KJo hand Lvl 3

jzpiano14 · #1 04-27-2005, 03:14 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

CO (t565)
Button (t655)
SB (t1615)
BB (t2675)
UTG (t405)
UTG+1 (t510)
MP1 (t775)
Hero (t800)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, 2 folds, Hero calls t50, 2 folds, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t200) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, BB bets t175, UTG folds, Hero raises to t350, SB folds, BB calls t175.

Turn: (t900) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t425, Hero calls [t400] .

River: (t1325) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t1325

Should I have pushed after the flop and not just miniraised? I usually don't raise this preflop with a limper, especially from UTG, but I don't think folding it is right.

gasgod · #2 04-27-2005, 03:21 PM

I would fold preflop. The t125 in the pot isn't a big enough reward for the risk of playing this trash hand. Save your chips for when the blinds go up.

GG

jacks321 · #3 04-27-2005, 03:22 PM

At this level, in this position, I muck preflop. KJo is a pretty marginal holding early on and it can get you in trouble, as with this hand.

DeriamDash · #4 04-27-2005, 03:23 PM

Going by just how the blinds are structured in the party sng I think you have to play this hand. Looks like you played it correctly, but I do beleive you shoud have raised more than the minimum.

~Dash

gumpzilla · #5 04-27-2005, 03:27 PM

What was your goal with the minraise? Were you trying to extract more chips from a hand you thought was inferior, or trying to discourage a draw from coming along? The minraise might do well with the former but it's horrendous at the latter, usually.

jacks321 · #6 04-27-2005, 03:27 PM

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Going by just how the blinds are structured in the party sng I think you have to play this hand.

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No way. the blinds rise pretty fast on Party, but there's no reason to risk all your chips on lousy hands in the early stages.

jzpiano14 · #7 04-27-2005, 04:37 PM

I was trying to extract more chips from him since he was the chip leader, I figured he had a K with an inferior kicker. Turns out I was right except that he hit his 6 on the turn.