$11 SnG PP--River Trips

#1 09-23-2005, 02:01 PM

PartyPoker $11 One-table sit and go.
No real reads on anyone.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (8 handed) converter

BB (t905)
UTG (t735)
UTG+1 (t95)
MP1 (t2650)
MP2 (t575)
CO (t1185)
Hero (t805)
SB (t1050)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to t95 (All-In), 3 folds, Hero calls t95, 1 fold, BB calls t45.

Flop: (t310) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, Hero bets t200, BB calls t200.

Turn: (t710) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (t710) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
BB bets t250, Hero???

#2 09-23-2005, 02:11 PM

Don't bet the flop. Call the river.

#3 09-23-2005, 02:12 PM

Two reasonable plays here -- call or go all in. More than likely, your jacks are good here. Worring about a boat is not good poker here. The other hand that crushes you is 9t. However, with the spades on the flop, I would think the villain makes some kind of value bet on the turn, though he very well may have been check raising the hero to induce a bigger pot. Either way, with the pot of over $1000, and getting 4 to 1 on it, you cannot fold with trips. Make the best read you can on the villain and then either call or push. With no relevant info, I prob just call so I have a few chips left to work with.

OatmealJoe · #4 09-23-2005, 02:14 PM

I wouldn't fold, so unless he has a poorly played 109 or QJ and was giving you free cards on a potential flush draw, I'd just min-raise all-in. I'd optimally hope to see him have something like JT or J9.

#5 09-23-2005, 02:15 PM

To the contrary, I think you bet the flop and bet it hard. You got 285 in already. I actually would have moved ai on the flop, hoping to secure 300 valuable tourney chips - over 1/3 of your starting stack - with almost definitely the best hand. Worrying about t9 is counterproductive. If he wants to chase a flush, fine by me, but make him commit way to many chips to do so.

#6 09-23-2005, 02:49 PM

I went all-in without hesitation here - I was cheering out loud when the last jack came out - and my esteemed opponent had J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].

And the worst part is, I don't think he did anything wrong. He was getting a little better than five-to-one preflop and flopped bottom two pair. I mean, I would have bet it in his position, but he did just fine, knocking out two opponents.

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nyc999 · #7 09-23-2005, 03:01 PM

You could have raised PF to isolate your opponent. I would have maybe popped it up to 175.