Online Poker Forum - What do you do? 10+1 45 man FTP

natedoeswork · Banned Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 32

$11 Buy-in / 45man (15/30 blinds) No Limit Hold'em Sit'N'Go, 8 Players

MP1: 1,485 (49.5 bb)
MP2: 1,335 (44.5 bb)
MP3: 1,455 (48.5 bb)
CO: 1,215 (40.5 bb)
BTN: 3,015 (100.5 bb)
Hero (SB): 1,605 (53.5 bb)
BB: 1,890 (63 bb)
UTG+2: 1,500 (50 bb)

Pre-Flop: Hero is SB with A Q
UTG+2 folds, MP1 raises to 105, 4 folds, Hero calls 90, BB folds

Flop: (240) Q T 7 (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets 150, Hero calls 150

Turn: (540) K (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets 390

I call pre, call flop. I plan on peeling off the turn and reevaluating......

JDizzzle72 · Message Board Junkie Joined: 01 Mar 2008 Posts: 5139

hate the flop play. i probably fold here. no reason to dig yourself a deeper hole. Your only real option is shove/fold. He's almost never checking behind river, and made perfect bet sizes to triple barrel.

I don't mind checking flop, but if you do, check/raise. I typically bet out. With your very passive play, you let the villain draw out with hands like JK, QK, AK that you had crushed.

Shoving is the other alternate play as you can easily represent a flopped set with this play. I don't think the villain folds better or calls with worse enough to make it profitable though.

templar rage · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 5:37 pm Post subject:

I'm not crazy about the flop play either. You should only be checking that flop if you intend to check/raise, which I like slightly better then leading out, but that is just personal preference. Calling gives you no more information about his hand than you had, whereas if you make him do the calling, either by check/raising or leading out, you have a better idea where you stand, and you don't find yourself in spots like this on later streets.

As played, I think I'm folding. Like JD said, a good part of his range just got there on you on the turn, and he does appear to want to triple barrel. I'm not a fan of calling off huge parts of my stack basically clueless as to where I stand.

Aelfinn · Posted: Tue Jun 02, 2009 6:17 pm Post subject:

I would lead out on this flop. I don't like check/raising this flop because it commits about 1/3 of our stack to this pot with TPTK. Even with that being said, I prefer check/raising to check/calling for the reasons mentioned by templar. As played this looks like a clear fold. No point committing to much to this hand so early, you have plenty of time and chips left.

natedoeswork · Banned Joined: 19 Sep 2008 Posts: 32

I usually lead out 100% of the time, I was hoping the turn would be a blank and he would bet into me again, then I would raise check/raise, but it was a K and I let it go. I really appreciate the advice from everyone.

Online Poker Forum at Full Tilt Poker