How bad was this?

Rduke55 · #1 03-10-2005, 06:56 PM

Home rebuy tournament. Down to the final 6. 4 pay.
Blinds are 2-4K. I am just above average at about 80K but 5 of us are essentially even. One short stack has 25-30K. Folded to me on the button. I have K7 off. I've been stealing pretty liberally and limp. I know, I know. FOLD PREFLOP! Someone will still say that. I KNOW! It was 1am.
Anyway, limp, the SB (1K less than me - can you guess how I know that?) and BB both call/check.
Flop is 4c5d6c. I bet out 6K. SB calls, BB folds.
Turn is a 3h. I bet 12K, he raises to 30K. He can be fairly tricky. I was thinking the only hand that beat me was 78 (and I have a 7). I actually thought it probably was a split and/or he was semibluffing a flush draw. Since I bet 1/2 pot on the flop I thought he wouldn't think I was going for the str8.
Since I figured all the money was going in the center if the river blanked or I couldn't call if a club came I pushed. He called and rolled over 7c8c.
Reason I'm posting is he said I should have laid down to his raise. I'm not sure. After the bad preflop call I can't see how I don't go broke here unless he raises me on the flop.
I just feel like hands like this are keeping me from improving to the next level.

Roman · #2 03-10-2005, 06:57 PM

raise pf.
I prolly go broke here too.

Benoit · #3 03-11-2005, 05:00 AM

Yeah your only real defense was raising post-flop with that king for the blinds. Once you had the straight, it's not really a mistake that you pushed it. I would have questioned why he called on the flop bet though.

CardSharpCook · #4 03-11-2005, 05:20 AM

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Yeah your only real defense was raising post-flop with that king for the blinds. Once you had the straight, it's not really a mistake that you pushed it. I would have questioned why he called on the flop bet though.

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Yes, I often have trouble calling with the nuts. I mean, what if he draws to a better hand than me?

CSC

Benoit · #5 03-12-2005, 05:06 PM

If it's a large pot I'll take the bad beats because the majority of the time it will be me scooping the pot. These turning points are normally needed to make it to 1st place, of couse it could also cripple you, but that's poker.