Do you fold here?

I think probably a good fold ... but not in retrospect of the hand that won. The all in of 1890 by Boosh would have made me think of higher pkt pair than JJ. At least you were still in the game with chips. Boosh out with his overplay of K A

blinds are still small. you raise, and the small blind calls - he's gonna be out of position to you the entire hand, so it takes a pretty decent hand to call here. when the big blind pushes after UTG limps, UTG+1 limps, you raise, and the small blind smooth calls, i'm putting him on a monster like AA or KK. i think folding was the smartest thing to do, as you still had a player to act behind you who had shown signs of strength earlier in the hand. just happened to be two idiots going at it with mediocre hands, but don't get upset at yourself. with small blinds and a decent stack, folding is an easy decision here. good laydown, most players wouldn't have made it.

i wouldve went with my gut instint man, thats a very tough fold early in a tourney even if its for your life, keep us updated on how you finish man ?

gl 2 u

cheers

no harm in folding, he could have A-junk and outdraw you, or QQ or KK or AA, it is only level III

I'm folding that 9 times out of 10

I think good fold. As you said its early you can build a stack still. JJ is a tough hand to decide how strong to play for me at times. Good luck the rest of the way

Cheers Krypto

i think you made a good fold even though it sucks to see that you would have won but that is the way poker is and in the end i think you played it right and keep playing well and you will be paid in the end gl

First Break, still hanging tough

IN my opinion this is where paying attn to some1's table image comes into play, if the guy has put his chips all in more than few times already I'd probably call...But like what was aforementioned, it's still a coin flip..He had 2 overs....Sometimes a bigger risk equals a bigger reward (or loss)

tough call myself i wouldv put the winner on ka trying to steal the blinds so i wouldve called but that was a great fold jacks are always tough to pllay keep up the great work

My favorite hand of the tournament so far!

PokerStars Game #16469905659: Tournament #83221961, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level VII (150/300) - 2008/04/03 - 22:45:40 (ET)
Table '83221961 156' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
Seat 1: slowpoker33 (2305 in chips)
Seat 2: Safe_out (9918 in chips)
Seat 3: BedHead (4170 in chips)
Seat 4: mamaloo (4960 in chips)
Seat 5: ProxStar (8155 in chips)
Seat 6: splitz87 (1525 in chips)
Seat 7: belfastcont (4255 in chips)
Seat 8: Zeusss (4740 in chips)
Seat 9: x_Stefanie_x (13865 in chips)
slowpoker33: posts the ante 25
Safe_out: posts the ante 25
BedHead: posts the ante 25
mamaloo: posts the ante 25
ProxStar: posts the ante 25
splitz87: posts the ante 25
belfastcont: posts the ante 25
Zeusss: posts the ante 25
x_Stefanie_x: posts the ante 25
Zeusss: posts small blind 150
x_Stefanie_x: posts big blind 300
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Safe_out
slowpoker33: folds
Safe_out: raises 700 to 1000
BedHead: folds
mamaloo: folds
ProxStar: folds
splitz87: folds
belfastcont: folds
Zeusss: calls 850
x_Stefanie_x: folds
*** FLOP ***
Zeusss: bets 900
Safe_out: raises 1200 to 2100
Zeusss: raises 1200 to 3300
Safe_out: raises 1200 to 4500
Zeusss: calls 415 and is all-in
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Zeusss: shows (a pair of Sevens)
Safe_out: shows (two pair, Queens and Sevens)
Safe_out collected 9955 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 9955 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: slowpoker33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Safe_out showed and won (9955) with two pair, Queens and Sevens
Seat 3: BedHead folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: mamaloo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: ProxStar folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: splitz87 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: belfastcont (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Zeusss (small blind) showed and lost with a pair of Sevens
Seat 9: x_Stefanie_x (big blind) folded before Flop

That all-in doesn't feel like AA's or KK's, so you can assume that you are starting out ahead. But with a player behind you, you never know what he may do. Though he did only call your initial raise, so you can probably assume you are ahead of him as well.

So from the action, you may be able to assume that you have the best hand pre-flop. But you will most likely be up against 2 over-cards, so at best it's a coin flip.

Going back to your original starting chip stack at this point is not too costly. But it sure sucks when you see the end result.

I think it is the right play. A tough lay down though.

Quick Update, we are in the money. Pissed away a little bit when my 2 pair ran in to a straight, but overall feeling OK.

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 121 hands and saw flop:
- 9 out of 15 times while in big blind (60%)
- 7 out of 14 times while in small blind (50%)
- 13 out of 92 times in other positions (14%)
- a total of 29 out of 121 (23%)
Pots won at showdown - 7 of 11 (63%) - (this could be better but two of em were all in check downs)
Pots won without showdown - 6

Stack: largest 47454, smallest 259, average 9319
Your current position is 171 out of 286
Time bank balance is 60 seconds

Another update, 3rd Break... btw 1777 entrants in this thing

During current Hold'em session you were dealt 196 hands and saw flop:
- 12 out of 24 times while in big blind (50%)
- 11 out of 22 times while in small blind (50%)
- 17 out of 150 times in other positions (11%)
- a total of 40 out of 196 (20%)
Pots won at showdown - 10 of 16 (62%)
Pots won without showdown - 13

Stack: largest 204693, smallest 1589, average 37542
Your current position is 46 out of 71 - (my stack is $25,761)
Time bank balance is 60 seconds

I fold that too. You felt confident you could build your chips so why risk your tourney life on this one hand? Even if he's totally bluffing, why risk a suck out?

i would play it if its only a $5 touny u still get alot of donks

Playing online you could have just gone all in.

The weird thing is if online poker randomizers are anything like video poker randomizer, the cards to be dealt are continuously shuffling so that if online the quarter second delay you do between calling and folding could mean that the whole flop, turn and river would be different. Thats just the way it is in video poker they might use preset random patterns online.

Playing online you could have just gone all in.

The weird thing is if online poker randomizers are anything like video poker randomizer, the cards to be dealt are continuously shuffling so that if online the quarter second delay you do between calling and folding could mean that the whole flop, turn and river would be different. Thats just the way it is in video poker they might use preset random patterns online.

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OK My new favorite hand of the tourney!

PokerStars Game #16472451618: Tournament #83221961, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level XVI (2000/4000) - 2008/04/04 - 01:15:08 (ET)
Table '83221961 71' 9-max Seat #3 is the button
Seat 1: DroppinBeats (46584 in chips)
Seat 2: cardwiz617 (99416 in chips)
Seat 3: _mygoddess_ (83631 in chips)
Seat 4: Puncher24 (176194 in chips)
Seat 7: keeperz (43971 in chips)
Seat 8: Marlboro III (223194 in chips)
Seat 9: Safe_out (65221 in chips)
DroppinBeats: posts the ante 400
cardwiz617: posts the ante 400
_mygoddess_: posts the ante 400
Puncher24: posts the ante 400
keeperz: posts the ante 400
Marlboro III: posts the ante 400
Safe_out: posts the ante 400
Puncher24: posts small blind 2000
keeperz: posts big blind 4000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Safe_out
PokerFaCeS X is connected
Marlboro III: raises 11000 to 15000
Safe_out: raises 25000 to 40000
DroppinBeats: folds
cardwiz617: folds
_mygoddess_: folds
Puncher24: folds
keeperz: folds
Marlboro III: raises 182794 to 222794 and is all-in
Safe_out: calls 24821 and is all-in
*** FLOP ***
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Marlboro III: shows (three of a kind, Tens)
Safe_out: shows (three of a kind, Aces)
Safe_out collected 138442 from pot
Marlboro III said, "nh"
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 138442 | Rake 0
Board
Seat 1: DroppinBeats folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: cardwiz617 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: _mygoddess_ (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Puncher24 (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 7: keeperz (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 8: Marlboro III showed and lost with three of a kind, Tens
Seat 9: Safe_out showed and won (138442) with three of a kind, Aces