Fold vs. Call

[Tea_Bagger]

I ran into this hand earlier today. What I should have thought about (and what my friend who was watching pointed out to me afterward) was that UTG was playing pretty tight and seemed to waiting for a pretty premium hand to push with. I was a little surprised to see only KQo but it didn't change the fact that I was only a slight favorite. Should I have folded here?


No-limit Texas Hold'em $10+$1 (real money), hand #904,115,256
Claremont Single Table Tournament, 14 May 2005 11:23 PM


Seat 2: seenthebeen ($2,828 in chips)
Seat 3: GoThaTFire ($2,390 in chips)
Seat 6: chain6553 [JS,JH] ($3,574 in chips)
Seat 7: torAA ($6,208 in chips)


ANTES/BLINDS
torAA posts blind ($300), seenthebeen posts blind ($600).

PRE-FLOP
GoThaTFire bets $2,390 and is all-in, chain6553 bets $3,574 and is all-in, torAA folds, seenthebeen folds.

FLOP [board cards QC,KD,9D ]


TURN [board cards QC,KD,9D,5S ]


RIVER [board cards QC,KD,9D,5S,9H ]


SHOWDOWN
chain6553 shows [ JS,JH ]
GoThaTFire shows [ QS,KC ]
chain6553 wins $1,184, GoThaTFire wins $5,680.


SUMMARY
Dealer: chain6553
Pot: $6,864
seenthebeen, loses $600
GoThaTFire, bets $2,390, collects $5,680, net $3,290
chain6553, bets $3,574, collects $1,184, net -$2,390
torAA, loses $300

[lorinda]

I don't think you have time to mess about here by the look of those blinds.

Firstly you might be in front, even if he's tight, of 99, ATs and all that kind of stuff.

Secondly, if you lose this, but double through on the blinds, there will be two of you on around 1500 chips, so you're far from dead if you lose this.

Lori

[lastchance]

If you fold, you suck at poker. Nuff said.

[LotsOfOuts69]

I'm a little confused, this was a live game? What were the payouts?

Barring a rediculous structure this is an easy call.

--LoO