jethrodull
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 11:53 AM
Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Tournament
Blinds: t30/t60
7 players
ConverterStack sizes:UTG: t4180
UTG+1: t1425
MP1: t1180
CO: t1670
Hero: t1805
SB: t1410
BB: t1830
Pre-flop: (
7 players) Hero is Button with
UTG calls t60
(pot was t90),
2 folds, CO calls t60
(pot was t150),
Hero raises to t330,
2 folds, UTG calls t270
(pot was t540), CO folds.
Flop:

(
t810, 2 players)
UTG bets t210, Hero ?????
StupidKid
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 11:57 AM
I fold because you are much more likely to be able to find a better spot, any raise commits you. It's not like you have a horrible stack if you give up on the hand.
Preflop is good IMO.
Cappy37
Tuesday, September 11th, 2007, 8:10 PM
Two overcards spell certain death to Tens here.
Give up. You are never getting a better hand to lay down here, and a worse hand is not likely to pay you off without a solid draw to beat you anyways.
Abandon ship.
pdr87
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007, 10:17 AM
Imo the preflop raise is a bit too large. I would go for 150-200 here.
This early in the sng, I would even consider limping. I belive in preserving your stack as much as possible this early. If you hit a set or only undercards on the flop, then great, put some more money in there.
Canary3
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007, 10:41 AM
I also think the raise preflop is a little too large. I would like to keep the pot a little smaller here. Give up on the flop
simo_8ball
Wednesday, September 12th, 2007, 11:23 AM
I would make it $250 preflop.
The flop is an easy fold, although I'm always tempted to raise it to (say) $660. His bet does look very weak and he could definitely have a hand like AJ.
The problem is, it's a high variance play. In STTs you really want to keep variance at a minimum because you want to get to the later stages as often as possible. Building a huge stack early isn't as valuable as the cEV suggests.
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