Misplayed every street with this TPTK?

afreeman · #1 10-09-2005, 05:03 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (9 handed) converter

SB ($12.87) --> VP$IP 32, PFR 4%
BB ($14.05) --> Has played nothing in 18 hands, so probably very tight
Hero ($22.15)
UTG+1 ($26.95)
MP1 ($16.63)
MP2 ($24.95)
MP3 ($28.20)
CO ($25.60)
Button ($22.40)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.10.
Hero calls $0.25, 2 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 3 folds, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

I had caught a streak of cold cards since I joined the table (4% VP$IP), and I was thinking a standard raise might just net me the blinds. Table was moderately tight and passive (about 25% VP$IP with 4% PFR) with one maniac (72% VP$IP, 28% PFR) 3 seats to my left, so I was hoping he would raise it for me. As it turned out, he folded.

--> Being too clever with this AK?

Flop: ($1) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets $1, BB calls $1, Hero raises to $2, MP2 folds, SB calls $1, BB calls $1.

I'm only facing the SB and BB here, and there were no raises pre-flop, so I'm thinking that I'm up against a smaller ace or a queen. A set of 8s seems unlikely, given the weak pre-flop action.

--> Should this have been a $3-4 raise?

Turn: ($7) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB bets $1, BB raises to $5, Hero raises to $9, SB calls $8, BB calls $6.80 (All-In), Hero calls $2.80, SB calls $1.62 (All-In).

I'm getting about 2 1/2 to 1 on a call with probably 5 outs and one card to come, so this seems like a raise-or-fold situation. Turn seemed unlikely to have helped anyone, unless it made them a two-pair, so I raised.

--> Clear fold?

--> Alternatively, assuming that a raise was correct, would my 3/4 pot raise be large enough?

River: ($41.22) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $41.22

Mr. Curious · #2 10-09-2005, 05:23 PM

Raise preflop, if all you get are the blinds, then so be it.

But since you did not raise preflop, pot the flop.

Given the action, I think that you should have folded on the turn because you are most likely beat and three of your highly unlikely outs are tainted (K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]).

What did you think that the SB and the BB had when you raised the turn?

btw - 88 is entirely reasonable as many people would not raise it out of the blinds.