Anything wrong with this?

**Bobby** · 12-22-2004

5 left in a 9 man SnG, start with 2000

I am slightly below average chips with 2600 and to the right of the dealer with AA.

The player to my right calls the 300 i raise 800 to 1100.

Dealer, SB, and BB fold player to my right calls.

Flop comes up Td, 5c, 6d.

My opponent checks i bet my remaining 1500 (thinking i am ahead), opponent calls with QTos (no diamonds),

turn is blank, river is a third 10 to give me AATT and my opponent a set of 10's.

should i have bet more pre flop or raised all in?

usually i would raise 3/4x the BB but i wanted to get one caller to try to double up as i had less than 10BBs. another reason for the small raise was that the table seemed to have gone very tight and players were folding to most pre flop raises.

**Beavis68** · 12-22-2004

you could have raised all-in, but you had great value on the bet you made. I think the way you played it was probably the best.

**Bobby** · 12-22-2004

Originally Posted by Beavis68

you could have raised all-in, but you had great value on the bet you made. I think the way you played it was probably the best.

Does value mean that on average i would expect to get the most chips by playing the hand this way (I am quite a new player)?

A problem i have often had with this kind of play is that i do not have enough chips left to get an opponent off a draw (they may be calling with incorrect odds) and get drawn out on, although i am ahead when i bet. when this move works i usually get more chips on average than when i go all in as all opponents may fold. i have recently been wondering about which is the correct way to play this situation (all in seems safer but less profitable?).

**Beavis68** · 12-22-2004

Originally Posted by Bobby

(all in seems safer but less profitable?).

Yeah it is, also, less profit can have it's own risks.

**ZooM** · 12-22-2004

i think you did it right, you got all your chips in and got a call with the best hand but got outdrawn.. what more can ya do?

**Naruto** · 12-22-2004

Yeah I think you played it well.

Cheers,

Mike

**bonchkid** · 12-22-2004

The blinds were 150/300 and you raised to 1100 after someone limped? That realyl does seem about right... Maybe a little more like 1500.

**Beavis68** · 12-22-2004

Originally Posted by bonchkid

The blinds were 150/300 and you raised to 1100 after someone limped? That realyl does seem about right... Maybe a little more like 1500.

I read it wrong, I thought the guy the come in with a raise. Yeah 1200, is probably the min I would bet, but what is 100? You really would like a call, and getting called by QT is about a good as you can hope.

The only problem with your bet of 1100, is it really doenst leave you enough to push him off a draw on the flop. So, you could min bet which would risk more people callilng (not always bad) or pushing all-in pre-flop and just picking up what is already in the middle (again not always bad thing).

I went out of a sit-n-go today the same way, we were at 600 blinds, so it was crunch time, I missed a chance to steal a pot and was down about 5000 to 7000 or so.

My opponent had been weak, especially post flop, I had 22 and raised to 2400. She called. Flop was K77 suited. I pushed and she said OK! And called me with Q3s. But actually, with two cards to come, the flop call was not bad (especially considering what I actually had.

So thinking back, maybe it would have been best to just min raise then I could decide what to do on the flop.

**Jack King off** · 12-22-2004

its fine i probably woulda raised less pf cuz i want a call. you got your money in with the best of it and got sucked out. dont let a suck out make you think you played it wrong.

also there is another section for bad beats cuz thats all this is

**bonchkid** · 12-22-2004

Actaully, he was asking a question, not complaining.

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