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Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed)
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MP3 (t985)
Hero (t975)
Button (t975)
SB (t1030)
BB (t985)
UTG (t985)
UTG+1 (t1000)
UTG+2 (t1055)
MP1 (t1025)
MP2 (t985)
Preflop: Hero is CO with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
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6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t45</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to t72.5</font>, <font color="#666666">
1 fold</font>, Hero calls t30.
Flop: (t162.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">SB bets t125</font>, Hero calls t125.
Final Pot: t412.50
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Very good...this was a very tough hand for me. First off I havent read any replies, and I notice the turn action is not included.
Raising the flop is okay, but its a huge disaster if Im reraised. Lets say I make it 300 and my opponnent moves allin. I now am very unhappy because I don't want to fold, but probably should, yet Ive invested a large % of my chips.
One of my most important rules when I play is to go out of my way to avoid committing a large % of my stack and then having to fold. That explains the flat call in this spot. I felt that I would get the right kind of info I need later in the hand.
Of course raising the flop is surely fine, I just like to take the road that is associated with less risk, even if it does mean that my opponent will draw out on me in a smallish pot sometimse.