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 Pinned tourney hand, G Rooster, 16. Sep 2003 07:40 | ||
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| I am new to the forum, and somewhat new to online poker play. Not quite a fish, but maybe a salamander. I find the poker conversation on this site is truly superb. I'd appreciate some feedback on playing the following hand. This was dealt in an early round SNG. Table is fairly solid in play, but I took one out on a draw and am slight chip leader in MP. I'm first to limp with 8-7off and am followed by a call, 3xBB raise and another call. Raiser and caller I view to be tight, but agressive. I should probably get out, but figure I could catch a good flop against two high hands, so call. Flop comes 8d 6d 5h. Good flop for me I figure, and bet 5xBB. Both tighties call! Should I figure them for pocket pairs? trips? Draws to either straight or flush? They could NOT have the 7-9 or 7-4. Turn comes Kh and I (probably foolishly) bet out 7xBB with my oh so strong pair and open-end. Should I have played check to call or fold? Both followed with calls. River pairs the board with 6s. No flush, no straight. I'm at 8s and 6s. Do I bet out hoping they're both drawing or expect that I'm beat by trips (or worse) or higher 2-pair? I checked and so did they. The showdown? One had pocket 9s and the other pocket 4s. My straight was just about closed off. If bet into holding the 9s, would you have called? What about with the 4s? | ||
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| Re: Pinned tourney hand, shorn, 16. Sep 2003 08:07 | ||
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| Take this with a grain of salt because I am not the best SnG player. However, I wouldn't have been limping in EP with this hand in the first place and even if I had, I would have folded to the raises pre-flop. I understand your flop bet though as you know these players to be tighties and that being the case, it is unlikely that this flop hit them. The only problem is that if one of them holds a big pair, he may come over the top with a big raise and then you have a decision to make. So, another alternative would have been to check and hopefully get a free card OR potentially call a small bet. I realize that check/calling is rarely the right play in NL, but i think in this case it is perhaps the best play. I don't like the turn bet at all however. Once you put in a decent flop bet and are called in two spots, you need to shut down unless you improve. Frankly, I think I would have check/folded the turn here unless the turn bet was so small that I felt the implied odds were high enough for me to call for my 10 outer. Again on the river, no improvement so I think check/fold is the best option to any significant action. | ||
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| Re: Pinned tourney hand, stdioh, 23. Sep 2003 09:42 | ||
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| I'm not even reading the rest of your post. Don't limp in EP with 78o. In fact with 78 suited you don't limp in early position unless the table is giving a lot of loose passive action. | ||
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