I'm more of a cash game player so my SnG & MTT play has a lot of room for improvement, especially around bubble time. It's a 9 player SnG and Villain here is using his stack to fish in almost every hand and happily calls pot sized raises with any piece of the flop. I've been folding 75% of my SB's and my stats are 14/9 although I'm not sure Villain is even aware of this as he has been giving me no shortage of action when I do play.

Absolute/UB Cereus No-Limit Hold'em Tournament, 50/100 Blinds (4 handed) - Absolute/UB Cereus Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
Hero (SB) (t2915)
Villain (t7675)
UTG (t1990)
Button (t920)
Hero's M: 19.43
Preflop: Hero is SB with J, Q
2 folds, Hero calls t50, Villain checks
Flop: (t200) J, 2, 9 (2 players)
Hero checks, Villain bets t200, Hero raises to t800, Villain calls t600
Turn: (t1800) 3 (2 players)
Hero???

Now I'm pretty sure I'm ahead here as villain would most likely shove my checkraise with 2 pair on this flop and probably would have raised me with AJ,KJ,JJ,KK,QQ,99,22 preflop. But I could be wrong and I'm on the bubble. UTG and Button are both pretty nitty so I'm not banking on them making any bad moves in the near future.


How should I play this turn?
Could I have played this differently and gotten to showdown with some chips intact?
Folding preflop seems wussy but could it be an option here?

It's all about the villain here. If he gets it in with two pair on the flop then keep betting he probably has Jx.

It is fairly likely he has two pair though, this is one of the few spots I would be planning on flatting with J9/J2/92 on this board.

If you have decided you are winning enough of the time, I think against a total unknown I just shove it in. But maybe check then call the shove if they are a bit TAG.

you checkraise this flop with no plan or idea of what you are going to do on a blank turn? what did you want him to do on the flop, fold?

also dont get me wrong, I like your limp preflop and I like the hand if you shoved turn. just a stupid thread haha

Originally Posted by tightagressive

also dont get me wrong, I like your limp preflop and I like the hand if you shoved turn. just a stupid thread haha

Well I ended up happily shoving, got instacalled by JT and got screwed by a T on the river so I'll admit I was seeking a little therapy at the time of writing. But I was seriously wondering if I could have played a little differently and made it to a showdown with maybe 1-1.5k in reserve as stacking off to donks with TPGK on the bubble isn't always a great idea. But looking back I'm happy with my play and everyone else seems to think it was a no-brainer so yeah, it's not the best thread.