Good play or just plain lucky
 

Thoughts? Criticism?


Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed)

UTG+1 (t800)
MP1 (t770)
MP2 (t785)
MP3 (t755)
CO (t655)
Button (t790)
SB (t755)
Hero (t770)
UTG (t1920)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t15, MP3 folds, CO calls t15, Button calls t15, SB folds, Hero checks.

Flop: (t85) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(5 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t60</font>, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, Hero calls t60.

Turn: (t205) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="CC3333">UTG bets t150</font>, Hero calls t150.

River: (t505) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets t275</font>, UTG folds.

Final Pot: t780

Re: Good play or just plain lucky
 

This is not a good line of play, you just got lucky. Check calling the turn bet is the biggest mistake. While this play is fine in a limit game if you have the odds to call, it is a bad habit to have in NL tournaments.

I would have raised the flop bet to 200 hoping to win the pot right there. If called, I think my hand is only good if I hit the flush on the turn. A blank on the turn means that I check-fold.