Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 2:07 pm GMT by Kalbelgarion
PokerStars Game #6180439445: Tournament #31333439, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2006/09/05 - 14:55:11 (ET)
Table '31333439 3' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: empl (3900 in chips)
Seat 2: joeykukz (1470 in chips) is sitting out
Seat 4: HerAce (3520 in chips)
Seat 5: Squoidster (1190 in chips)
Seat 6: bobby.h573 (1440 in chips)
Seat 7: saxmannn (1570 in chips)
Seat 8: Kalbelgarion (1450 in chips)
Seat 9: vaust (1890 in chips)
saxmannn: posts small blind 15
Kalbelgarion: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Kalbelgarion  
vaust: calls 30
empl: calls 30
joeykukz: folds
HerAce: folds
Squoidster: folds
bobby.h573: folds
saxmannn: calls 15
Kalbelgarion: raises 120 to 150
vaust: calls 120
empl: folds
saxmannn: folds
*** FLOP ***   
Kalbelgarion: bets 150
vaust: calls 150
*** TURN *** 
Kalbelgarion: bets 300
vaust: calls 300
*** RIVER *** 
Kalbelgarion: checks
vaust: bets 1290 and is all-in
Kalbelgarion: ???
I made a continuation bet on the flop, as he could easily have been limping/calling per-flop with a wide range of hands that missed the King (99, AJ, etc) that I could get to fold. When he called, I put him on KT, KQ, or two hearts. I bet on the turn again when I caught a hand, and his call told me that he either was determined to chase his flush, or he wasn't sure whether or not his pair of Ks was still good.
How should I interpret his all-in move on the river? A last-ditch bluff after a missed flush draw?
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Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 3:17 pm GMT by mackkie
I think you are beat here and I would hold onto my chips and keep playing, there is still plenty of time, especially with the low blinds. Think of some hands that could beat u and could be worth a call from the person: AK, AJ have you beat. Even is someone wanted to see if they could hit a flop with QJs or J10s or something like that you are done as well.
The only other option I could think of is someone having like A7s, Knowing you both have A's and banking you split the pot with AAJJK...would be a risky move but i have seen a lot of agressive play by people early in tourneys. If you feel like you are a solid player and still have 1k in chips with low blinds, its not worth the call IMO unless you have some info on the person (but I am assuming you dont since its early in the tourney).
Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:11 pm GMT by Ciso_B
I think this is a fold for sure,although if he had a huge hand a smaller bet could be in order. Nonetheless you dont know what your opponent is holding here, and its likely you were beat even on the turn.
Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:24 pm GMT by TheSalche
This may be a little weak-tight of an idea here ... I wouldn't use it a lot but its a thought.
Don't raise preflop here, you have a nice premium hand, but, you have two limpers and as we see here, one of them is likely to call your preflop raise so all you have done is built a bigger pot preflop.
I think you'll find this hand plays a lot easier if you check because you won't find yourself c-betting the flop when you miss (2 out of 3 times). This situation got real ugly on the turn, I don't see much that you are ahead of besides a busted flush draw or a lower pair.
Big pots for big hands
Posted Tue Sep 05, 2006 9:49 pm GMT by vyni
Your check behind the river here screams that you're afraid of a jack, and his push is likey a bluff of holding one. If he in fact did hold a jack, he would have thrown out a wager looking for a call... unless he's a n00b. Also, would he have called the 150 after the flop with that king on the board? Called 300 when that Ace dropped?
Early in a tourney, these kinds of decisions arent neccessary. Fold it and look for the next big pot. If he was bluffing, there's a good chance he'll pull it again and you might get to make him pay for it.
Then again, it's a 5 buck tourney so there's are a ton of fish in play.... you might take this with a call, but it's not worth it yet imho. With a fold you're left with >30bb.... plenty of room to move with.
Raising preflop with AQ, I do this too simply to get a little in that pot: if an ace drops on the flop and the callers dont hold one... that starting pot may be all you'll get.
Posted Wed Sep 06, 2006 6:12 am GMT by toonarmy1987
i think you are beat. you probably dont have to be worried about the straight draw because he hasn't represented that but trip jacks is a real possibility, especialy as pre-river he may only have JJ with two over cards on the deck! i mean it is not out of the realms of possibility that he called with J10 hoping for a draw!
FOLD that hand
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