Please comment on this hand

[AtticusFinch]

Early in Empire $22 multi.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (10 handed) converter

MP1 (t1572)
MP2 (t2535)
MP3 (t1135)
CO (t3080)
Button (t1600)
SB (t2734)
Hero (t1895)
UTG (t605)
UTG+1 (t939)
UTG+2 (t1425)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls t50, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t250) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">UTG bets t250</font>, MP1 calls t250, CO folds, SB folds, Hero calls t250.

Turn: (t1000) J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> Hero pushes all-in.
UTG folds, MP1 folds.

Final Pot: t1000

Whats there to comment on, nice semi-bluff. You are pretty happy to take down the pot without seeing another card, only people calling are a made flush, a made straight, or a set. open-ended straight draw, and an over card is favored over a pair, and likely if anyone had more than a pair the turn wouldn't have been cheap!

[AtticusFinch]

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Whats there to comment on, nice semi-bluff. You are pretty happy to take down the pot without seeing another card, only people calling are a made flush, a made straight, or a set. open-ended straight draw, and an over card is favored over a pair, and likely if anyone had more than a pair the turn wouldn't have been cheap!

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Calling the flop bet is a bit less straightforward, though. I'm mostly a SNG player, and in a SNG, I probably would have folded. What do you think?

[Edit] Actually, I think you answered that in your post:

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open-ended straight draw, and an over card is favored over a pair, and likely if anyone had more than a pair the turn wouldn't have been cheap!


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But do you really consider a pot-sized bet cheap? How big would a bet have to be for you to fold on this flop?

Also, my hand is actually a slight dog to a pair. Roughly 55/45. But at 3/1, it's a good deal.

[Kirkrrr]

This is extremely read dependent but I think it will fail against a reasonable opponent most of the time since MP1 called UTG's bet on the flop with everyone yet to act behind him, which SHOULD mean a huge hand unless he's a total fish.
On the other hand we got UTG with about t350 chips left and a pot of 1000 to him after your push on the turn that SHOULD mean that he's pot committed and cannot fold.

So if your opponents are as totally braindead as this hand seems to indicate they are, you will have much better chances in the near future to get their chips.

But the way it worked out is still pretty sweet [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Kirk