Was this my own fault?

jenson · #1 03-08-2005, 12:02 AM

Hi Everyone,

This is not a bad beat post. Bad beats happen I can handle that.

My real question is whether this is my fault for not reraising preflop.

Here's my reasoning for what I did:
1. UTG+2 raies 8 * BB. I call here. I figure 8 * BB is enough to drive out the other hands and make this heads up + position on him. After all isn't my goal with AA to reduce the field and have position?

2. By calling his pre-flop raise, I am almost certain he will bet again on the flop regardless of what comes up. Then I plan to come over the top.

Of course my plan was foiled by the CO who called 8 * BB with J9s.

In retrospect, I think I should have re-raised. This would have done two things: (1) get more money in the pot pre-flop (2) maybe drive the CO off his J9s. Then again he called 8 * BB so maybe he would have called more.

Anyway, please let me know how bad my initial reasoning was and whether my revised reasoning would have been a better move.

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t10 (10 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

UTG (t990)
UTG+1 (t990)
UTG+2 (t1000)
MP1 (t990)
Hero (t1045)
MP3 (t980)
CO (t995)
Button (t920)
SB (t1090)
BB (t1000)

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls t10, 1 fold, UTG+2 raises to t80, 1 fold, Hero calls t80, 1 fold, CO calls t80, 3 folds, UTG folds.

Flop: (t265) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+2 bets t265, Hero raises to t530, CO raises to t530, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls t0.

Turn: (t1590) 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)

River: (t1590) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)

Final Pot: t1590

Results in white below: 
Hero has Ah Ac (two pair, aces and queens).
CO has Jc 9c (straight, king high).
Outcome: CO wins t1590.