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  1. 04-28-2007 #1
    HSM
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    Default I know I played this horribly

    Im almost ashamed to post this hand but I want to know how others would have played it even though I played it like a total donk.

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (9 handed) Hand History converter Courtesy of PokerZion.com

    UTG+1 (t1650)
    MP1 (t1860)
    MP2 (t1760)
    MP3 (t830)
    CO (t1870)
    Hero (t1440)
    SB (t1240)
    BB (t1730)
    UTG (t1120)

    Preflop: Hero is Button with , .
    3 folds, MP2 calls t30, MP3 calls t30, 1 fold, Hero raises to t180, 2 folds, MP2 calls t150, MP3 folds.

    Flop: (t435) , , (2 players)
    MP2 bets t30, Hero calls t30.

    Turn: (t495) (2 players)
    MP2 bets t60, Hero calls t60.

    River: (t615) (2 players)
    MP2 bets t150, Hero folds.

    Final Pot: t765

    Results in white below:
    MP2 doesn't show.
    Outcome: MP2 wins t765.
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  2. 04-28-2007 #2
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    With that teaser bet.. it is very much possible that he was on a draw. Sometimes it's best to just lay them down.. lol But that thirty bet was such a sucker punch! lol..
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  3. 04-28-2007 #3
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    Honestly.. now that I look back on it.. You guys both played it horribly! haha...
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  4. 04-29-2007 #4
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    To be honest I am either raising the flop or folding it. No point in calling down. It's just a waste of chips.
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  5. 04-29-2007 #5
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    I raise the flop to like 250 and get out to any action. I hate bitch bets like 30 on that board.
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    Quote Originally Posted by davidab157 View Post
    I raise the flop to like 250 and get out to any action.
    +1

    Too often donks min bet in to the PF raiser and instafold to a raise
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  7. 04-29-2007 #7
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    Villian has one of two things.. a queen and thinks by betting minimum they can prevent you from betting a lot to see a cheap card/ cheap showdown. I think you have to raise the flop if he has a queen he folds if he calls you know he's got the diamond draw. I hate that minimum bet by the villian it's the donk version of a preventional bet. Those bets just frustrate the shit out of me. 90% of the time I come over the top of those donk bets they three bet it in or MINIMUM RERAISE.
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    I know I should have re-raised, just seems like every so often I have the one bad hand where I play like a donk. Happened just now too. Had KJ suited and raised on the button, SB called and flop came J high, he bet out on every street and every time i just flat called even though I said to myself "hes got AJ", sure enough thats what he had. The only saving grace is that I don't let that one hand kill my chances and go back to playing patiently.

    Oh this is SNG play btw.
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    Quote Originally Posted by HSM View Post
    I know I should have re-raised, just seems like every so often I have the one bad hand where I play like a donk. Happened just now too. Had KJ suited and raised on the button, SB called and flop came J high, he bet out on every street and every time i just flat called even though I said to myself "hes got AJ", sure enough thats what he had. The only saving grace is that I don't let that one hand kill my chances and go back to playing patiently.

    Oh this is SNG play btw.
    Dude that is the thing. Fundamental poker says that you will save yourself money in the long run if you bet out on the flop (assuming you initiated the preflop raising). This saves you money for two reasons: first you may get them to fold a decent amount of the time thus taking the pot virtually uncontested, and second because if they have something they are gonna 3bet or call and then you can evaluate the turn.
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  10. 04-29-2007 #10
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    Quote Originally Posted by HSM View Post
    I know I should have re-raised, just seems like every so often I have the one bad hand where I play like a donk. Happened just now too. Had KJ suited and raised on the button, SB called and flop came J high, he bet out on every street and every time i just flat called even though I said to myself "hes got AJ", sure enough thats what he had. The only saving grace is that I don't let that one hand kill my chances and go back to playing patiently.
    that seems like a perfectly played hand.
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