Early in $55 SnG.

jedi · #1 09-12-2005, 11:17 PM

Check-raise the flop? Don't fire on the turn? Bigger bet on turn or flop? Pay off possible flush draw on river?

Not a huge read on main villain. CO was loose passive pre-flop.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (8 handed) converter

UTG (t1695)
UTG+1 (t1405)
MP1 (t2505)
MP2 (t1180)
CO (t1525)
Button (t1475)
Jedi (t1805)
BB (Villain) (t1910)

Preflop: Jedi is SB with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
4 folds, CO calls t30, 1 fold, Jedi completes, BB (Villain) checks.

Flop: (t90) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Jedi bets t90, Villain calls t90, CO folds.

Turn: (t270) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Jedi bets t210, Villain calls t210.

River: (t690) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Jedi checks, Villain bets t120, Jedi calls t120.

Final Pot: t930

lorinda · #2 09-12-2005, 11:48 PM

I'll take the easy part. You can't fold to 120 on the river.

Lori

#3 09-12-2005, 11:49 PM

I think a preflop raise should have really been in order here

ace_in_the_hole · #4 09-12-2005, 11:55 PM

It's easy to put him on the flush draw, especially with a value style bet at the end. I think that unless this guy is playing very tricky, you get shown a flush.

Village Idiot · #5 09-13-2005, 02:45 AM

No to the bigger bet on the flop. You made a value bet and gave him bad odds to chase a flush draw.
Again you gave him bad odds to chase a draw with your turn bet.
If he was going to chase it or really had a set he was going to call whatever you bet here.
Your M will still be fine after paying off on the river and I want to see what he really has here so it's an easy call for me.

No one thinks Villain possibly has a set here ?
I've seen some people play sets this way even though it's a two tone flop.
Although if I was villain with a set here I'd have raised on the turn.

#6 09-13-2005, 03:25 AM

I think you played it just fine. I sometimes will try to check-raise this flop but betting is fine. You have to pay off the river though I suspect you're beat.

jedi · #7 09-13-2005, 02:43 PM

Okay, thanks guys. The comments you gave me were basically what I expected to hear.

For the record, Villain showed down QJ (1 diamond) for a bigger pair.