Posted Thu May 03, 2007 3:45 am GMT by Eusebio
Played a 20+4 satellite yesterday and wondered if I played it right or maybe too aggressive.
3rd Hand in the tourney
nothing special happened so far so everybody has about 1500 in chips
I´m in the Bigblind with QQ
Blinds 15/30
MP raises to 120, 3 callers
I put in a 500 raise, hoping to win the pot right there
OR folds and I get one caller
Flop comes 6 8 9 rainbow
I fire another 500, he calls
Turn comes a K, unless he was calling with K9 that shouldnt have helped him and the 500 i had left would go in no matter what. I raise, he calls, showing 89s
How would you play this hand?
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Posted Thu May 03, 2007 4:31 am GMT by MrDarling
Early on MTT or S&G I hate big pots, especially OOP.
I think I reraise less. Putting 1/3 of your chips in the first few levels is almost pot committing. What would have been your plan had an over card hit the flop?
Maybe pushing is an option here ? early on, people might call with marginal hands and there is probably no way you are folding this to a push, is there?
Posted Thu May 03, 2007 4:36 am GMT by snoogins47
I might occasionally call preflop instead of re-raising, but I re-raise usually. I would've probably pushed the flop. So 'too aggressive' is quite the opposite description if you compare it to what I'd do.
Posted Thu May 03, 2007 4:52 am GMT by Eusebio
My decision preflop was to checkfold if an overcard hits, but go all the way if not.
Problem of raising less... lets say 360 is not really scaring people away... like i said: I wanted to win the hand preflop, thats why I put 1/3 in... that would leave me with plenty if an overcard hits
I thought about preflop All-In too, but I dont like to stick all of my money in preflop.
I did not push on the flop to make it look more like a c/bet and keep people in with TPTK, eventhough it wouldnt be incorrect for draws to call.
Posted Sun May 06, 2007 2:54 pm GMT by Jefecaminador
Yeah, but by doing that it really sucks when they spike 2 pair or trip up on the turn like what happend here and you're out of the tourny. The pot is pretty big right now, try to take it down now.
Posted Mon May 07, 2007 12:32 pm GMT by Concussed
I think you played ok...maybe alarm calls when he called your bigish post-flop bet.
I may have checked after the Turn to see what he did, after all, the flop cards could indicate a possibe Straight too, especially if he is a loose player.
Posted Mon May 07, 2007 12:56 pm GMT by Ensano
with 3 people calling the raise (not to mention the initial raiser) still in the pot, raising to 360 would have been useless and would just bload the pot over the rest of your stack.... i like the 500 raise.. except for being OOP makes this hand tough...
when villian called it made the pot 1200 chips... betting 500 at a 1200 chip pot is useless... push...
Posted Tue May 15, 2007 5:55 am GMT by crack
I'd just push the flop with 1k left and 1k in the pot early on, if I get knocked out then at least I haven't wasted a lot of time.
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