badly played straight

bilbo-san · #1 02-19-2005, 06:43 PM

I'm quite sure I played this very badly, I'm just not sure which mistakes are the worst, so would like feedback :-)

Party Poker 1/2 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is BB with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $1.5.
UTG calls, 2 folds, MP1 calls, 1 fold, MP3 calls, CO (poster) checks, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, UTG folds, MP1 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds.

I didn't want to raise here because I wanted callers, since even if my straight is invalidated, I have redraws to a flush. I would have loved to c/r hoping someone to my left bets.

Is this a mistake? Do I want people to fold?

Turn: (4.75 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP3 folds.

Eh, dunno what I was thinking here. Brain fart.

River: (6.75 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Um, again.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB

Which mistake(s) were the worst?

Sadat X · #2 02-19-2005, 06:51 PM

Without question, the river is the worst. On the flop and the turn you had people behind you that you didn't want to scare away, on the river you're heads-up with a big hand and just call.

I would raise the flop and hope to get some people attached to the pot. Hopefully they show some more aggression when they make a 2nd best hand - that's probably your best chance at winning a big pot with your big hand.

mtdoak · #3 02-19-2005, 06:57 PM

Raise the flop, bet the turn, bet the river. And again...1/2 goes in micros

bisonbison · #4 02-19-2005, 07:06 PM

raise the flop. raise the turn. raise the river. 1/2 hands go in micro. Don't post hands without reads. sit up straight.

deadmunny · #5 02-19-2005, 07:51 PM

Ok, the non raise on the flop is questionable, BUT the Non raise on the turn AND river are equally bad,

Regards D

PhatPots · #6 02-19-2005, 08:10 PM

the raise on the river is by far the worst mistake. You are most likely ahead. I could see that maybe you were hoping that on the turn, the MP3 would have called as well. This was played very passively. Summary

Flop: No mistake, I would have done the same. You don't want to eliminate ppl right away.

Turn: Marginal mistake

River: huge mistake (you missed a BB)

You flopped the nuts and you won such a tiny pot.

Pots

krishanleong · #7 02-20-2005, 01:09 AM

I hate the turn the most and the river second. Flop is fine.

Krishan