Big Slick Early in Tourney

willperkins · #1 03-27-2005, 03:51 PM

This is the 3rd or 4th hand of the tourney, so I have no reads at all. We have already lost one player. How would you play this hand?

Paradise Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t10 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t1550.00)
MP2 (t945.00)
MP3 (t945.00)
Hero (t1060.00)
Button (t985.00)
SB (t958.00)
BB (t990.00)
UTG (t990.00)
UTG+1 (t1577.00)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of t5.
UTG calls t10, 2 folds, MP2 raises to t20, 1 fold, Hero raises to t60, 3 folds, UTG calls t50, MP2 calls t40.

Flop: (t195) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG bets t930, MP2 folds

Hero??

microbet · #2 03-27-2005, 04:29 PM

If he's doing that because he already has the flush, you are down two outs.

If he's doing it because he has a straight draw and a flush draw, you are behind.

If he's doing it because he has a pair, it is pretty much a coin flip.

If he's doing it with absolutely nothing, he still has outs.

I think this is a situation where in the third or fourth level it might be a call, but here it is a fold. That's partly because with one player (and possibly more since this is often contagious) that plays like this you have a decent chance at being in a similar situation with a good made hand.

However, I think it is close because a plurality of the time he will just have a pair and be trying to protect against the flush, or a Kc and drawing himself.

TheUsher · #3 03-27-2005, 04:45 PM

Smells like TT-QQ w/a club. KK would have probably re-raised your small raise, plus you already have the other K which cuts it down.

Degen · #4 03-27-2005, 04:52 PM

easy fold...not worth it...so what if you double up, that doesn't gaurantee any money.

fold with plenty of chips and forget this hand ever happened.

Degen