Stars 11+1RA bubble blind battle

#1 11-20-2005, 11:52 AM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t2000 (8 handed) converter

saw flop|saw showdown

MP1 (t16427)
MP2 (t23826)
CO (t11696)
Button (t24291)
SB (t71020)
Hero (t31885)
UTG (t16580)
UTG+1 (t61539)

Preflop: Hero is BB with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
6 folds, SB raises to t4000, Hero calls t2000.

Flop: (t6700) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t6700) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t4000, SB calls t4000.

River: (t14700) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t8000

I took a stab at the pot with the flush draw when the SB checked the turn. I missed the flush draw, however the river is another 10 so I decided to take another shot representing trip 10s.

Chief911 · #2 11-20-2005, 12:27 PM

Had he min-raised from the SB before?

What kind of player was he?

I dont know that I like betting 1/3 your stack on the river on a bluff. You are going to give him 3.5:1 (ish) to call with a pocket pair.

I think you either have to push, or check the river.

Nick

#3 11-20-2005, 01:37 PM

Thanks for the comments Chief.

In the couple orbits I have seen, my opponent seemed reasonable. I hadn't seen anything out of the ordinary. He had not minraised my SB before.

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I dont know that I like betting 1/3 your stack on the river on a bluff. You are going to give him 3.5:1 (ish) to call with a pocket pair.

I think you either have to push, or check the river.

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Thats a good point. At the time, I was thinking that a push would look like an obvious bluff and that I could still continue if I lost this hand. Looking back on it, he probably doesn't fold many hands here that I am not already beating.