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Re: (22) 99 in SB, early on.
You have three callers.
You have bad position. You bet out on the flop, and everyone calls. At what point do you think you are ahead? If you throw all your chips in the middle the only people that are going to call you are the people with monster draws, and people that dominate you. And even then the draws may not call you with only one card to go. You are risking 600 to win 440, with three people yet to act. Your bet looks like desparation, like a draw. Anyone with an overpair, a set, a straight, two pair, is going to call. |
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Re: (22) 99 in SB, early on.
I agree with a lot of what you say, but saying that I'll only get called by people with monster draws and those that dominate me is a little silly at this level.
I will get called here a lot by someone with A8 or the like. Any overpairs would have likely re-raised me by now considering the coordination of the board. No draw hit on that turn blank. PUKE, this hand made me uncomfortable. I don't like pushing either, but I didn't, and don't, know how else to play it. I felt my hand was too good to just lay down. Do you bet the turn here? |
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Re: (22) 99 in SB, early on.
I think the only two plays are to make a conservative value bet on the turn or to check fold. Either one would be fine, and it just depends on your style and instincts. I think the AI move was to agressive into 3 people at that early stage.
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Re: (22) 99 in SB, early on.
[ QUOTE ]
PUKE, this hand made me uncomfortable. I don't like pushing either, but I didn't, and don't, know how else to play it. I felt my hand was too good to just lay down. [/ QUOTE ] I'm sorry but I don't see a pair of nines (overpair or no) as too good to lay down in level 2 of a SNG. It's easy to fall in love with overpairs but it's still just a pair. I don't go all in with a pair when 3 other people are telling me they have something. I also think raising preflop might have eliminated some of your problems later on. If I'm going to limp with a pp early on, then it's for set value only - I'm not losing a lot of chips if I don't hit my set. |
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Re: (22) 99 in SB, early on.
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[ QUOTE ] PUKE, this hand made me uncomfortable. I don't like pushing either, but I didn't, and don't, know how else to play it. I felt my hand was too good to just lay down. [/ QUOTE ] I'm sorry but I don't see a pair of nines (overpair or no) as too good to lay down in level 2 of a SNG. It's easy to fall in love with overpairs but it's still just a pair. I don't go all in with a pair when 3 other people are telling me they have something. I also think raising preflop might have eliminated some of your problems later on. If I'm going to limp with a pp early on, then it's for set value only - I'm not losing a lot of chips if I don't hit my set. [/ QUOTE ] how likely is it that someone is slowplaying on an uber-draw board? what is hero behind to on the flop? i'm not saying it's impossible, but it's not that likely. |
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