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90man top pair - nasty turn - line check 90man top pair - nasty turn - line check

06-18-2012 , 03:40 PM
Villain is 58/8, huge fish. Your play?

    Poker Stars, $0.23 Buy-in (100/200 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 7 Players
    Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

    BB: 18,148 (90.7 bb)
    MP1: 1,953 (9.8 bb)
    MP2: 4,321 (21.6 bb)
    Hero (MP3): 6,907 (34.5 bb)
    CO: 5,112 (25.6 bb)
    BTN: 4,376 (21.9 bb)
    SB: 2,539 (12.7 bb)

    Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J A
    MP1 folds, MP2 calls 200, Hero raises to 700, 2 folds, SB calls 600, BB folds, MP2 calls 500

    Flop: (2,300) 8 A 4 (3 players)
    SB checks, MP2 checks, Hero bets 1,150, SB folds, MP2 calls 1,150

    Turn: (4,600) 5 (2 players)
    MP2 checks, Hero bets 2,760, MP2 calls 2,471 and is all-in

    06-18-2012 , 06:10 PM
    okay
    06-18-2012 , 11:16 PM
    Stack sizes are awkward, particularly with the huge stack in the big blind. I agree with your pre flop bet 700 perfectly.

    You can either pot control flop and value town him on a later street or get it in more aggressively on the flop. Pot controlling has its up and downs though and you're going to need really good judgement on future cards. This tends to complicate things so I'd say forget it.

    With two villains calling pre flop and the fact that the bigger stack is a huge calling station, I would almost bet more than what you did, maybe 1200-1600, but 1150 is still good. Just know that this commits you and even though the fish might not know it, you're getting it in no matter what the next card is. In this situation you did fine.

    On a side note, I know what it's like at these stakes and getting donked is gonna happen. Just remember that you're going to win a lot more chips in these spots than you lose. There are going to be weeks of getting bit in the butt by streaks of bad luck. Don't second guess yourself in obvious spots.
    06-19-2012 , 12:37 AM
    A bit less pre personally, this is fine too
    As played 1150 shove any turn is fine

          
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