think you could have got around 20/1 on betfair

How's slick kid getting on? Wish him luck.

I played in the £50 (2) rebuy tourney in notts last nite. Am deep-stacked with around 40,000 chips (average is 16,000) and blinds are 600/1200 with 40 left. Folded round to Mateyboy on my right (who actually has 43,000) and is on the button. He raises it to 2,500, I call on the SB with  and BB also calls. I know the way mateyboy plays and he is usually quite a tight/aggresive player. Anyway, flop comes  . Now, BB (who has 16,000) raises 3,000 and mateyboy calls. I thought his call was weak because if he had trips, two pair, even a straight he might wanna protect against that board. I put him on AK/AQ and I pushed all-in. BB folded and mateyboy thought for an eternity before calling with    and won the pot. I thought it was a very good/ very lucky call and I while I know I would have folded in his position, surely I'm the only one to blame.

Should I have?

a) flat called the raise after the flop?
b) folded pre-flop/post-flop?
c) could i have taken him off the pot raising say, 15,000 after the flop and then all-in with the blank on the turn? Maybe the over-bet signified a drawing hand?

Just caught up on all the wkd posts.. i have to say the updates were brilliant and much appreciated. Thanx. 

Yeah, without looking. I have seen it been done a few times and have never understood the logic, was hoping someone could enlighten me..

Given the fact that you have enough chips to do so, do you think that there are any advantages to raising 'in the dark' before the flop in a tourney, bearing in mind that you're playing a pot in which you're heads-up?

Thanx, I probably won't be in Notts this weekend, am going home (London) for Christmas a bit early but if you know of any tourneys happening over the next few weeks, would love to hear about them. Im sure i'll see you soon, best of luck in Helsinki and Brighton.

Thank you Tikay for such a warm welcome. I must admit now that the hand has been discussed, i made the wrong decision even though i had a fortunate outcome. And i don't mind you commenting afterwards, in fact,at the time, i think it turned out to be a good thing because after the "flames were fanned" i tightened up but people were still calling me with the worst hand so it was a bit of a blessing. Anyway, there is a £50 rebuy tommorow night which should have a nice purse so if you're interested it will be great to see you again. 

Thinking bout it now, if i didnt care about the money i might have called, he could have raised with a lot of hands. Its funny saying it now though, its never as easy when you're playing. Anyway, thanx for the feedback, im sure i'll be posting agian very soon.

Actually, we were 9 handed and the original raiser was quite a loose player. There were 3 people behind me to play and i had them all outchipped but not by much, there were 10 mins left on the level.

Btw, i was in middle position and had nothing invested but it turned out to be my best hand on the final table.

Thanx, i'll bear that in mind. The other question thats been gnawing at me from that night is this: I made it to the final table with a bit of luck (77 hehe) and had 90,000 in chips which second in chips. Now early on blinds were pretty high (8,000/16,000) when i picked up AQ off. The guy with the third biggest stack raises the pot which was a considerable chunk of my stack. Given the steep nature of the prize money, tenth got £200 and first got £4000, i folded, only to get blinded away and coming 6th. Should i have called given the large ante's?

...on my money i mean

You're probably right but would you still pass with AK? After all, if im almost certainly behind with 77's then im probably behind with AK. While I had nothing invested i was risking a one-third of my stack but gettiing 3.5 to one on my stack.

Hi, i just joined blonde forum. I'm currently living in Nottingham, doing a masters at the university and have been playing a weekly game at the local gala for bout 6 months. Actually, the reason i joined was because tikay was at my table when the following hand came up, i'd like to know what everyone thinks of my call.

The game is pot-limit texas with everyone starting with 2,000 chips. Blinds start at 25/50 but increase every half hour with a freeze-out after 90 mins. I was on a bit of a rush (had just over 20,000 in chips while the second biggest stack had around 8,000), when i picked up pocket sevens. Player A was UTG and raises the pot, only to be re-raised by the next two players. Player A has around 7,000, and players B and C were all-in for around 5,000. I called and matched player A's stack.

Turned out that Player A had pocket  66's while Players B and C both had AQ. The cards didnt help them and I took down a big pot. Now, im worried that was a horrible call as some players said but i often find that the fast structure suits trying to build up a stack cause people only play premium hands after the freeze-out (thats my justification), does anyone else have any thoughts about it?