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[Ricardov83]

Ok so i have been at the table for a while playing very tight.  Not been involved in a pot for quite some time.  The pre-flop raiser had not played many hands and seemed TAG.

I decided to flat pre and play the hand as a small pair for set value.  I'm pretty sure i made a few mistakes throughout the streets but any advice would be greatly appreciated.

I don't post much on hand analysis so if I've missed any info please ask.

I'll post a street at a time.

Pre-flop/Flop


PokerStars Game #27778414288: Tournament #158114173, $200+$15 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (300/600) - 2009/05/03 14:43:50 ET
Table '158114173 39' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: drifto88 (16728 in chips)
Seat 2: kwob20 (25100 in chips)
Seat 3: sporting1971 (22215 in chips)
Seat 4: yanks1989 (21579 in chips)
Seat 5: usourcek (12331 in chips)
Seat 6: quasirazor (19865 in chips)
Seat 7: Prof.ChaoZ (18440 in chips)
Seat 8: krid_00 (8535 in chips)
Seat 9: chililexus67 (21427 in chips)
drifto88: posts the ante 25
kwob20: posts the ante 25
sporting1971: posts the ante 25
yanks1989: posts the ante 25
usourcek: posts the ante 25
quasirazor: posts the ante 25
Prof.ChaoZ: posts the ante 25
krid_00: posts the ante 25
chililexus67: posts the ante 25
quasirazor: posts small blind 300
Prof.ChaoZ: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to quasirazor [ ]
krid_00: folds
chililexus67: calls 600
drifto88: folds
kwob20: folds
sporting1971: raises 1200 to 1800
yanks1989: calls 1800
usourcek: folds
quasirazor: calls 1500
Prof.ChaoZ: folds
chililexus67: calls 1200
*** FLOP *** [ Ah]

Thoughts?

What's next?

[pokerfan]

check fold because the next break is coming and you dont want to risk your stack in-case villain has you nutted./

[kukushkin88]

You need to find the best way to get all the chips in the middle, bet 2/3rds of the pot.

Having a tight image is a big negative in mtt's, working on losing this image is more important than the optimum line on this hand.

[paulhouk03]

bet out half to 3 qquarter
and never fold

[noble1]

tough hand to play oop multi-way in a raised pot... i prefer to play pockets like this in position if i'm calling a raise and i'm looking for some juicy implied odds so even if i were on the button for me this is a pretty marginal smooth call in this scenario.
3 betting with this stack size to blinds is only a option if i think the raiser is doing so light and that the caller has wide range as
he could quite easily smooth a big pair hoping for a squeeze behind - it all depends on how your table has been playing..
As you have a tight image and have been at the table for a while if i think the villains are capable of raising and smoothing light i might consider a 3bet from the sb but i'd hope for 3 folds if 1 caller then it all depends on reads and texture of flop if they 4bet then its a spewy fold something i don't like doing around this stack size but heyho we now have an all in resteal stack.
If villains ranges here are tight then i fold pre personally given position...
as played - "use your judgment'' knowledge of our opponent's play should tell us whether to continue with the hand so i'd check and see what action unfolds between the other three..i'm in no rush here to spew a 30bb+ stack...
One piece of advice i got once was If you aren't willing to modify your style of play according to the situation/opponents, you can go broke with tens (or any other hand for that matter  ) very easily.

hope this gives you a different angle to think about this scenario..
regards
noble

[Royal Flush]

Check with your left hand, jam with your right.

This is a super standard spot to be in.

[noble1]

be prepared to play in different ways against different opponents in different scenarios..

[Ricardov83]

Ok thanks so far.  My intention was to check raise all in but it got checked round.  Here's my turn line.  Opinions and next steps would be appreciated.

quasirazor: checks
chililexus67: checks
sporting1971: checks
yanks1989: checks
*** TURN *** [ Ah] []
quasirazor: bets 4100
chililexus67: folds
sporting1971: folds
yanks1989: raises 4100 to 8200

Thoughts?

[George2Loose]

be prepared to play in different ways against different opponents in different scenarios..

best advice ever seen on the PHA board

[noble1]

hmmm , i think your behind to a made flush , every other hand that i think that a reasonable player plays/re-raises here doesn't fit.
At best your up against Ace with King or Queen of hearts kicker or a badly played 55 44 by that i mean if he had any of these and was putting you on a hand he has to think he has you beat,so i keep coming back to a made flush KQ KJ hh theres also a slim outside chance that he has AA..
If you read him as bad then get your chips in , if you think he is a solid str8 forward type it is either fold or call [good odds] and hope to bink a paired board on the river then lead out

[Ricardov83]

Thanks noble.  Those were my thoughts exactly as i couldn't come up with any hand he could check flop with then raise turn so I decided on nut flush.

The odds were too good to fold so i flatted hoping to fill up on river.

The 4th heart came on river and i check folded.

Thanks for your help.  Still think I muffed it somehow but I ain't sure how exactly yet!

[AlexMartin]

be prepared to play in different ways against different opponents in different scenarios..

best advice ever seen on the PHA board

deffo this.

[noble1]

anyone think villain is bluffing on turn?

[AlexMartin]

actually with 4 to the flop i think leading is better as it gets checked through more often and we would hate to lose AQ.