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Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 8:56 pm GMT by cdjos
This is the 3rd hand of a $5 SNG at Party. I'm dealt pocket 10's. Everybody checks and then all hell breaks loose. I fold easily, but my wife was saying I should've called. When the 10 comes out on the flop, she rips me for not calling. I knew I would be a big underdog to at least one hand, maybe two. I didn't think it was worth going all in at this stage.
Should I have folded or gone all in?
ScanX, I need your opinion as I was asked specifically to "check with the Belgian."
#Game No : 1716062276
***** Hand History for Game 1716062276 *****
NL Hold'em $5 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:10274186 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Thursday, March 10, 19:13:35 EDT 2005
Table Table 35043 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 3: cdjos ( $785 )
Seat 1: Hold_This1 ( $770 )
Seat 2: jbotticelli ( $845 )
Seat 4: cgm13 ( $800 )
Seat 8: Aquahealer ( $830 )
Seat 6: Shadowcast ( $800 )
Seat 5: ditchdigger8 ( $800 )
Seat 9: montecarlo96 ( $800 )
Seat 7: KCBPG ( $785 )
Seat 10: jrachnboo ( $785 )
Trny:10274186 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to cdjos  
montecarlo96: sweet
ditchdigger8 calls 15.
Shadowcast calls 15.
KCBPG folds.
Aquahealer calls 15.
montecarlo96 folds.
jrachnboo folds.
Hold_This1 folds.
jbotticelli calls 15.
cdjos calls 5.
cgm13 raises 30.
ditchdigger8 folds.
Shadowcast raises 135.
Aquahealer calls 135.
jbotticelli calls 135.
cdjos calls 135.
cgm13 raises 380.
Shadowcast calls 275.
KCBPG: dang- what is going on here!!!
KCBPG: haha
KCBPG: huge pot a brewin!!!
Aquahealer: screw it lets go all in
Aquahealer is all-In 680
jbotticelli folds.
cdjos folds.
jrachnboo: lmao
cgm13 is all-In 375
Shadowcast is all-In 375
** Dealing Flop **   
** Dealing Turn ** 
** Dealing River ** 
cgm13 shows   a pair of aces.
Shadowcast shows   a pair of queens.
Aquahealer shows   high card ace.
Shadowcast finished in tenth place.
Aquahealer wins 30 chips from side pot #1 with high card ace.
cgm13 wins 2715 chips from the main pot with a pair of aces.
Shadowcast has left the table.
Game #1716071867 starts.
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Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 9:10 pm GMT by Jauron
Well on the one hand I would have figured I wasn't ahead anymore, but with the pot size I might have done it. $5 SNG's are dicey to begin with. I probably would have said screw it, lets go, one of you probably has me beat here but the pot is too big to let go.
Now if I've playing the WSOP or another huge event, I let it go in a hurry. I don't want to go out that fast with 10's.
So you did the right thing, I just would have been inclined to do the wrong thing since it was for $5 and if I get lucky, I am a huge chip leader.
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:30 pm GMT by badvb750
I would fold, most likely you are a huge dog. I know it sucks when you would have floped a set and busted everyone, but more time then not you will bust out. I would rather see a flop before I commit my chips with 10s, unless I'm short stacked.
Posted Thu Mar 10, 2005 10:52 pm GMT by golddog
Well, think about it, especially given that you have the benefit of hindsight.
Not only were you in third place pre-flop, but you were in third place with two outs.
The fact that this particular trial would have worked out for you does not make this the correct call. You had to figure at least one of the other players for an overpair.
Wife is wrong, you did well.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 1:25 am GMT by howzit
easy fold.
| Quote: | | "check with the Belgian." |
I don't know why(maybe the post poker bourbon) but this made my night. . . somebody who just started posting knows whos' who on the forum. . . i can't stop laughing for some reason.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 10:38 am GMT by galderon
| golddog wrote: | | The fact that this particular trial would have worked out for you does not make this the correct call. You had to figure at least one of the other players for an overpair. |
This is an important point of poker...it's more important to make the correct decision than to win the hand. A flop never proves a call. This is a point that is often lost by novice players. I have a non-poker playing friend to whom I tried to make that point, and he just got a puzzled look and said, "Huh?" He just doesn't get poker, but at least he knows it, and doesn't play poker. 
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 11:51 am GMT by cdjos
| howzit wrote: | | checking w/the Belgian. . . |
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Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 2:28 pm GMT by Genjix
good fold. Pocket 10s with all that raising and re-raising might as well be the same as pocket 3's.
Posted Fri Mar 11, 2005 3:55 pm GMT by Always_Bored
Definately a good fold. With all that action you are behind. Sure you got luck that time. You knew you were behind, so you folded. You were right. Just so happens you hit one of your 2 outs.
Posted Sat Mar 12, 2005 4:46 pm GMT by zeroswarm
A simple fold here. Yes u would have hit the third 10 but folding was still the correct play. It might seem on the face of it that u lost out on what would have been a huge pot but I don't think theres a poker player on earth who hasn't had a similar experience.
If u keep on making the correct decisions then in the long run it will pay off.
GOOD FOLD.
Posted Fri Mar 18, 2005 1:26 pm GMT by Dakijeza
No way I call. I like to win. But, I know it won't happen going all-in with two outs to save me. You do that, you're relying on luck, and you might as well go pull on a slot machine.
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