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FT of Stars  5k Gtd. Very tricky TT spot FT of Stars  5k Gtd. Very tricky TT spot

12-06-2008 , 03:54 PM
Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t12500/t25000 Blinds + t3125 - 7 players
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UTG: t990363
UTG+1: t475949
MP: t294698
CO: t526812
BTN: t521087
Hero (SB): t796525
BB: t336566

Pre Flop: (t59375) Hero is SB with T T
UTG raises to t75000, 4 folds, Hero raises to t225000, 1 fold, UTG raises to t725000, 1 fold

Final Pot: t496875
UTG wins t496875


Ok obviously I had a really good stack to start the hand. Last few hands I have raise/folded a few times as shorter stacks have shoved over me, so my image is probably pretty loose aggro (I had over a million chips like 5 hands before this). Basically I'm wondering what the correct play would be here? Reraising seemed like a good idea at the time but in hindsight, a raise from UTG from the other big stack I wonder if I shoulda just flatted. After 3 bet, is the fold ok? I still left myself with plenty of chips so I felt 3bet/folding was ok but someone tell me if I'm wrong.

Reads on opponent: he was a pretty good player, pokerdb had him up over 19k. Seemed to be on the tight aggro side.
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12-06-2008 , 04:24 PM
i dont think you should be 3 bet folding here......tbh i would think about folding pre here with the description you given, but i would probably end up flatting and taking a flop only to spew of 75k...
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12-07-2008 , 05:50 PM
Any other opinions?
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12-07-2008 , 06:21 PM
flatcall if you're not snapping his shove. why are you 3b'ing if you're not enough ahead of his range to comfortably get it in?
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12-08-2008 , 12:16 AM
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Originally Posted by just_mo
Last few hands I have raise/folded a few times as shorter stacks have shoved over me, so my image is probably pretty spewy
Ship it in if you are going to 3bet imo.

You've set up a dynamic via the last few hand where good players will think they can raise you off anything but KK+

If you don't want to ship preflop flat and set mine, or flat and c/r flops with all unders or something.

3bet folding seems very wrong.
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12-08-2008 , 05:31 AM
Noted. I felt like I had such an edge over the rest of the players (except for this guy, who I eventually beat HU) that I could wait for a better spot. I think I should have just flatted and set mined.
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12-08-2008 , 06:50 AM
Quote:
Originally Posted by just_mo
Noted. I felt like I had such an edge over the rest of the players (except for this guy, who I eventually beat HU) that I could wait for a better spot. I think I should have just flatted and set mined.
I agree.

Btw, TT is a bad hand to 3-bet in this situation (relatively deep) imo, because hands that you dominate (if he even raises them utg) will most likely fold and hands that have you beaten will most likely shove. The only exception might be AK, but would you like this coinflip for most of your stack? You can make more chips with flat-calling this.
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