Is this play too aggressive?

w_raedy99 · #1 09-16-2004, 10:52 PM

Please tell me what you think of this play.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

Button (t565)
SB (t35)
BB (t825)
UTG (t2630)
Hero (t775)
MP1 (t740)
MP2 (t785)
CO (t1645)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t15, Hero calls t15, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, CO calls t15, Button calls t15, SB raises to t35 (All-In), BB calls t20, UTG calls t20, Hero calls t20, MP1 calls t20, MP2 calls t20, CO calls t20, Button calls t20.

Flop: (t280) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (8 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP1 bets t300, MP2 folds, CO folds, Button folds, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to t740 (All-In), MP1 calls t405 (All-In).

Turn: (t1725) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 3 all-in)

River: (t1725) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 3 all-in)

Final Pot: t1725
Main Pot: t280 (t280), between SB, Hero and MP1. > Pot won by MP1 (t280).
Pot 2: t1410 (t1410), between Hero and MP1. > Pot won by MP1 (t1410).
Pot 3: t35 (t35), returned to Hero.

Results in white below: 
SB has Qc 4c (one pair, tens).
Hero has Kh Ah (one pair, tens).
MP1 has Ac Tc (three of a kind, tens).
Outcome: MP1 wins t1690. Hero wins t35. 

It was early on and blinds were low, and this is definitely a more aggressive play than I think I normally make but I decided to go for it for several reasons:

(1) I was playing a $10+1 and therefore was willing to play a little looser than normal
(2) I figured there was a good chance he was betting a flush draw.

Given these factors I decided to go for it. At first I thought it might actually be a bad call, but then when I thought about it more and counted my outs, 9 hearts, 4 kings, and 4 aces without knowing what he has and I think it might have been more reasonable. Then consulting twodimes i saw the statistics were:

http://twodimes.net/h/?z=516495
pokenum -h ah kh - ac tc -- th 6h 3d
Holdem Hi: 990 enumerated boards containing 3d Th 6h
cards win %win lose %lose tie %tie EV
Ah Kh 461 46.57 529 53.43 0 0.00 0.466
Ac Tc 529 53.43 461 46.57 0 0.00 0.534

And even though those odds are actually higher than I thought they might be knowing he had TPTK I am not sure if it was too agressive or not. Also, do you consider this a good call with TPTK? I most likely would've have bet the exact same way with an overpair.

Any thoughts?

Will