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Old 08-15-2005, 04:08 PM
Myst Myst is offline
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Default Early $55 AK Hand.

1st hand of a $55, no reads on any players.

***** Hand History for Game 2540056640 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $50 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee Trny:14864732 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Monday, August 15, 15:53:26 EDT 2005
Table Table 12952 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: EddieBar8 ( $1000 )
Seat 2: rags4111 ( $1000 )
Seat 4: clopez1972 ( $1000 )
Seat 5: Vaporeon ( $1000 )
Seat 6: CrazyGer ( $1000 )
Seat 10: WagmaN404 ( $1000 )
Seat 3: chrisinroch ( $1000 )
Seat 9: Hero ( $1000 )
Seat 7: byronb1970 ( $1000 )
Seat 8: murphlu103 ( $1000 )
Trny:14864732 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Ad Kh ]
Hero raises [60].
WagmaN404 folds.
EddieBar8 folds.
rags4111 calls [60].
chrisinroch folds.
clopez1972 folds.
Vaporeon folds.
CrazyGer folds.
byronb1970 folds.
murphlu103 folds.
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kd, Qh, 3s ]
Hero bets [125].
>You have options at Table 15637 Table!.
rags4111 calls [125].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 9h ]
Hero?

Two questions.
1) How bad was that 9h, considering that this is the first hand of the tournament.
2) Do I want to get all in on this turn?
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Old 08-15-2005, 04:41 PM
Dr_Jeckyl_00 Dr_Jeckyl_00 is offline
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Default Re: Early $55 AK Hand.

I think I would make another large bet on the turn (maybe t150), you have tptk... and JT seems unlikely. If he raises moved to check/call mode. Why push, if he made his str8 he is calling, if he did not, he is folding (what is the benefit to pushing here? However, if you're worried about str8, pushing the flop would be better than the turn in this situation, IMO)
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Old 08-15-2005, 04:48 PM
junkmail3 junkmail3 is offline
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Default Re: Early $55 AK Hand.

What range of hands do you put Villian on? What would he call with preflop and call with on the flop? Is he setting you up for something? Or is he calling down with his AQ?
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Old 08-15-2005, 04:53 PM
lastchance lastchance is offline
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Default Re: Early $55 AK Hand.

Right now, you've got to think your hand is good.

However, you are afraid of reverse implied odds, which is bad with TPTK, and even worse OOP.

So, you've got t395 in the pot, about t800 left.

Very close to being able to push, IMHO. Too much to make full pot...

I think I check here. It's a good spot to slow down. It's never good to give up free cards, but it'd be nice to be bluffed into, and you can check-raise to a bet or something.

God, I hate being OOP.
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Old 08-15-2005, 05:23 PM
jedinite jedinite is offline
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Default Re: Early $55 AK Hand.

This early, no reads, out of position with only TPTK I probably check this turn 90% of the time. See if I can narrow his hand range with his action on the turn. Betting to find out where I'm at here puts me in serious risk of going home on the first hand.

With more of a read or farther in the tournament I might check-raise or at least fire again here. But this early, being out of position here with no read might make me lay down the winner if I get outplayed - otherwise I'm happy to check and possibly even check it down.

Maybe too weak, but thats my play here.
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