Party 10+1, 5 left. (nOOb warning)

itsmesteve · #1 05-07-2005, 01:03 PM

Hello all, micro limit, poster noob to the STT forum.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (5 handed) converter

Hero (t1985)
Button (t2510)
SB (t760)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1245)

Preflop: Hero is MP with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t300, 2 folds, BB raises to t1000, Hero calls t700.

Flop: (t2050) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero calls t500.

Turn: (t2550) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t2550) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t2550

At the time i thought this was a standard call getting about 2:1 with a chance to take a commanding lead. If flop is ugly, i can ditch and still have a somewhat playable (though getting desperate) stack. The fact that he didn't push kinda threw me off. . . he either will fold to a reraise with 5 BB to play with or wants action. This pushed me to the call. How bad is the thought process here. Is this standard? Am I a SnG fish?

Apologies for any breach of forum etiquette.

beeyjay · #2 05-07-2005, 01:51 PM

I think you have to fold preflop. This said it depends a lot on you're perception of this player. If he has been throwing these raises in a lot maybe you're good but even then I would wait to bust him in all but the rarest situations and if I was going to play I'd push him in. You can't give him a flop here with him getting 5 to 1 on any future calls.

FWIW I think you should probably just much this hand instead of raising 3bb with it. You have enough chips to wait to steal when the blinds are 100/200.

microbet · #3 05-07-2005, 01:57 PM

I would treat his raise to 1000 the same as if he had pushed. He is committed. He may have raised less because he has a monster or just thought 1000 was a nice number and didn't think about how he was leaving only 500 behind.

Freudian · #4 05-07-2005, 02:00 PM

I'm fine with the first raise. But when he re-raises you have to let go. This hand is not worth crippling your stack over.