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[finztotheleft]

Poker Stars NL $30.00 Tournament Texas Hold'em (7 handed)Hand Converter: Poker Sleuth SoftwareSB ($1600)BB ($1170)UTG ($1540)MP ($1655)HJ ($4800)Hero ($2225)Button ($2850)Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is CO with A:heart: T:heart:UTG calls $30, MP folds, HJ raises to $120, Hero calls $120, 3 folds, UTG calls $120Flop: 8:diamond: 3:club: 9:heart: ($405, 3 players)UTG checks, HJ checks, Hero checksShould I bluff here ? All the time or occassionally ? The player in the hi-jack had just check raised me all in the hand before when I cont. bet after I missed and I didn't want to get stuck againTurn: T:spade: ($405, 3 players)UTG bets $60, HJ calls $60, Hero raises to $300, 2 foldsFinal pot: $825

[Chet Chetterson]

finztotheleft, on Saturday, October 18th, 2008, 12:47 PM, said:

Poker Stars NL $30.00 Tournament Texas Hold'em (7 handed)Hand Converter: Poker Sleuth SoftwareSB ($1600)BB ($1170)UTG ($1540)MP ($1655)HJ ($4800)Hero ($2225)Button ($2850)Pre-flop: (7 players) Hero is CO with A:heart: T:heart:UTG calls $30, MP folds, HJ raises to $120, Hero calls $120, 3 folds, UTG calls $120Flop: 8:diamond: 3:club: 9:heart: ($405, 3 players)UTG checks, HJ checks, Hero checksShould I bluff here ? All the time or occassionally ? The player in the hi-jack had just check raised me all in the hand before when I cont. bet after I missed and I didn't want to get stuck againTurn: T:spade: ($405, 3 players)UTG bets $60, HJ calls $60, Hero raises to $300, 2 foldsFinal pot: $825

Either play is fine here IMO, it's harder to pull this bluff needing two people to fold. In a tournament you can't just stop making plays in position to pick up chips though. You can always wait until you hit a flop, play a cbet and then shove if he raises you less than all in. HJ's all in check raise at this level could still be a hand.

[trystero]

With no read on the villain fold pf - your hand's dominated by TT+/AJ+. Further, you can be pushed off your hand by someone 3-betting behind you.As played I do the same, folding to a turn reraise, river bet, and checking behind on most rivers if he calls our turn raise.

[MovingIn]

Three handed, typically I'd fire at the flop here. Make them pay to see the turn, or force someone with a better hand to show it with a c/r or a later raise.Usually, however, betting the flop either takes the pot now or on a later street if you fire again.