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Old 07-28-2005, 06:12 PM
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Default Playing the Idiot end of a straight

How would you play this hand assuming that you think you can limp in without a raise.
Afterthought: I shouldn't be playing this hand. Dont eat me. I just have to live up to my name.

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

Button (t3405)
SB (t920)
BB (t1855)
UTG (t3285)
Hero (t2225)
MP1 (t1390)
MP2 (t825)
CO (t2475)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t100, MP1 calls t100, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Button calls t100, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t500) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, MP1 calls t600, Button calls t600, SB calls t500.
I think I have the best hand right now, but I dont want people to get any more cards. JQ and i am already dead. Plus poeple might have 4 to a flush.

Turn: (t2900) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100, MP1 calls t100, Button calls t100. At this point I am done, any queen and I loose. Hearts I loose. Chances of loosing very high. But pot odds calls to the end.

River: (t3300) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t100</font>, Hero calls t100, MP1 calls t100, Button calls t100.

Final Pot: t3700
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:17 PM
Benal Benal is offline
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

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Dont eat me.

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But it's dinner time, and I'm hungry! [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

You played the turn and river just fine..
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:31 PM
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

I think I would eat myself. So in summary seeing flop bad. Bet after flop bad. notgiving up because of the 30+ to 1 odds ok.

Say I was the BB what happens then. I get the flop for free and run into a straight?
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:34 PM
bcotton bcotton is offline
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

What is the buy in for this tourney, from the loose passive nature of the game i am thinking it's a $5 or $10?

You showed down for min bet, i'd take it every time, fold to aggression, but expect to lose.

My interpritation of his min bet is that he's a total donk or he's trying to show weakness so you will come over the top, again.

Does anyone like a Post flop push here? Like you say, it's very likely you have the best hand and have a lot of people drawing. You can maybe weed them out or get called by a nut flush draw or 2 pair.. UNfortunately we know you'd porbably lose to both hands, but you would have gotten your chips in with the advantage. I think it would have been a good time to try and double or triple up.
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:39 PM
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

Its actually a 1er. 45 player. I though I pot sized bet would give people terrible enough odds to drop their drawing hands. Plus its a big bet, so it might scare them away.
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:37 PM
SossMan SossMan is offline
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

push the flop and get called by JT/QT/HH. You will rarely be behind on the flop and will often get called and other than a black duece, you have a ton of very scary cards on the the turn.
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Old 07-28-2005, 07:33 PM
runout_mick runout_mick is offline
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Default Re: Playing the Idiot end of a straight

I don't even disagree with your limp if this table has been playing this passively. I'm pretty durn sure you were ahead after the flop, and if they overpaid the draw so be it. You backed off when you had to.

No mistake here as far as I can tell, considering the nature of the table.
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