PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (10 handed)
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MP2 (t1220)
MP3 (t1670)
CO (t915)
Hero (t730)
SB (t820)
BB (t3110)
UTG (t2060)
UTG+1 (t900)
UTG+2 (t1400)
MP1 (t2175)
Preflop: Hero is Button with
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UTG calls t50, UTG+1 calls t50,
4 folds, CO calls t50, Hero calls t50, SB completes, BB checks.
I figured there were enough people in the pot to give me some decent odds.
Flop: (t300)
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(6 players)
SB bets t50, BB calls t50, UTG calls t50, UTG+1 calls t50, CO calls t50,
Hero raises to t550, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds, UTG+1 folds, CO calls t500.
Here's my mistake. I was so concentrating on taking odds away from the flush draw that I simply bet the pot after everybody had callled the min bet by SB. I feel I should have been AI on this one because after I realized how little I had left myself, I was so pot committed that I had no choice but to call an AI bet if a flush card hit...Other then that, I can't find anything wrong with the hand.
Turn: (t1600)
(2 players)
CO checks,
Hero bets t130 (All-In), CO calls t130.
Here it is, My scare card. I knew he was probably checking the flush, but I figured there was also a chance he could be on an over pair, 2 pair, possibly even hit his trips on the flop. I knew he would call my bet, but I felt I didn't have a choice...a check here would have killed me because there is no way he wouldn't bet on the river regardless of what he had.
River: (t1860)
(2 players, 1 all-in)
Final Pot: t1860
Results in white below:
CO has Ad 7c (straight, seven high).
Hero has 8h 7d (straight, nine high).
Outcome: Hero wins t1860.
Ok...I feel I screwed up the flop bet and possibly not giving him the opertunity check down the whole hand. I figured if he had the flush I was dominated anyway, not much I could do...I also think this is a good example of how I need to pay a little more attention to my stack size in relation to my bets...If I'm going to leave myself pot commited, I need to be AI when I know I have the best of it. Either way, I made a couple mistakes but so did he...
This brings up another situation where I've found myself guessing lately. I know I suck, we can see that by my HH's I've been posting. Since I tend to make my moves at the wrong time, is there a better way to time things? I've been basing my moves on my reads, but it seems sometimes that's not good enough. Is this something I can expect to improve with experience?