OK, quiz (poll) time. Many scenerios, your input please.

[1C5]

Rather than flood the board with 1000 posts, I will put them here. These are from my 20 buy in downswing last night. Just want to check a few hands to see what others would do.

ALL FROM PARTY 22

Hand 1:

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

SB (t1225)
Hero (t1660)
UTG (t2800)
MP (t1540)
Button (t775)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP raises to t400</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds, HERO ?</font>.


Hand 2

Early, no read, he won his money without a showdown prior to this hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

MP1 (t772)
MP2 (t1835)
CO (t730)
Button (t1000)
SB (t640)
BB (t1385)
Hero (t955)
UTG+1 (t683)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises to t1000</font>, Hero ?

Hand 3

Pretend you call the bet with TT here, even if you don't. Flop comes, now what?

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CO (t1060)
Button (t2925)
SB (t535)
Hero (t750)
UTG (t2175)
MP (t555)

Preflop: Hero is BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t150</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, Hero calls t100.

Flop: (t325) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Hand 4

Big stack has been raising lots and aggressive. This was his 1st min raise though.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter

Hero (t1205)
Button (t1270)
SB (t910)
BB (t340)
UTG (t4275)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t400</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Hand 5

Another AK early hand with a reraise but not an all in this time. No reads, your play?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (7 handed) converter

CO (t960)
Button (t835)
SB (t1315)
BB (t670)
UTG (t760)
Hero (t840)
MP2 (t2620)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t75</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero ?

Hand 6

AK, lots of callers on a scary board.

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SB (t770)
BB (t800)
UTG (t580)
UTG+1 (t1100)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t785)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
Hero (t790)
Button (t775)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP3 calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t45</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, MP3 calls t30.

Flop: (t205) K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t225</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP3 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Hand 7

Bubble hand. 3 similiar stacks, big blinds. I have AJ. Your play? Player has been rather tight so far.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t300 (4 handed) converter

BB (t1130)
UTG (t1110)
Button (t4910)
Hero (t850)

Preflop: Hero is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises to t1110 (All-In)</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, HERO ?

Hand 8

Smallish stack with 8 left. Push here or wait?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

CO (t765)
Button (t605)
SB (t2110)
BB (t815)
UTG (t1050)
UTG+1 (t1215)
Hero (t520)
MP2 (t920)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Hand 9

Lots of limpers, signifiant blinds and you have AQ. Do you see the flop or push PF?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (8 handed) converter

SB (t535)
Hero (t840)
UTG (t635)
UTG+1 (t1220)
MP1 (t1595)
MP2 (t770)
CO (t1115)
Button (t1290)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t100, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP1 calls t100, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero ?

Thanks for the replies!

[1C5]

Please notice the poll starts at hand 9 for some reason. Not sure why.

[durron597]

Hand 6:

Can I vote for "Hero raises more preflop?"

[1C5]

NO! But I will raise more next time. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[1C5]

Also, sorry they are messed up in order, not sure how that happened either.

[therock]

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NO! But I will raise more next time. [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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This was in reference to the AK, the small pre-flop raise, then seeing a K,Q,J flop vs. several opponents. This looks like one of those cases that you know exactly how to play the hand but for some reason you get cute and it gets you in a bad spot. I do that some times with AA/KK/QQ in the early levels. For some stupid reason I limp from EP, see a flop vs 6 opponents, then proceed to lose 1/3 of my stack. I know it should not be done but there is some majic in the air that makes me click "Call 20" instead of raising. If you are having a bad run you need to concentrate real hard on playing the right way. Good luck.

[1C5]

I know, there were just a couple thread yesterday discussing this exact same thing.

[durron597]

To the people who check hand 3, what is your line if villian bets at you?

I feel a bet is mandatory to define your hand and you take down the pot a lot of the time.

[therock]

Hand 3 - with the 10/10 in the big blind. I had almost the exact same scenario as you last night. After I called pre-flop, I realized the stack sizes were not right and I was going to have a real tough time playing the flop. You know an overcard is coming and you don't have enoghs chips to make a stab out of position. I would push or fold preflop, depending on the opponent. No reads, I probably push because I'm reckless.

[UMTerp]

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No reads, I probably push because I'm reckless.

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Check-raising all-in is better than pushing IMO. You know he's going to bet, and you really don't want AK out of the pot here. The only better hand you possibly push out by taking the initiative is JJ.