PokerStars Hand #81018313165: Tournament #562523927, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2012/05/25 22:22:04 MT [2012/05/26 0:22:04 ET]
Table '562523927 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: shnivovod (1500 in chips) out of hand (moved from another table into small blind)
Seat 2: rinax87 (1280 in chips)
Seat 3: wlcm2hell (1500 in chips)
Seat 4: lazarus9999 (1720 in chips)
Seat 5: bestiole123 (1500 in chips)
Seat 6: fairy1whisp (1460 in chips)
Seat 7: alenaka (1470 in chips)
Seat 8: miker2222 (1380 in chips)
Seat 9: BUKSHY (1710 in chips)
rinax87: posts small blind 10
wlcm2hell: posts big blind 20
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to wlcm2hell [9s 5d]
lazarus9999: folds
bestiole123: calls 20
fairy1whisp: calls 20
alenaka: folds
miker2222: folds
BUKSHY: folds
rinax87: folds
wlcm2hell: checks
*** FLOP *** [4s 9h 5h]
wlcm2hell: bets 60
bestiole123: calls 60
fairy1whisp: calls 60
*** TURN *** [4s 9h 5h] [7h]
wlcm2hell: bets 180
bestiole123: calls 180
fairy1whisp: folds
*** RIVER *** [4s 9h 5h 7h] [Ks]
rinax87 is disconnected
wlcm2hell: bets 200
bestiole123: raises 340 to 540


Ya so for some reason the hand converter stopped working for me, I dunno why. Anyway, 2 pair isn't looking so great in this situation. While I have no history with this villain, and it was like the first hand I'd played in the tourny, I noticed that villain hesitated just slightly before flatting my turn bet, so I felt that he might've been slow-playing a straight or a flush, and the river raise sorta confirms that for me. Fold river yes?

easy c/c river.

K. but for what reasons? and also, as played, call or fold?

Some fish limps, flop comes 2 hearts, you bet pot and get called... you should assume you're up against a flush draw at least half the time. So you really shouldn't be in love with your hand after the turn, and certainly not enough to bet pot - that sizing is crazy and it's going to make it really hard to get to showdown if you get raised, unless you want to put your tournament life at risk against an unknown who will have you beat a lot of the time. And once a huge turn bet also gets called, I'm not sure why you're ever leading out on the river. You can check/call to pick off weird spewy bluffs from hands that floated you and picked up a heart draw on the turn, or check/fold if you think villain has it (not at all unlikely here).

If you've bet huge three streets and villain *still* wants to raise you on the river, you're beat like 95% of the time, so I guess here I fold as played, but I'd rather get this hand to a cheaper showdown by pot controlling somewhere.

otr you need a plan if you're betting. This one's either a c/c or a b/f imo, so as played I'd fold. And your bet should be closer to 1/2 pot.

I disagree with Kami about sizing ott. 3/4 pot looks good to me and so does the flop.