First hand, low overpair + OESD, play fast or keep the pot small?

Phoenix1010 · #1 05-03-2005, 07:08 PM

10+1. Please describe what you would do differently.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)
MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Hero (t800)
SB (t800)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls t15, UTG+2 calls t15, 4 folds, Hero calls t15, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t72.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB bets t70, UTG+1 calls t70, UTG+2 folds, Hero raises to t250, SB folds, BB calls t180, UTG+1 folds.

Turn: (t642.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero is all-in (535)

The Yugoslavian · #2 05-03-2005, 07:57 PM

I fold with that action, for several reasons:

1. You could easily be behind a mid pp or dumbly played big pair.
2. You're up against a flush draw a significant portion of the time...sometimes even a made str8 better than ur draw.
3. Overcards can bust you here on the turn as it will be hard to get away from a big, built-up pot.

I don't think there are enough chips at stake here with two players already showing interest. Since everyone has such shallow stacks I just let this hand go...also, as far as 77 unimproved being the best hand, your reverse-implied odds aren't so hot and I don't really wanna be up against at worst a hand here with tons of outs that will cripple or take my stack.

When I play 77 it's to flop a set and extract maximum chips, not to try to play a tricky flop with a marginal overpair and draw...

Ugh...I gotta stop, I'm not supposed to be posting content and/or thinking about poker.

I suck [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img].

Yugoslav

Unarmed · #3 05-03-2005, 08:03 PM

4. BB just bet full pot with his random hand into 4 opponents.