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Old 05-04-2005, 06:21 PM
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Default early tournament in the blinds

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

MP2 (t1790)
MP3 (t1610)
CO (t1360)
Button (t2740)
SB (t1510)
Hero (t1450)
UTG (t1530)
UTG+1 (t1510)
MP1 (t1390)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to t40</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, Hero calls t20.

Flop: (t90) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks.

Turn: (t90) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets t60</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t160</font>, UTG+1 calls t100.

River: (t410) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t100</font>, UTG+1 calls t100.

Final Pot: t610

i don't really know why i played this hand this way. it was early so i had no reads but i figured he would bet the flop and i could check-raise. do i want to be doing this sort of thing or is betting out a better plan?

i did the same thing again on the turn. because he didn't bet the flop i figured maybe he was slow playing a monster but at the same time still figured i had the best hand and at least could have an out to a diamond flush if he had a big pair.

because of his passiveness i figured to have the best hand on the river and bet out a little.

this is the type of hand i need to improve my play with. i figure there's probably a fairly simple, standard way to play this type of hand but sometimes i feel like getting tricky or doing something different.

what is the standard course of action for this type of hand?
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