Two questionable bubble hands

superbrawl · #1 03-22-2005, 10:23 PM

Chip leader was quite passive the past few hands considering the situation.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter

Hero (t2028)
SB (t4949)
BB (t535)
UTG (t2488)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to t200, 1 fold, BB raises to t535 (All-In), Hero calls t335.

Flop: (t1120) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t1120) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t1120) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t1120

Here is hand #2...immediatley followed hand #1. I did not hesitate a instant to push...was i impatient?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (4 handed) converter

Hero (t1493)
Button (t4899)
SB (t1120)
BB (t2488)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t1493 (All-In), 2 folds, BB calls t1393.

Flop: (t3036) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t3036) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t3036) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t3036

Apathy · #2 03-22-2005, 10:30 PM

both well played

willperkins · #3 03-22-2005, 10:37 PM

Hand # 1:

Why the mini-raise? Not that it would make any difference in the hand, because he would have still pushed and I assume you would still call.

Hand # 2:

I would raise 3 X the BB. I would not have pushed, however, I am not enough of an expert to know if the push is correct or not.

My thinking is this:

I raise 3X BB and maybe steal the blinds. If more than one call me I can see a flop, check/fold if I miss and still have enough chips left.

If the BB reraises and tries to put me all in and we are heads up, I call because of the pot odds and the fact that I will probably be ahead unless he has AA-77.

If more than one person is in the pot and he tries to put me all in, I fold.

superbrawl · #4 03-22-2005, 10:49 PM

Hand #1`
The miniraise was so I could get away from a re-raise from SB. I clearly was ready to call BB all-in.

Hand #2
The only reason I would think about a 3xBB raise would be to feign strength...I do think the all in may have looked weak or steaming as I lost the last hand.

Nottom · #5 03-22-2005, 10:49 PM

With the BB at only 100 I don't really like it. If it was the next level this would be pretty close to automatic.

Apathy · #6 03-22-2005, 11:15 PM

oops I thought these were both from the 100-200 level for some reason

hand 1:

raise to 400 and fold to a reraise from the passive SB

hand 2:

fold PF