Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

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

SB (t860)
BB (t1070)
UTG (t740)
UTG+1 (t865)
MP1 (t380)
MP2 (t1075)
MP3 (t755)
CO (t1395)
Hero (t860)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t15, MP3 folds, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t35</font>, SB calls t25, BB calls t20, MP2 calls t20.

Flop: (t137.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t50</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t100</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t275</font>, SB folds, BB raises all in t1000, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t562.50

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

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Flop: (t137.50) 9, 6, 8 (4 players)
SB bets t50, BB raises to t100, MP2 folds, Hero raises to t275, SB folds, Hero folds.


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not when you are folding to yourself.

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

you created this problem for yourself by not raising nearly enough PF. a raise to 35 without the limper is far too limp, with the limper, it's awful. I would say raise to 60 at least, probably 75, depending on whether you had any reads on the limper or not.

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

Thanks, but you didn't really answer the question...we're trying to settle an argument about the fold.

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

Bad fold. Pay your friend.

Irieguy

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

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Thanks, but you didn't really answer the question...we're trying to settle an argument about the fold.

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Yes, you should have raised it to about 75. It gets you out of a lot of situations like the one described (i.e., a lot easier to go to war if you'd raised to 75).

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

Horrible fold

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

completely ridiculous fold. tell me your screename so i can push you all-in every hand if you're only going to play the nuts.

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

This is the kind of fold I used to make back when I had no idea what I was doing.

eastbay

Re: Settle an Argument: Good Fold?
 

You are missing the point here. By min raising with AA you Force all players to call with just about any 2 cards. This is why you are facing the dilema. You can't exclude 2 pair, a lucky straight, a semibluf or this early, just a stone cold bluff. You are blind here. The pot was yours for the taking and now you are faced with folding. Slow playing AA this early in the tournament (plenty of maniacs left) to 4 players is setting yourself up to have to lay it down.

Since you wanted to gamble here you can call or fold. Either way is fine. Don't ask what is the right call when you weren't able to provide any information by raising the proper amount. That is what the proper raise is for.