Posted Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:12 pm GMT by krakajak
NL SNG, 4 handed, blinds 150/300, and about to increase. I''m BB w/ AA. I have about 4,000 chips, as does SB. 1 other player has about 3,500. The smalles stack is 2,500.
SB is pretty tight. He min-raises. I mean to re-raise to 1,200 but make a mistake and only raise to 900. He calls.
Flop is A,Q,J rainbow. He checks. The straight potential is scary, but my hand is strong enough that I want to make some money off of it. I don't want to bet him out of the pot. I figure if he has anything, he'll call a half-pot bet, so I bet 900. He calls.
The turn is a 10. F#ck! He leads out with the minimum bet of 600. I really don't see him doing this without the K. I call, praying the river will pair the board. It doesn't. He bets 600 again.
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Posted Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:30 pm GMT by suitedaces84
I'm pretty sure you're beat but you're getting 9:1 on the call and you have top set, so it's an easy call. Plus, if you didn't call you couldn't say "nice gutshot you $%@#".
Posted Mon Jun 20, 2005 2:32 pm GMT by Phil14312
I think I call here. He may have just as easily have two-pair or a lower set. Calling the 600 on the river in a 4,000+ pot is giving you about a little less than 7-1 odds. I call here especially considering you will still have a stack left, something like 2,000 right? I call and take my chances.
Oh and by the way I put in more than a half-pot bet on the flop. Make it a pot-sized bet. He raised and then called your re-raise, he figures to have a decent hand that he will play with so make him pay. I think your goal was to find a way to get almost all your money in on the flop. 3-handed yes you will lose to a lone K at times but this is where you have to take chances 3-handed with blinds skyrocketing. I put him on KQ and if he probably would've called even if you pushed on the flop. But just because you think he has the K doesn't mean you should lay down the 3 aces for 600 on the river.
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