I will dispense with all the why-I-did-what-I-did-when-I-did disclaimers. Simply put, I am looking for your opinions on how to play the hand and why you would choose that course of action.

Let the flames begin.

May the true insight rise to the top.

Thank you.



Final table of a limit hold 'em tournament, blinds are 1,500/3,000. (3 handed out of 176 entries)

Hero: 35,390
SB: 53,940
BB: 174,670

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8:heart:, 8:spade:. SB posts a blind of 1,500, BB posts a blind of 3,000.
Hero , BB calls.

Flop: 7:spade:, J:diamond:, T:heart: (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: T:diamond: (2 players)
BB bets 6,000, Hero calls.

River: A:spade: (2 players)
BB bets 6,000, Hero calls.

bet the flop, call a raise, check the turn if villain checks, and I probably call the river if villain bets.

This seems like a pretty easy flop bet and I really dislike your check. You don't exactly have the strongest hand in the world to be giving your opponent free cards. Any read on the villain?

P.S. I'd delete the results.

Its limit, so you cant challenge the chip leader with one or two hands. You have to bet them when you have them, even if they are marginal.

He's calling your preflop raise with anything, so the flop hit his J or T about 1/3 of the time, and even if it did youve probably got 6 outs twice to hit a set or straight so youve got 25% in redraws, so overall youre pretty big favorite after the flop.

If he's got two overcards he needs about 3/1 to call the flop, which hes getting, if he has one overcard he needs 7/1 which he doesnt have so he should fold at that point.

Lets say he calls that. On the turn there are 4 big bets in the pot. Bet it again and he has nowhere near the odds to call again.

If he's calling both, whine about the river beat and hope you get a rematch someday.

I dislike how you played the entire hand. :?

Preflop - what a weak-arse raise. More or none at all.
Flop - 1/2 pot sized bet here, ya poosey.
Turn - Fold here (since you didnt do either of the above items).
River - Clear fold.

Thanks for the correction swift

Now, here's what I would do playing limit...

Pre-flop - fine.
Flop - bet.
8)

Uhhhhhhhh...

what does that mean? You disagree with a larger pre-flop raise? You disagree with beeting about 1/2 the pot on the flop? Explain...

duh...

I appreciate the candor.

All reads aside, I guess it boils down to this:

I never gave myself an opportunity to win the pot.

Duly noted. Leak plugged.

Thanks again.