power poker - being a bully

[housenuts]

no reads. i got a big chip stack so i'm going to wield them in a fiery fashion. is this foolish on the end. i don't think this guy wants to go out. he's probably not calling with just an ace. He's betting out his flush. If I lose, meh..if I win I get a nice pot.

Is it this sort of play why I can often have a decent chipstack, but end up spewing alot away? Or is this what is required of a big stack? help please

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed) converter

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

MP1 (t1950)
MP2 (t1955)
MP3 (t1095)
<font color="#C00000">Hero (t6775)</font>
Button (t4250)
SB (t2580)
BB (t890)
UTG (t2112)
<font color="#C00000">UTG+1 (t1860)</font>

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t50, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t200</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls t150.

Flop: (t475) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t200</font>, UTG+1 calls t200.

Turn: (t875) Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t875) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t1500</font>...

[bmxreed36]

I don't know about this particular player, but big overbets on the river generally incline me more towards calling then folding if I have a hand worth it. It simply looks like you're buying it. The check on the turn and the flush card hitting may make it look like you have caught it but I think that if you bet it should be more around half his stack which is enough to cripple him and make him think twice but still appears like a value bet on your part.

But are you sure you're even beat here? Checking to see if your kings are good would be ok too I think.

[Colombo]

Why are you bluffing at this anyway?

The pot is pretty small, yet you're risking a shitload to win it.

Also, I think checking here is the better move because you are probably ahead more than you think you are, and I think trying to all in bluff makes him fold hands you beat anyway, but allows him to call with weak ace or flush too often to make it EV+

[Colombo]

Oh, and another thing.

I think you're idea of being a bully is skewed.

Maybe im wrong, but my idea of a bully is a player who constantly raises/pushes preflop with a big stack, just stealing blinds left and right.

[housenuts]

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I don't know about this particular player, but big overbets on the river generally incline me more towards calling then folding if I have a hand worth it.

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i guess you're right. he ended up calling with T9 for a pair of tens so i won alot more. but i think checking is the correct play.

[ismisus]

this is depending on the buy in. If you're playing a lower-buy-in tourney, then its clear that he doesn't have the ace, and you can value-bet the queen.