AT with 3 tables left

housenuts · #1 01-26-2005, 05:51 AM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t12000 (8 handed) converter

BB (t134744)
Hero (t139490)
UTG+1 (t249366)
MP1 (t90298)
MP2 (t351528)
CO (t177114)
Button (t194120)
SB (t203897)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t36000, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t36000, CO folds, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds.

 the more i think about this i shouldn't be playing AT right now. i desperately don't want callers/raisers. the table had been tight and folding to most raises but is it really adviseable to attempt a steal UTG at this stage? is so may as well steal with junk, not AT. 

Flop: (t76200) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

 probably about one of the best flops i could have seen. only scared of a higher ace. we'll see what he thinks

Turn: (t76200) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t25000, MP2 calls t25000.
 i think that queen was good. he most likely would have re-raised AK. i just don't feel he has AQ. especially after he flat calls behind. so we're at least looking at a split pot here.

River: (t126200) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t25000, MP2 raises to t289928, Hero calls t52890 (All-In).


if anyone, that T helped me. i'd already decided on the turn i was pushing on the river. i contemplate whether he'll call an all-in and decide he probably wouldn't. so i lead out with 25,000 hoping he'll try to bluff back, or at least call. he comes over the top, and i can't be more happy to see it.

what do you think about this?
Final Pot: t494018

JFM · #2 01-26-2005, 07:37 AM

Why didn´t you bet the flop?
Particularly When you only have a T kicker. I would have bet and taken down the pot, and if he called I would know that i´m probably behind.

housenuts · #3 01-26-2005, 07:42 AM

my figuring was that i was probably behind. i was gonna see what he did and then decide what to do. i think i would have laid it down to a bet and write it off as a missed steal. when he checked behind I figured him to have some sort of pocket pair, a weaker ace, or maybe even KQ. his check behind almost confirmed to me that i had the better hand, and i didn't have to spend anything to find it out.

young nut · #4 01-26-2005, 07:53 AM

My guess is he flipped over either A Q for a higher 2 pair or pocket 10's for a rivered set.

Sam T. · #5 01-26-2005, 10:34 AM

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my figuring was that i was probably behind. i was gonna see what he did and then decide what to do. i think i would have laid it down to a bet and write it off as a missed steal. when he checked behind I figured him to have some sort of pocket pair, a weaker ace, or maybe even KQ. his check behind almost confirmed to me that i had the better hand, and i didn't have to spend anything to find it out.

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First, I agree that you should not be playing ATo UTG here. Strange hand, but very interesting.

Whether you are behind has nothing to do with betting the flop. His cold call on the raise says he's got a good but vulnerable hand, that may or may not contain an ace. With your stack and the size of the pot, you cannot be screwing around. A strong bet may fold out AQ an AJ.

Unless this is some elaborate ruse to get him to bluff the river, I think your turn bet is way too small. What is your goal here? Top pair with ten-kicker, you don't want to be called. What do you do here if he comes over the top?

If you're willing to go to felt here, I like the river bet. I hope he was sitting on AK.

JFM · #6 01-26-2005, 11:38 AM

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His cold call on the raise says he's got a good but vulnerable hand, that may or may not contain an ace

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True, like a mid-pair? My thoughts are that AT isn´t that good that you can afford to give away a free card at this hand.

Rushmore · #7 01-26-2005, 11:49 AM

Postflop, it's just one line of many you could have chosen.

FOLD PREFLOP. You're approaching, but not actually IN, crunchtime for your stack.

This is not your spot.

I'd say the way the hand played out is a great example of why you might want to fold this preflop.

I don't know the result, but I suspect it was not a happy one.