PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t50 (9 handed)
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SB (t1310)
BB (t1410)
UTG (t25)
UTG+1 (t2625)
Hero (t1660)
MP2 (t1470)
MP3 (t1120)
CO (t4050)
Button (t1330)
Preflop: Hero is MP1 with
,
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UTG calls t25 (All-In),
1 fold, Hero calls t50, MP2 calls t50,
1 fold, CO calls t50, Button calls t50, SB completes, BB checks.
Not usually my starting hand and position, but this table had been unusually tight/passive with a couple getting agressive after the flop...I've seen people limp with QQ and JJ from LP. I figured I would be able to see a cheap flop.
Flop: (t325)
,
,
(7 players, 1 all-in)
SB checks, BB checks,
Hero bets t300, MP2 folds, CO folds,
Button raises to t600, SB folds, BB folds,
Hero raises to t1610, Button calls t680 (All-In).
Ok, A low flush...I can handle that. I figured about a pot sized bet would A) take away odds for somebody to draw to a higher flush, and B) tell me where I was at in the hand. depending on who did what would give me far more information then checking and giving somebody the chance to bluff at the pot...
The button had been super agressive. I had seen him try to steal the pot (with mixed success) several times. Checking the HH showed that he would raise what he felt was weakness with crap just to test people. The hands he lost at showdown were people calling him down.. Of course, these are hands he showed down and not the pots he won without a showdown. I'd seen him raise into a 4 card str8 board with middle pair. I gave him about a 25% chance of already having a better flush, a 25% chance of having a FD and 50% chance of having a hand that was completely dominated. With the all-in, I put him on 75% chance he would fold (if he had anything but the higher flush). I figured if he had the higher flush, I was just doomed...
Turn: (t3215)
(3 players, 2 all-in)
River: (t3215)
(3 players, 2 all-in)
Final Pot: t3215
Results in white below:
UTG has 2c Kc (high card, king).
Hero has 5h 4h (flush, ten high).
Button has Ts Qh (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins t3215.