How would you guys play in this situation? No reads... just got moved to my third table of the tourney.


NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (real money), #1,521,705,170
5+0.5 NL Holdem Multi Table Tournament, 27 Nov 2005 4:08 PM ET
Seat 1: notagame2me ($1,475 in chips)
Seat 2: jf2000 ($115 in chips)
Seat 3: Harv17 ($3,000 in chips)
Seat 4: henjo893 ($620 in chips)
Seat 5: tomturtle ($2,295 in chips)
Seat 6: pacman401 ($2,855 in chips)
Seat 7: L337Dave ($2,835 in chips)
Seat 8: atrandom ($1,535 in chips)
Seat 9: kirstya ($1,740 in chips)
Seat 10: PJofTheGame ($4,595 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Harv17 posts blind ($15), henjo893 posts blind ($30).

PRE-FLOP
tomturtle folds, pacman401 folds, L337Dave folds, atrandom calls $30, kirstya folds, PJofTheGame calls $30, notagame2me calls $30, jf2000 calls $30, Harv17 calls $15, henjo893 checks.

FLOP [board cards 3C,3H,10H ]
Harv17 checks, henjo893 checks, atrandom bets $100, PJofTheGame bets $300, notagame2me folds, jf2000 calls $85 and is all-in, Harv17 folds, henjo893 folds, atrandom folds.

TURN [board cards 3C,3H,10H,KS ]


RIVER [board cards 3C,3H,10H,KS,8S ]


SHOWDOWN
PJofTheGame shows [ 9D,10D ]
jf2000 shows [ 6H,QH ]
PJofTheGame wins $230, PJofTheGame wins $435.
SUMMARY
Dealer: jf2000
Pot: $665
notagame2me, loses $30
jf2000, loses $115
Harv17, loses $30
henjo893, loses $30
tomturtle, loses $0
pacman401, loses $0
L337Dave, loses $0
atrandom, loses $130
kirstya, loses $0
PJofTheGame, bets $330, collects $665, net $335

Lol... just had to share this one.

NO_LIMIT TEXAS_HOLDEM $5+$1 (real money), #1,521,752,806
5+0.5 NL Holdem Multi Table Tournament, 27 Nov 2005 4:22 PM ET
Seat 1: notagame2me ($1,415 in chips)
Seat 2: boogyboat26 ($2,685 in chips)
Seat 3: Harv17 ($2,870 in chips)
Seat 4: henjo893 ($575 in chips)
Seat 5: tomturtle ($3,090 in chips)
Seat 6: pacman401 ($3,230 in chips)
Seat 7: L337Dave ($2,760 in chips)
Seat 8: atrandom ($870 in chips)
Seat 9: xxking888 ($1,315 in chips)
Seat 10: PJofTheGame ($3,960 in chips)
ANTES/BLINDS
Harv17 posts blind ($25), henjo893 posts blind ($50).

PRE-FLOP
tomturtle calls $50, pacman401 folds, L337Dave folds, atrandom folds, xxking888 calls $50, PJofTheGame calls $50, notagame2me folds, boogyboat26 calls $50, Harv17 calls $25, henjo893 checks.

FLOP [board cards 5H,7H,2H ]
Harv17 checks, henjo893 checks, tomturtle bets $325, xxking888 folds, PJofTheGame bets $900, boogyboat26 folds, Harv17 folds, henjo893 folds, tomturtle calls $575.

TURN [board cards 5H,7H,2H,7C ]
tomturtle checks, PJofTheGame bets $1,400, tomturtle calls $1,400.

RIVER [board cards 5H,7H,2H,7C,3H ]
tomturtle bets $740 and is all-in, PJofTheGame calls $740.

SHOWDOWN
tomturtle shows [ AH,7S ]
PJofTheGame shows [ 4H,6H ]
PJofTheGame wins $6,380.
SUMMARY
Dealer: boogyboat26
Pot: $6,380
notagame2me, loses $0
boogyboat26, loses $50
Harv17, loses $50
henjo893, loses $50
tomturtle, loses $3,090
pacman401, loses $0
L337Dave, loses $0
atrandom, loses $0
xxking888, loses $50
PJofTheGame, bets $3,090, collects $6,380, net $3,290

Originally Posted by PJ of TheGame

How would you guys play in this situation? No reads... just got moved to my third table of the tourney.

PJofTheGame shows [ 9D,10D ]

Pre-flop - Fold

Originally Posted by PJ of TheGame

Lol... just had to share this one.

RIVER [board cards 5H,7H,2H,7C,3H ]
tomturtle bets $740 and is all-in, PJofTheGame calls $740.

SHOWDOWN
tomturtle shows [ AH,7S ]
PJofTheGame shows [ 4H,6H ]
PJofTheGame wins $6,380.

Another pre-flop fold - nice suck out! What if that was the 9h instead of the 3? which is why it should have been a pre-flop fold! Luck is certainly part of the game - congrads!

LOVE IT! And play these preflop if you can cheap: Different Tourny style: Limp and Go. (my oft linked thread) My VPIP in MTT's is usually around 35%, so playing 9Ts and 64s are good ideas IMHO if you can get in cheaply (<5% of your stack, preferably <2%), Not ust any crap, but hands that are well associated with each other and are usually very live. 64s is an exceelent hand to see cheap and either lose a small pot or win a huge one.......

Yes, with the fourth heart, he would have had to slow down... but the same would have happened if he had JTs and the baord had 4 hearts, he would have had to release it.....

The SF hand... the only danger is if he's holding a higher heart.

There are 7 hearts in the deck (he holds 1, remember?) and only 5 of them win it for him. If I think my opponent is drawing to 5 outs, I'm going to do my best to get him to give me all his money. If he hits, fine... I'm doing WAY better on that hand then if I had AA, and I guarentee all of you would have been that agressive with AA if you were sure your opponent didn't have a made flush.

The last issue... if I'm the chip leader in a tourney I'm looking to play as many pots as possible while it's still very cheap, since the chip lead here means nothing, but the opportunity to collect huge pots that get me closer to having an average stack at the final table is golden. I only think it's a poor idea when you play poorly with medium strenght holdings. The T9 hand is an example... losing a lot of chips with that kind of hand is what makes the usual fishy early chip leaders go broke. I'll play aggressively in those kind of spots... but I know it's dangerous, why I asked for advice on that hand.