Thursday, April 9, 2009

An interesting hand

The leaks might be plugged. Cashed for more than $100 for the second night in a row after starting the month — gulp — 0-for-14.

Would love to hear some opinions on how I played this hand:

Stacks:
MP1 with 1715
MP2 with 1255
CO with 2295
BTN with 1565
SB with 1500
BB with 1940
UTG with 3230

Blinds: 30-60

Site: Full Tilt Poker
Dealt to BB:K♣ 9♣
Preflop:
5 players fold.
SB calls [30]
Hero checks
Total folds this street: 5
Potsize: 120
Flop:
10♦ Q♣ 4♣
SB bets [120]
Hero calls [120]
Potsize: 360

I'm not quite getting odds to chase the flush, but I thought I might have earned a free card on the turn. Also, the gut-shot straight draw gives me three extra outs, which makes me about a coin flip to win this hand if villain has something like K-Q or Q-9. I'm not even a huge underdog if villain has Q-T for two pair.

Turn:
8♠
SB bets [240]
Hero calls [240]
Potsize: 840

Same deal here. The three jacks make this an OK call, I think.

River:
2♣
SB bets [840]
Hero raises to 1,520, and is all in

No idea why the SB bet here. The third flush card hit, and he's only getting called if he's beat. He ended up folding and leaving himself 240 in chips, which means he knew he was beat. But he could have figured that out without risking so many chips. If he had checked, I probably would have bet about 500. He could have check-called the river and been ahead of where he ended up.

1 comment:

cactus jack said...

I don't dislike the way you played this one, but I would be more inclined to raise the flop. Nice hand. I disagree with you slightly about his line on the river. Betting 840 and folding to a raise with only 240 left does not mean "he knew he was beat," as much as it means he is a complete moron.