LL Turbo NL 18: QJs

Boolean · #1 09-29-2005, 03:17 PM

Well, for what it's worth, I'm just starting to play these tournaments, and I've started with a $50 bankroll. My plan is to start with the $1.50+.25 18-player tournaments and work my way up. Here's a situation where I think I played terribly, and I would like some insight in how I should've played it.

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

CO (t1315)
Button (t3390)
SB (t780)
BB (t725)
Hero (t2045)
UTG+1 (t345)
MP1 (t2275)
MP2 (t2625)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero calls t100, 1 fold, MP1 calls t100, 1 fold, CO calls t100, Button calls t100, 1 fold, BB checks.

I don't like raising before the flop with this hand. The table has been pretty loose however, so I decided to limp in.

Flop: (t550) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB bets t100, Hero raises to t500, MP1 folds, CO folds, Button calls t500, BB raises to t625 (All-in), Hero calls t125, Button calls t125.

I make a pot-sized raise or so after the big-blind bets with my top-pair. My read on the BB was that he was pretty weak. I have in the past bullied him off a hand he bet before. My read on the button is that he's the chip leader by making value bets. I've never seen him call a pot-sized bet before this, however.

Turn: (t2425) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets t1320 (All-In), Button calls t1320.

I push with my top-pair, and I get called. Was this the best play here?

River: (t5065) 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: t5065