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99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
I'm sure I played this hand poorly and I'm looking for some comments. I think I should have just folded and looked for a better spot to get my chips in. I don't like pushing here because it's just too likely that I'll get called and be 50/50 against two overs or killed by a higher pair.
50/100 TOURNEY TEXAS HOLD'EM GAME TABLE (NL) (TOURNAMENT 15091997) - TUE AUG 23 13:19:51 EDT 2005 Table Table 35330 (Real Money) -- Seat 3 is the button Total number of players : 8 Seat 1: IvanTheCrazy (300) Seat 2: Puselus (655) Seat 3: freewill_420 (1950) Seat 5: TooCold21 (1050) Seat 7: Briggy9 (1260) Seat 8: DevinLake (645) Seat 9: unkel78 (680) Seat 10: Zed___ (1460) TooCold21 posts small blind (25) Briggy9 posts big blind (50) ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to DevinLake [ 9c, 9h ] DevinLake raises (150) to 150 unkel78 folds. Zed___ raises (650) to 650 IvanTheCrazy folds. Puselus folds. freewill_420 folds. TooCold21 raises (1025) to 1050 TooCold21 is all-In. Briggy9 folds. DevinLake folds. Zed___ calls (400) |
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Don't raise this UTG. Limp and play for set value. If you get raised let it go. As it played out there is no way you can call here.
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Pushing this is usually never -EV. But limping is okay too I guess.
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Blinds are only 25/50 and there are 8 players. If blinds were 50/100 or there were 6 or fewer players I would probably push. Can't see running it through this big of a field for 75 chips.
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Thanks guys.
For some reasing limping and playing for set value never entered my mind, might be because that was my first decent hand of the SNG. But I certainly think that would have been my best option. As for calling the pushes, it was an easy decision when the second guy pushed. But, I wasn't giving the first guy much respect as he had been playing a large range of hands and I was thinking about calling his all-in. |
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Oh, and if you're interested. First all-in showed 88, second had AA.
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Who are you calling "first all-in" and "second all-in" ? You got re-raised by one guy, then another pushed allin. You then folded before the first re-reaiser called the all-in. I'm confused...
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
Given your stack size, I'd push rather than 3xBB raise. With the action after you this in an insta-fold.
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
This was an easy limp situation and see what happens behind you. Fold to a big raise from a decent stack but call a small stack's push-
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Re: 99 hand, didn\'t know what to do!
[ QUOTE ]
This was an easy limp situation and see what happens behind you. Fold to a big raise from a decent stack but call a small stack's push- [/ QUOTE ] I don't think limping is terrible, but by doing so you're inviting a multi-way pot. If you get more than 1 other caller, which is likely, you're really playing for set value (or a low flop) and I don't think you have enough chips for the payoff to be big enough when you do hit. The awkward stack size, imho, moves this to a push. If hero had more chips, I'd like the limp better. |
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