Battle Of The Blinds

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Poker StarsNo Limit Holdem TournamentBlinds: t500/t1000(Ante: t100)7 playersConverterSeat 2: UTG (13166 in chips) Seat 3: UTG+1 (8390 in chips) Seat 4: MP1 (15980 in chips) Seat 5: CO (11593 in chips) Seat 6: Button (36780 in chips) Seat 8: SB (44225 in chips) Seat 9: BB (24501 in chips)Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is BB with 5 folds, SB calls t500 (pot was t2200),In 90% of the cases this'll chase a SB caller away. Some'll call with any 2 cards. And if it works once, i find that they will be folding a LOT of small blinds to you.Now though i'm so sure anymore if this was such a good move, because it made the pot much much bigger.Hero raises to t3333, SB calls t2333 (pot was t5033).Flop: :D (t7366, 2 players)SB checks,C-bet.Hero bets t3777, SB calls t3777 (pot was t11143).Turn: (t14920, 2 players)SB checks,Likely he's got me now.Hero checks.River: (t14920, 2 players)SB checks,If he's checking this river it's really unlikely he's got anything but a missed draw, right? So i decided to bet once again. In retrospect pretty stupid, because i'd probably beat a missed draw with a high card anyway... unless he had a K high flush draw.Hero bets t5000, SB calls t5000 (pot was t19920).Results:Final pot: t24920Comments on all streets appreciated.I think i screwed up pretty badly this hand so...

[TravisG 0]

you said that 90% of the time you chase away bb's if they dont have a reasonable hand, so that he called should've made you wondering. after he called your flop bet, i think you can go into checkfold mode.

[Wingman008 0]

I think the PF raise is ok. After that flop bet, c/f is the way to go I think.

[Sheiky 0]

If you're going to bluff the river, i think you have to be willing to invest a lot more than 5k at it.FWIW i don't make a bluff on the river because i play this exact same hand almost every tournament and i always get called by something bad.However, if you're going to bluff, i think you have to strap on a pair and make a real bet, betting 5k into the guy with 45k in a 4.40 is begging for a call.

[sactownjoey 0]

With his sizable chip advantage and the weak bets you put out there, he's calling with anything that hit the board.I personally check preflop. Battle of the blinds suck and can get unnecessarily expensive. Trying to steal blinds and antes from the blinds is a crapshoot, IMO.