ok heres the situation...if u are in a hand against the chip leader in any tournament but for agruements sake lets just say a 1 or 2 table SnG. He has a very good chip lead probably about 5x what the next highest has. Lucky ass cards i know. You flop trips however there is a flush draw on the board or even a straight draw either way. How do u normally play these siutations..obviously it depends on how the chip lead plays it but if you havent got a read on him yet do u overbet a whole lot to try and keep him out or since alot of people with a stack like this will call to any draw especially since him loosing to your whole stack wouldnt even dent his. Or do you basically play it slow and call the small bets or check to see if your hand will be safe to the river. Maybe theres an obvious answer but id like to here what everyone thinks.


I think one of my biggest downfalls is sometimes i have a hard time laying down good hands. I know this but sometimes it seems to slip my mind especially if ive had a great day in the tourneys i guess i think im invincible lol.
I knew i was beat when the turn came i even checked it as did he...but he put my chips in on the river and for some reason i thought he was just trying to bluff at the pot cause i showed weakness on the turn, or at least wished this was the case.

I would probably play it normaly and try to cut his odds if I think he's on the draw... And if I have to go all in to do it, I'll be glad to have him call.

My goal in a SNG is always the 1st place. So, it's a good situation to double up. If he catch his card, I start another SNG, thats all...

KJ

I would probably play it normal as well. If he calls and doesn't have odds that is fine by me. Like KINGJACK says, if he catches, just fire up another SNG.

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If there's anyone else in the hand besides me and the CL, then I'm definitely playing it normal and betting about the pot (or going all in if the pot equals the majority of what I have left). Anyone who wants to try catching me is paying for that privilege.

If its just myself and the CL, then I'm going to deviate my play perhaps -- it depends what I feel will get the most of his chips in the middle. With a 5x lead, he's probably been ramming and jamming most pots and bullying people. In that case, I might check into him and invite him to try stealing this pot with a bet, holding every intention to check-raise him all-in when he does.

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