PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) converter

MP1 (t1875)
MP2 (t2615)
MP3 (t1820)
CO (t630)
Button (t5340)
SB (t2775)
BB (t4500)
UTG (t2905)
Hero (t2400)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with [Th], [8h].
1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t150) [Td], [7d], [8c] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets t150, BB folds, Hero calls t420, MP1 folds.

Turn: (t1440) [4c] (2 players)
SB bets t1110, Hero folds.

Final Pot: t2550

I layed this down after a long thought process. SB had been tight, first real hand I'd seen him play.

Thought about folding on the flop after his raise - but decided to see one more card with position.

I'd fold pre-flop most of the time.

If you are going to call the flop check/raise, I can't understand why you would then fold to a turn bet, especially when a blank falls. Either fold on the flop or push the turn, what you did is IMO the worst choice. I prefer folding to the flop check/raise personally. You have a ton of chips, no need to get involved in a huge hand this early with such a marginal hand (yes, I'm calling top two here marginal).

I was watching your table for like, two seconds. I don't know if you were bluffed off of it, but I think you should have made the decision on the flop. Lay down or play it the whole way. People who check-raise tend to fire out on the next card nearly 100% of the time, regardless of hand strength.

I think folding was right. If he's semibluffing, you aren't out of the woods yet. If he's got the goods, you're drawing to four outs or none at all.

Best of luck. I'd watch you but my Internet connection is in and out today. Good thing I didn't satellite into this one

it's tough. played like a pair with a str8 draw. of course he coulda flopped the str8. hard to say without a super strong read.

but i see big draws played this way a lot...but also made hand....read dependant i think.

- Jordan

I agree with previous posters, his raise is too big to call and hope he slows down, especially because of the checkraise. I think you either push or fold on flop, he could have set, straight, or possibly something like JJish. Also I'm folding this preflop.

villian just completes from the SB. while it's possible he's on a flush draw, this looks a lot more like J9 or maybe 77 to me. i know it's slightly ridiculous to put someone on an exact hand, but this is usually how that goes down.

by the way, how'd you fare in the tourney? wasn't that the $1.7 mm prize pool?

That's kind of what I was thinking. I am the only one I know who can go berserk and bluff off most of a stack with no pair and no draw after playing tight for an hour or more.



He went out pretty early, something like A8o vs 99 in one of those blind re-steal situations. One of my favorite players (Jerrod Ankenman) went out in 4th for $112k. The action was pretty fast and heavy at the final table, like a $20 sit and go. I was surprised at the amount of stealing and restealing.

Agree.

You have to decide on the flop whether youre going to call an all in on the turn if a blank hits. Youre on a 4 outer if youre beat. Since youre decision was to fold on the turn to a blank, fold on the flop.