curtains]

I hear ya, I'd raise less preflop if there was any chance the limper would fold to my raise. There is a chance when I make it 90 more (although I actually prefer making it 130...just looks more imposing to call for 100)

[The Yugoslavian]

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just looks more imposing to call for 100)

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Apparently not imposing enough, [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img].

I'd actually bet less than 90 even a lot of the time. But 90 sounds fine too.

AK is tricky to play post flop early in party SNGs ..... so I like to keep the pot as small as possible while still raising a bit for value and/or to make sure no one gets completely free flops.

Yugoslav

[curtains]

It's not that hard to play [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I admit pairs are easier to play, but I feel confident enough in my ability to play AK postflop there in a raised pot.