I was playing in a live £30 freezout poker tournament last night, with around 90 entrants, and was in a good position. There were 22 players left and I had around 40,000 chips with the average chips around 25,000. The blinds were 1500 and 3000. I was small blind with 7 or 8 players on the table.
I turn over
Everyone folds round to the dealer who calls for 3000. I call for 1500. The big blind checks. Big blind had around 36,000 chips, and the button had around 20,000.
The flop comes out
I decide to check and slow play the hand. Big blind and button just check behind me.
On the turn comes out.
I decide to check again hoping someone else will bet, big blind and button check behind me.
River card come out
At this point I bet 3000 and big blind raises to 10,000. The button folds.
There were no flush or straight draws there and I figured the chances of me being beaten here were very low. The guy might have interpreted me betting on the end as just trying to steal the pot without a hand and thought he probably just had an ace, 10 or 7 in his hand or maybe a hand like 10 7.
I raise to 15,000. He then goes all in for 36,000. I decided to call and he turns over and takes the pot with a full house and I only have about 3,000 chips left.
Looking back I'm not sure if I played the hand badly or not. Maybe I should have just called rather than reraised when he bet 10,000 at the end. Or maybe I should have bet on the turn. Obviously I could easily have just taken down the pot on the turn or flop but thought my chances of being outdrawn here were low. I really didn't think he had a big hand at the end either and just misread him

I don't like the 3 handed limp here. I honestly don't like the slow play either.

depending on how bad BTN is, you should push or fold preflop

shove pre

Slowplaying sets leads to bad things happening

Originally Posted by Pinguaq

He had trips, not a set... big difference. Still, checking flop & turn was not good.

Sorry, i was under the impression that a set is the same as trips? Alot of people i've played have said "ffs i flopped a set how sick is that" When i bust them with a straight or a flush. The sentiment to what i was saying is still there tho, he slow played the best hand on the flop, which could have been beaten, had he bet it out i would like to think that with the over card on the flop and the communal paired the other guy would lay down. With that flop I would not have slow played trips.