99 preflop decision $100r

[greg nice]

rebuy over, ~90 left out of 250

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t600 (9 handed) converter

Button (t11125)
SB (t5710)
BB (t16613)
UTG (t9275)
UTG+1 (t35270)
MP1 (t16119)
MP2 (t16357)
Hero (t15155)
CO (t25580)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to t1850</font>, Hero?

i folded. if you call, how are you playing certain flops?

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raise should be 1800, standard 3x open for this table. other info i have reraised this guy twice in past .5 hour and he folded both times.

[Percussion]

I call, and call a bet on a raggity flop, or with one overcard. If I flop a set I will play fast on a draw heavy board, but slower on an uncoordinated flop. The turn is probably the most important decision, but I think you have a stack deep enough to be calling in position on a raiser.

[greg nice]

ok he bets 3000 on Q73r flop, you call. he checks T turn. 11k stacks left, pot 10k.

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and are you auto folding any A flop?

[greg nice]

bump

Sometimes you can't be afraid to go to the felt. What you know about a player helps here determining his range of hands. You may want to make a considerable raise on the flop, giving you good information, to avoid this decision. You can check behind on the turn, but you will probably be right in calling a river bet because he could easily be bluffing. How many hands can a Q72 flop help? AA,KK,AQ,KQ,QQ,JJ,TT and the last two will be tough to play if you make a play at the pot on the flop or on the turn. Personally, I'd respect the ace and fold the flop. I suck playing middle pairs but I'd probably push the turn in your situation

[schwza]

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ok he bets 3000 on Q73r flop, you call. he checks T turn. 11k stacks left, pot 10k.

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check behind, fold to a river push. call a smallish river bet.

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and are you auto folding any A flop?

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yes.

this guy sounds like he's opening light if he's folding to your reraises, so why not play a pot with him? incidentally, that's also why i don't mind giving a free card on the turn on the q73T board - there's a decent chance he's drawing to 0/3 outs.

[ansky451]

Wow thats a ridiculously tight preflop fold.

Call preflop. MAKE A DECISION ON THE FLOP.

I'd say an overwhelming number of posters in the MTT board are terrified of playing flops, and its very bad. ESPECIALLY in a deep tournament with tough competition like the stars 100 rebuy. [censored] I'd call here with JTs and 22, let alone 99. Grow some balls and see what happens on the flop. This isn't a partypoker sit and go. You can see flops in position.

[jeffraider]

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Wow thats a ridiculously tight preflop fold.

Call preflop. MAKE A DECISION ON THE FLOP.

I'd say an overwhelming number of posters in the MTT board are terrified of playing flops, and its very bad. ESPECIALLY in a deep tournament with tough competition like the stars 100 rebuy. [censored] I'd call here with JTs and 22, let alone 99. Grow some balls and see what happens on the flop. This isn't a partypoker sit and go. You can see flops in position.

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I agree except that I think calling with JTs and 22 here is pretty terrible. Am I that far off?

[ansky451]

I'd say its a matter of style.

[Exitonly]

Basically what Ansky said, without all the pent up aggression/roid rage.

call and play a flop, occasionally raise to like 4k occasionaly.