Ahhh, the Stars 5+.5 MTTs.

[IdiotVig]

Table is loosey-goosey. First hand of level 2. You haven't played a hand yet, villain has been popping it preflop and postflop about half the hands in level 1. What's your play?

For those of you with the "Gotta call, it's the $5s" mentality, what MTT buyin do you NOT call a push with? Or, with this kind of read, do you always call?

-IdiotVig


PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

UTG (t1850)
Hero (t1410)
MP1 (t3080)
MP2 (t1280)
MP3 (t3250)
CO (t3400)
Button (t1280)
SB (t1330)
BB (t2470)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls t120, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>.

Flop: (t285) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t150</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP3 raises to t1380</font>, Hero calls t1140 (All-In).

[Blindcurve]

I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish with the 150 bet. If it was a probe, then why not fold and pick a better spot? If you were betting for value and were going to call an all-in anyway, why not bet about pot and represent the ten or move in, which might look like AKs? I'm assuming you got beaten, because you're posting. But if you've given yourself a chance to get away from a reraise, why not take it?
I do think about 1/2 the time you're facing a ten and the other half some sort of J or draw. You may just want to call and double up or bust out and play something else. Personally, I'm laying down to a reraise that puts me all-in, the way you've played it.

[DyessMan89]

Umm ... fold?

[Beavis68]

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I'm not sure what you were trying to accomplish with the 150 bet. If it was a probe, then why not fold and pick a better spot? If you were betting for value and were going to call an all-in anyway, why not bet about pot and represent the ten or move in, which might look like AKs? I'm assuming you got beaten, because you're posting. But if you've given yourself a chance to get away from a reraise, why not take it?
I do think about 1/2 the time you're facing a ten and the other half some sort of J or draw. You may just want to call and double up or bust out and play something else. Personally, I'm laying down to a reraise that puts me all-in, the way you've played it.

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You bet small to induce a bluff from a loose player.

You don't bet bigger because you are it is more likely then that you are only getting raised if you are beaten.

I would fold.

You might be ahead 1 in 3 times but it doesn't seem like a great call to me. Best to find a safer spot to double up.