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01-03-2008 , 02:00 AM

nancyloum1

journeyman

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 310

I felt like I was just wasting chips here. Where did it all go wrong?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (7 handed) Poker Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: 2+2 Forums)

MP1 (t2765)
MP2 (t5115)
CO (t4381)
Button (t3580)
SB (t2445)
Hero (t3860)
UTG (t4100)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q

, K

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2 folds, MP2 calls t200, 3 folds, Hero raises to t600, MP2 calls t400.

Flop: (t1300) 2

, T

, 2

(2 players)
Hero bets t800, MP2 calls t800.

Turn: (t2900) 7

(2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t200, Hero calls t200.

River: (t3300) 9

(2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 bets t600, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t3300

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01-03-2008 , 02:24 AM

duvvard

grinder

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 471

No need to raise to 600, serves no purpose.

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01-03-2008 , 02:46 AM

Daxonovitch

grinder

Join Date: Nov 2003 Posts: 499

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Originally Posted by duvvard

No need to raise to 600, serves no purpose.

You've got a nice drawing hand if your table is a little loose passive. Otherwise, you can try to steal this pot with a raise to 800-1000. 600 is pretty bad though, you price in the BB who assumes the original raiser will flat call (and you can occasionally be limp reraised).

There's nothing wrong with limping and checkfolding this flop, although I would probably raise and fire 1500 into the flop (and check/fold thereafter).

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01-03-2008 , 08:55 AM

levAA

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,458

With your stack-size I'd also check in the BB and get a free flop.

Raising this preflop is also a playable way, but if you do so you have to bet stronger and get it in on most flops as a go'n'go.

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01-03-2008 , 09:33 AM

BigFiszh

old hand

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 1,949

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Originally Posted by Daxonovitch

Making it like 800 pf, fire 1500 on the flop and fold then is rather bad imho ...

Raising from BB is always difficult as you have to play oop. If you get called here and hit a Q or a K it is still possible that you lose your whole stack to AK/AQ (if Villain was passive). As lev said, a go-n-go-strategy might be a good line here - but I´m more inclined to do that with AK/AQ here ...

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01-03-2008 , 12:32 PM

AKbully

adept

Join Date: Sep 2007 Posts: 1,005

Check pf or raise more please. the 600 is pretty bad

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01-03-2008 , 01:21 PM

exec771

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 17,487

With your stack size its difficult to raise more and then c-bet without commiting yourself, as you'd normally raise 800 and cbet 1200 leaving you with just about 1800, so I like a check especially if the opponent is a passive limp/caller which he seems to be. Ultimately this is read dependent if he's limp/folding alot then raise if fine otw i just check..

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01-03-2008 , 02:20 PM

shutEMdown

veteran

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,843

go n go this sucka. pump it up to 800-1000 and then shove any flop.

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01-04-2008 , 04:10 AM

kenny7

old hand

Join Date: May 2007 Posts: 1,450

Yea,checking is way better here,you do not want to play a hand like this oop. If you raise,raise more,800-1000 is good,and then you have to shove pretty much any flop.However bc of stacksizes,checking is def the best way to play this hand.

Also,can I say that the turn donkbet from villain...is AWFUL!! I HATE the minimum donkbet!!!

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01-04-2008 , 06:17 AM

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4ObliVioN4

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Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 3,296

As said by many, either check pf and play straight up or do the go and go.

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01-04-2008 , 11:00 AM

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Pokerfarian

old hand

Join Date: Jun 2007 Posts: 1,558

Stack sizes make me check here....for all those suggesting go n go, if we raise the "normal" amount to 800 then the pot is 1700 & we have 3K behind - bit too much to shove. As stated by others it's also awkward to cbet so that's why I like checking.

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01-04-2008 , 11:09 AM

#12

shutEMdown

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Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 2,843

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Originally Posted by Pokerfarian

thats why raising to 1000 pf is sufficient. it creates a pot of 2100 with roughly 2800 left which is decent for a shove.... it is okay sometimes to overbet the pot.

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