Hooks, $215 SNG- how's my line?

[DarrenX]

reads: jessie_river is very suspect, calling too much in the early goings...

15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 13099492) - Tue Jun 14 21:39:29 EDT 2005
Table Table 12083 (Real Money) -- Seat 8 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: lovemycharly (1040)
Seat 2: jessie_river (1270)
Seat 3: the3gs (1285)
Seat 4: Crownine (940)
Seat 5: kuanhueifann (960)
Seat 7: scoopalot (1470)
Seat 8: steveandjane (930)
Seat 9: jonnny_k (985)
Seat 10: DarrenX (1120)
jonnny_k posts small blind (10)
DarrenX posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to DarrenX [ Jh, Jd ]
lovemycharly folds.
jessie_river calls (15)
the3gs folds.
Crownine folds.
kuanhueifann folds.
scoopalot folds.
steveandjane folds.
jonnny_k calls (5)
DarrenX raises (85) to 100
jessie_river calls (85)
jonnny_k folds.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 4d, Ad, 2d ]
DarrenX bets (125)
jessie_river calls (125)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ 9d ]
DarrenX checks.
jessie_river bets (125)
DarrenX calls (125)
** Dealing River ** : [ 2s ]
DarrenX bets (200)
jessie_river calls (200)


By the way, what hand do you put jessie on? Thanks in advance.

[bones]

I'd probably put him on a bad ace or 77-TT range, depending on how aggressive I've seen him. With a diamond kicker.

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DarrenX raises (85) to 100

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Whoa, tiger!

[DarrenX]

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DarrenX raises (85) to 100

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Whoa, tiger!

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You think? When I'm first in I'm raising 4-5x blinds at level one- with two limpers, I jack it up to 6-7x. With KK or AA I may make it 90 as psychologically it's much easier to call than 100. I'd be happy with the two limpers' chips with this tricky hand out of position.

[suited_ace]

Why do you check/call the turn?

[DarrenX]

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Why do you check/call the turn?

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I have the 3rd nut flush on a 4-flush board. I'm either way ahead/way behind and a free card isn't hurting me. Jessie's turn bet was somewhat surprising as I had her pegged as passive, so when she bet I had her on a flush- it was too small a bet to be folding, so I called with the intention of a blocking bet on the river, folding to any raise.

[bones]

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it was too small a bet to be folding, so I called with the intention of a blocking bet on the river, folding to any raise.


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This is the problem with making the pot big preflop. You end up investing 1/3rd of your original stack on the turn and river trying to get to a "cheap" showdown.

[FieryJustice]

are you trying to lose?

[DarrenX]

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it was too small a bet to be folding, so I called with the intention of a blocking bet on the river, folding to any raise.


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This is the problem with making the pot big preflop. You end up investing 1/3rd of your original stack on the turn and river trying to get to a "cheap" showdown.

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Are you suggesting playing the 5th best hand for set value against a loose weak limper and a small blind? I'd say 95% of the time I'm raising preflop here. Thoughts?

[DarrenX]

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are you trying to lose?

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That bad, eh? Would you care to elaborate?