Early in $55 SnG.
 

Check-raise the flop? Don't fire on the turn? Bigger bet on turn or flop? Pay off possible flush draw on river?

Not a huge read on main villain. CO was loose passive pre-flop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

UTG (t1695)
UTG+1 (t1405)
MP1 (t2505)
MP2 (t1180)
CO (t1525)
Button (t1475)
Jedi (t1805)
BB <font color="#A500AF">(Villain)</font> (t1910)

Preflop: Jedi is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, CO calls t30, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Jedi completes, BB <font color="#A500AF">(Villain)</font> checks.

Flop: (t90) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Jedi bets t90</font>, Villain calls t90, CO folds.

Turn: (t270) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Jedi bets t210</font>, Villain calls t210.

River: (t690) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Jedi checks, <font color="#CC3333">Villain bets t120</font>, Jedi calls t120.

Final Pot: t930

Re: Early in $55 SnG.
 

I'll take the easy part. You can't fold to 120 on the river.

Lori

Re: Early in $55 SnG.
 

I think a preflop raise should have really been in order here

Re: Early in $55 SnG.
 

It's easy to put him on the flush draw, especially with a value style bet at the end. I think that unless this guy is playing very tricky, you get shown a flush.

Re: Early in $55 SnG.
 

No to the bigger bet on the flop. You made a value bet and gave him bad odds to chase a flush draw.
Again you gave him bad odds to chase a draw with your turn bet.
If he was going to chase it or really had a set he was going to call whatever you bet here.
Your M will still be fine after paying off on the river and I want to see what he really has here so it's an easy call for me.



No one thinks Villain possibly has a set here ?
I've seen some people play sets this way even though it's a two tone flop.
Although if I was villain with a set here I'd have raised on the turn.

Re: Early in $55 SnG.
 

I think you played it just fine. I sometimes will try to check-raise this flop but betting is fine. You have to pay off the river though I suspect you're beat.

Re: Early in $55 SnG. - RESULTS
 

Okay, thanks guys. The comments you gave me were basically what I expected to hear.

For the record, Villain showed down QJ (1 diamond) for a bigger pair.