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02-10-2010 , 03:47 PM

BlaketheFish

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Join Date: Mar 2009 Posts: 95

Can someone explain what my thought process should be here? I might have made the right bet, but I don't even know for sure.

Poker Stars $10+$1 No Limit Hold'em Tournament - t30/t60 Blinds - 8 players
The Official 2+2 Hand Converter Powered By DeucesCracked.com

BTN: t5705 M = 63.39
SB: t2620 M = 29.11
BB: t2760 M = 30.67
UTG: t3105 M = 34.50
UTG+1: t2875 M = 31.94
MP1: t11845 M = 131.61
Hero (MP2): t2915 M = 32.39
CO: t3925 M = 43.61

Pre Flop: (t90) Hero is MP2 with T

3 folds, Hero raises to t180, 1 fold, BTN calls t180, 2 folds

Flop: (t450) 4

(2 players)
Hero bets t300, BTN calls t300

Turn: (t1050) J

(2 players)
Hero bets t540, BTN calls t540

River: (t2130) T

(2 players)
Hero bets t1895 all in, BTN folds

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02-10-2010 , 03:57 PM

AngryJohnny

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In general you need to get a feel for your oppenents hand range and then make the largest bet that you think has a good chance of getting called. In this case it seems like your oppenent has a pair that he is refusing to let go, or (more likely) a busted FD/SD which he isnt going to call any sized river bet with. So in this case I think a shove is fine as if he actually does have something he seem like the type that is going to call no matter what you bet.

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02-10-2010 , 03:57 PM

jchauvin

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looks good to me

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02-10-2010 , 04:02 PM

Hood-Flat

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Join Date: Jan 2009 Posts: 1,197

After you bet the turn and get called, its one of those "fml" moments.

As played, when you hit the river hard and are likely to get paid off by all Jx/QQ/KK/maybe a spewy A10, I think instead of shoving you should check back, and pick off more hands that you beat, such as bluffs and small pocket pairs or flopped pairs/two pairs that would never call your river shove.

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02-10-2010 , 04:16 PM

dereds

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Originally Posted by jchauvin

looks good to me

yep like I may go slightly larger on the turn but I doubt it matters

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02-10-2010 , 04:18 PM

Hood-Flat

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Originally Posted by dereds

yep like I may go slightly larger on the turn but I doubt it matters

Not in this thread it doesn't.

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