$50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

PartyPoker - NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Tournament | Level: 1 - 10 players

Chip Counts:
Button: 960 Chips
SB: 940 Chips
BB: 1520 Chips
UTG: 1000 Chips
UTG+1: 1000 Chips
MP1: 705 Chips
MP2: 910 Chips
MP3: 1340 Chips
Hero: 990 Chips
CO: 635 Chips

Hero is LP1 with Td Th
Blinds are 10/15

PreFlop
UTG folds, UTG+1 RAISES ($50), MP1 folds, MP2 Calls, MP3 Calls, Hero Calls, CO folds, Button folds
SB folds, BB Calls

(5 players) FLOP: 9d 8d 7h ( Pot Size: 260 Chips )
BB BETS ($120), UTG+1 folds, MP2 RAISES ($240), MP3 Calls, Hero???

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

Push IMO. You don't want to risk someone with a diamond draw getting there. My guess is that BB is just trying to pick up the pot or has a flush draw and MP2 flopped a set. MP3 could have flush draw or open ended straight. Results?

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

Easy fold IMO. But I am pretty weak-tight. Its just too early. I think you will have a much better chance of winning this game if you stay out of this spot.

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

Oh, I misread the hand. I thought you had TJ not TT. I fold this too.

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

I think I let it go. Minus the occasional donk, most players are trying to avoid large pots unless they have a strong hand in the early stages of a SnG. You could very easily be beat here and even the times you are ahead, you might need to dodge a lot of cards on the next two streets in order to hold up.

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

My take on it...I am probably slightly behind. The only hand that might possibly be still in the hand that I'm ahead of is A9.

However, there is already 620 of dead money in the pot. I have plenty of outs against anyone who is in the pot against me (unless I'm up against JT, but thats unlikely).

I figure theres a 10-15% chance that everyone folds in which case I increase my stack by 33%. If called, I'm up against a set, two pair, or MAYBE an overpair. I have 10-13 outs to more than double up.

Eh, maybe I was just greedy.

Re: $50+5 PP Big drawing hand early
 

I don't think you have a lot of fold equity. Whether it's good for you or not, I don't see MP2 folding since he seems to like his hand. I'd probably take his min. raise as a sign of strength.