How would you play this hand?
 

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)

CO (t400)
Button (t750)
SB (t1125)
BB (t1860)
UTG (t385)
UTG+1 (t740)
Hero (t600)
MP1 (t730)
MP2 (t745)
MP3 (t665)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t60</font>, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB calls t45, UTG+1 calls t45.

Flop: (t190) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets t300</font>, UTG+1 folds, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to t540 (All-In)</font>, BB calls t240.

Still early in tourny. BB has played 6/10 hands so far and knocked out one player with K/K on a board of A 3 3 2...check/called a flop bet and checked/called the turn all-in. He also called a 125t preflop raise with Q/9s, missed and stayed till river. Two other hands of interest were a Q/6s call in the SB for a mini raise(45t), and one hand where he went all-in (490t)after calling a pot size bet (125t)vs my T/T when the board paired eights on the turn.

Who out there would fold this?

Who all would push? (like I did)

Would you fear a set or two pair?

Would you raise more preflop?

I'm curious to know how others would play this hand.


Husker

Re: How would you play this hand?
 

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Who out there would fold this?

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Not me.

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Who all would push? (like I did)

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Yup I'd push.

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Would you fear a set or two pair?

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Not really. His bet of 300 could mean anything - straight draw, flush draw, pair of kings. He's committed to your all-in so he'll call here unless it was a total bluff. I think it's worth going for. I only play 10+1 - perhaps you can respect BBs overbet in a higher limit game.

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Would you raise more preflop?

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No. I'm aiming to get 2-3 callers for as much as possible. You got that, so it was a good move. On some tables a 4x BB raise here would get loads of callers - in those cases I might make it 100. With your short stack I'd be aiming to get around 200-300 in the pot so I can get all my chips in on the flop.

Re: How would you play this hand?
 

I'd do exactly as you did.

Re: How would you play this hand?
 

Agreed. Well played.

Re: How would you play this hand?
 

Thanks for the feedback, I feel better about my thinking/play here.

Unfortunately, the villan had 9/9 in the pocket and I was headed for the rail. [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

My big pockets have been getting killed by small flopped sets in the last few.

Thought maybe I had a sign on my forehead there a sec.

Thanks again.

Husker