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Was this played badly/can it be folded?
DeucesLive
Member Posts: 839
So, villain is a tight, strong player from observations, but also a dominant chip leader (over double my stack, and I have 20BBs at this stage). Pretty sure the pre raise is decent, wanted the action, and got the flop I wanted. Again from observations, villain will regularly push min raises on the button, so I wasn't particularly concerned about his cards- I was 90% sure I was ahead pre flop.
The flop and turn are the main concerns I have- was the flop raise enough, or should I have just shoved to try and take it down? After it's called, and this is the big one, should I be concerned about the flush? My thought process was that he's a good player, and if I check here- he's strongly likely to represent the flush and put me allin, regardless of if he has it or not. As I'm first to act, and I don't have enough chips to do anything but shove, I shove.
Question is, should I be check folding now the flush is there? Of course, I'm drawing to the nut flush which influenced my decision... tourney was a BH too, and drawing to the end. If I win that hand, I'm chipleader and would be confident of finishing top 3.
Also note, I'm not fussed about losing the hand as much as I'm not sure if I should have gotten away from it. It's not a bad beat, since I think I may have priced his draw in on the flop.
The flop and turn are the main concerns I have- was the flop raise enough, or should I have just shoved to try and take it down? After it's called, and this is the big one, should I be concerned about the flush? My thought process was that he's a good player, and if I check here- he's strongly likely to represent the flush and put me allin, regardless of if he has it or not. As I'm first to act, and I don't have enough chips to do anything but shove, I shove.
Question is, should I be check folding now the flush is there? Of course, I'm drawing to the nut flush which influenced my decision... tourney was a BH too, and drawing to the end. If I win that hand, I'm chipleader and would be confident of finishing top 3.
Also note, I'm not fussed about losing the hand as much as I'm not sure if I should have gotten away from it. It's not a bad beat, since I think I may have priced his draw in on the flop.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| saracrisp | Small blind | 150.00 | 150.00 | 2846.24 | |
| DeucesLive | Big blind | 300.00 | 450.00 | 6060.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| fozza | Fold | ||||
| Villain | Raise | 600.00 | 1050.00 | 11793.12 | |
| saracrisp | Call | 450.00 | 1500.00 | 2396.24 | |
| DeucesLive | Raise | 1200.00 | 2700.00 | 4860.00 | |
| Villain | Call | 900.00 | 3600.00 | 10893.12 | |
| saracrisp | Call | 900.00 | 4500.00 | 1496.24 | |
| Flop | |||||
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| saracrisp | Check | ||||
| DeucesLive | Bet | 1500.00 | 6000.00 | 3360.00 | |
| Villain | Call | 1500.00 | 7500.00 | 9393.12 | |
| saracrisp | Fold | ||||
| Turn | |||||
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| DeucesLive | All-in | 3360.00 | 10860.00 | 0.00 | |
| Villain | Call | 3360.00 | 14220.00 | 6033.12 | |
| DeucesLive | Show |
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| Villain | Show |
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| River | |||||
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| Villain | Win | Flush to the King | 14220.00 | 20253.12 | |
Comments
As played, you must shove the turn. You've committed just under half your stack and are only left with 10BB's if you fold. The only hand you fear is a flush (maybe QJ) so check-folding the turn is being way too paranoid.
Post flop there is no way he's folding, no matter what you do.
If it was a standard tournament, where the only cash is for placing, I would be happy to gun this down pre... but I wanted the action from the shortie. Obviously it backfired here, but would you find yourself playing differently in bounty hunter format when you get premium hands, and then connect on flop too? Still trying to figure out just how differently I should be playing in these tourneys as opposed to normal ones