Hand One from the Monkeyfest (aka. $3.00 rebuy)
 

Hi all,

I played about 18 hours in Saturday's $10k guaranteed, and still didn't get very deep in the money, but I'd like to post a few hands, and see what y'all think. I need to remember how little folding equity you have in these things.

Hand one:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

UTG (t13152)
UTG+1 (t13525)
MP1 (t13150)
MP2 (t35392)
MP3 (t2818)
CO (t30234)
Hero (t12650)
SB (t15999)
BB (t25781)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
UTG calls t150, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t600</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG calls t450.

Flop: (t1425) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t800</font>, UTG calls t800.

Turn: (t3025) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t2150</font>, UTG calls t2150.

River: (t7325) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t1350</font>, Hero


Initially I put this guy on a draw of some sort, though in this thing it can be hard to tell. Anyone give up on the turn? What is your move on the river?

Re: Hand One from the Monkeyfest (aka. $3.00 rebuy)
 

I fold pf. maybe limp. i bet the flop and most likely slow down on turn because this early there are no reads since you cant judge ne1 from rebuy period usually unless they r extremly tight. if i check the turn i might call a small river bet but ithink with the way it played i fold the river, i only c folding or pushing the river fwiw

Re: Hand One from the Monkeyfest (aka. $3.00 rebuy)
 

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Initially I put this guy on a draw of some sort, though in this thing it can be hard to tell. Anyone give up on the turn? What is your move on the river?

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i fold preflop. barring that, i give up on the turn. you have no pair, no draw, so you're on a pure bluff -- why do you want to bluff here? the drawbacks outweigh the gains, in my opinion. you have plenty of chips relative to the blinds, so i'd pick a better spot than this to accumulate chips.

as for the river, you're almost certainly beat, but you're getting better than 6 to 1 on a call, so i have a hard time folding.

Re: Hand One from the Monkeyfest (aka. $3.00 rebuy)
 

18 hours? Seems like an embellishment. Fold or limp pf, A9o is a powerhouse or anything even close, against a limper UTG I am gone here. Moving on anyway. I check behind on the flop and see a turn, you are in a position against an admittedly weak opponent so give yourself a free card. Q comes on the turn, if he bets more than 1/2 the pot I lay it down, any small bet I am raising and laying down to a reraise or c/f'ing the river unless it is an A where I might call a smallish river bet.
~Justin