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garamond10pt
Final table of a small HORSE tournament. The table's been pretty tight/passive, so I'd been running players over once HE started.

Couldn't get converter to work, so did it by hand.
Chip stacks:
Seat 1: Marcstar (5,578)
Seat 2: garamond10pt (8,421)
Seat 3: spicole (1,305)
Seat 5: rimmer27 (3,702)
Seat 6: JackStar (1,642)
Seat 7: phillipshead (3,682)
Seat 8: maniacinsocal (2,670)

Blinds are 300/600
Hero is SB with K icon_suit_heart.gif J icon_suit_heart.gif
CO raises

*** FLOP *** (T2700, CO has T1470) 7 icon_suit_spade.gif k icon_suit_diamond.gif 3 icon_suit_spade.gif
hero checks, CO bets, hero calls

*** TURN *** (T3300, CO has T1170) 8 icon_suit_spade.gif
hero bets, CO calls

*** RIVER *** (T4500, CO has T570) 5 icon_suit_club.gif
Hero bets, CO calls

Final pot: T5740

I thought about check raising the flop, then decided to flat call. When the turn came around, I realized CO only had two BB's left and since I was calling down anyway, I should put those bets in myself, since my opp might check if he's behind.

So I guess the questions are with the pre-flop 3-bet and the post-flop play. Though I didn't really think about it at the time, I like the stop and go so as not to scare away a weaker hand.
garamond10pt
anyone?
gobears
Your play seems reasonable against a short stack. Normally, a cap pre-flop would indicate that your hand is possibly dominated even though you have TPGK.

But in this case with CO being so low, putting him all-in is a good play as he might not have a K.
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