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Old 05-01-2004, 01:44 PM
gojacketz gojacketz is offline
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Default First Hand $10/1 SNG Flopped Quads, Maximizing Return?

First hand of a $10/$1 SNG on Pokerstars. No notes on any of the players at the table.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed)

Button (t1500)
SB (t1500)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP1 (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG folds, Hero raises to t60, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t60, MP3 calls t60, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Flop: (t210) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players) </font>
Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 bets t60, Hero calls t60, MP2 folds.
Anyone raise him here? He most likely has the A, and many players at this level will play for all their chips with that A on this flop, but with no reads, I want to get as much out of him as possible, so I just called.

Turn: (t330) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
Hero bets t200, MP3 calls t200.
More? Should I have bet the pot at him?

River: (t730) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players) </font>
Hero bets t500, MP3 calls t500.
From the rest of the SNG, I am now pretty sure I could have gotten his whole stack by going all in here, but I had no clue to begin with.

Any suggestions on how to maximize return with no reads on anyone?

Final Pot: t1730

Thanks,

Gojacketz
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Old 05-01-2004, 03:20 PM
Chief911 Chief911 is offline
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Default Re: First Hand $10/1 SNG Flopped Quads, Maximizing Return?

With what people will call, I'd all in on the river.

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Old 05-02-2004, 01:55 AM
adanthar adanthar is offline
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Default Re: First Hand $10/1 SNG Flopped Quads, Maximizing Return?

Well, on Party 10+1, I'd just go all in and get called by all 3 of them.

Having said that, since this is the very first hand, you were probably right because from what I've seen of my buddy's play on Stars he's likely to fold to a turn checkraise. Maybe he calls a bigger river bet, maybe he doesn't.
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Old 05-02-2004, 02:21 PM
gojacketz gojacketz is offline
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Default Re: First Hand $10/1 SNG Flopped Quads, Maximizing Return?

No doubt I push in on Party. I probably should have pushed on the river here in retrospect.

I should have posted that the caller had ATo.

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Old 05-02-2004, 02:32 PM
Bozeman Bozeman is offline
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Default Re: First Hand $10/1 SNG Flopped Quads, Maximizing Return?

When you call the flop, I think you are usually committed to check the turn. Against a tight agg. player, this may give you the biggest return. But since you are out of position, I think betting and hopefully getting to reraise the flop gives you the highest average return.

Take with a grain of salt, cause the only $11 events i've played in the last year are 2+2 ones,

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