I'm a calling station...ooohhh nice flop, what now?

[woodguy]

Thanks, I reposted this hand in the MTT forum as an "early tourney hand" and its generating some good responses.

Regards,
Woodguy

[ajmargarine]

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What about pushing to get all the $$$ in the middle while you have the right price, and before any scare cards come out


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Yeah, you're right of course. +EV, but high variance. First one I like, second one I don't like so much.

[MTBlue]

Get all the money in the middle. You'll get 2.5 to 1 on your push and your equity is better than that in every scenario except one (villains have 77 and AKs). Push makes money.

Preflop call is fine multiway pot (39 is slightly less than 10% of your stack, but you will almost certainly get a stack if you hit).

[woodguy]

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Get all the money in the middle. You'll get 2.5 to 1 on your push and your equity is better than that in every scenario except one (villains have 77 and AKs). Push makes money.

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Agreed.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

saw flop|<font color="#C00000">saw showdown</font>

Button ($398)
SB ($717.70)
BB ($70)
UTG ($347.70)
<font color="#C00000">UTG+1 ($496.70)</font>
MP1 ($426.90)
MP2 ($370)
MP3 ($107)
<font color="#C00000">Hero ($400)</font>

Preflop: Hero is CO with 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $2. Hero posts a blind of $4.
UTG calls $4, UTG+1 calls $4, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises to $16</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero (poster) calls $12, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG calls $12, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 raises to $55</font>, MP1 calls $39, Hero calls $39, UTG folds.

Flop: ($187) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+1 bets $125</font>, MP1 calls $125, MP1 folds.

Turn: ($437) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

River: ($437) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>

Final Pot: $437

Results:
UTG+1 has Qs Qd (one pair, queens).
Hero has 6s 6c (straight, eight high).
Outcome: Hero wins $437.

Converter screwed up, I pushed, UTG+1 insta calls, MP1 dithers, then folds.

Total pot was $999.

MP1 later commented that he folded JJ, so my equity was better than I tought.

In retrospect, I'm glad I didn't call as I may have wimped out with the turn 8 being a [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], but thinking about it, if MP is on a flush draw I can't see him flat calling in that spot, but probably raises, especially if he has 2 overcards to the flop.

Regards,
Woodguy

Nice hand. Not adding anything intellectual but I'd just like to comment that the pot you won is bigger than my current bankroll!!!