Stars 10+1 hand.
 

How was my raise on the flop? Do I push the turn?

Villain has seemed fairly competent, a bit on the loose side preflop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t1460)
MP2 (t3285)
MP3 (t1790)
CO (t1420)
Hero (t1180)
SB (t1125)
BB (t1765)
UTG (t3640)
UTG+1 (t955)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB checks.

Flop: (t225) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t400</font>, BB folds, UTG folds, MP1 calls t250.

Turn: (t1025) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 Checks, Hero?

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

something tells me he has 33 or 44

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

I put him on a big overpair such as AA KK or QQ or AKs of hearts. So I would make him pay for his potential draws- bet the size of the pot. If he pushes, I'll call since it's during the rebuy period.

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

Betting the size of the pot is a bit hard with my stack. Guess that means push. This is not a rebuy by the way.

Also exactly why do you put him on that range? He limped preflop.

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

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Betting the size of the pot is a bit hard with my stack. Guess that means push.

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You have a big hand here. You don't have to push. You can make a less than pot bet if you think it have a better chance of being called. Pushing is not necessarily bad if you think your opponent might be on a draw. The bigger bet might also look like a semibluff or bluff and be called.

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

Since he limped PF, i guess i put him on overcards, Ax, PP other then 33, 44 or 88 or 2 hearts. His potsized bet could have meant that he hit his Ax kicker (a 3 or a 4), he wants to see if his PP is any good or he has a draw to the nutflush.

If he's on a draw I would make him pay for it with a good-sized bet.

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

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You have a big hand here. You don't have to push. You can make a less than pot bet if you think it have a better chance of being called.

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That was my line. I put out a 350 bet, got raised all in. He had 44, I busted. But as long as I played it fine I'm happy.

Basicly what I wonder most about is my raise on the flop. Since after that I'm pretty much commited to this hand.

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

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I put him on a big overpair such as AA KK or QQ or AKs of hearts. So I would make him pay for his potential draws- bet the size of the pot. If he pushes, I'll call since it's during the rebuy period.

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ya...most ppl playing a 10+1 limp 2nd in w/ AA-QQ/AK [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

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You have a big hand here. You don't have to push. You can make a less than pot bet if you think it have a better chance of being called.

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That was my line. I put out a 350 bet, got raised all in. He had 44, I busted. But as long as I played it fine I'm happy.

Basicly what I wonder most about is my raise on the flop. Since after that I'm pretty much commited to this hand.

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350 is bad. just push the turn. you have like 700 left w/ 1k in the pot. you're going broke here, just something you have to deal with. there's no sense in not getting your $ in when hands like A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and 99 are going to be calling. fwiw, villian played the flop pretty bad

Re: Stars 10+1 hand.
 

Seems like you where supposed to get busted on this hand. Trips vs Full House on a board like that... Tough luck and yes, bad played by your opponent but he ended up with your chips.

You could however put him on a full house by his check raise on turn when the board paired too. Only hand that got him beat would be 88 and 84.