Hand 2 from Stars 11+R

[TheTimeIsUp]

Early hand at the FT, and no real reads. This one haunted me in my dreams.

PokerStars Game #2357806271: Tournament #11248286, Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (30000/60000) - 2005/08/17 - 04:29:07 (ET)
Table '11248286 66' Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JJProdigy (1055202 in chips)
Seat 3: 9_balla (593788 in chips)
Seat 4: sw23 (2365540 in chips)
Seat 6: t soprano (1743065 in chips)
Seat 8: glguwc (1383027 in chips)
Seat 9: gRInder7583 (1054878 in chips)
JJProdigy: posts the ante 3000
9_balla: posts the ante 3000
sw23: posts the ante 3000
t soprano: posts the ante 3000
glguwc: posts the ante 3000
gRInder7583: posts the ante 3000
9_balla: posts small blind 30000
sw23: posts big blind 60000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to JJProdigy [Jc Ac]
t soprano: folds
glguwc: raises 60000 to 120000
gRInder7583: folds
JJProdigy: calls 120000
9_balla: folds
sw23: folds
*** FLOP *** [As 7s 9c]
glguwc: bets 120000
JJProdigy: raises 160025 to 280025
glguwc: raises 980002 to 1260027 and is all-in
JJProdigy has timed out
JJProdigy: folds
JJProdigy is sitting out
JJProdigy has returned
glguwc collected 908050 from pot
glguwc: doesn't show hand

[dmk]

any reason you didn't re-raise PF? i think the rest of the hand would play out a lot easier.

Thats tough, it probably means you are beat though. I dont think you could have/should have done anything differently.

[adanthar]

Tough hand, but I think what you want to do is call the flop and reevaluate on the turn.

[Pasterbator]

I think the only hands you can reasonably be ahead of are KQs or 810s (on a steal.) The only A i can see him making this move with, that you have beat, is A10. I would fold this and be pissed about it as well.

So without any reads, i let myself get timed out, then about a minute later type in the chat box "AHHH XXXXXXX CONNECTION. HAD 99."

Hope that helped.
Jason

[TomHimself]

I would call and reevaluate on turn like adan said

[Pat Southern]

What was the point of the almost min flop raise?

[TheTimeIsUp]

It wasn't a min raise.

[Pat Southern]

Its essentially a minraise, there's not much difference between going from 12-26 and 12-24. I just dont see what you're trying to accomplish with it. I think its a WA/WB situation most of the time and let him continue to bet into me.

[redrooski24]

I think I call the flop as well and re-evaluate the turn. If he fires again it would be a close decision though, not sure which way I would go.