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What would you do?

Sep 7, 2008 3:42 am Report Abuse

OK, here's the first Locochaser Poker Quiz -- except that I'm not offering a "right" answer. It comes from today's Railbirds Freeroll.

You have 58 of spades under the gun, a stack of about 1300, and blinds are 30-60. You decide to splash with it and limp in. Four other players, including the blinds, come in with you, with no raises.

The flop comes down 679 rainbow. Congratulations, you flopped a straight! But the small blind, who's got about 2100 in chips, pushes all in and the big blind, who has about 1100, calls. What do you do now?



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topcat1954 Sep 7, 2008 3:54 am

Push it all in, after all, I have a straight ! A straight beats an overpair, and trips doesn't it ? That is most likely what you are up against, after all, who plays 10,8 suited, or worse yet, not suited ?

.....play on ....Tc.....

libertytexan Sep 7, 2008 4:06 am
how could you not go all in? Only thing beating you right now is 8-10!
larry1dart Sep 7, 2008 4:23 am
Well, except for making the call in the first place, you pretty much have to call. But having seen this same situation before, I can guarantee the one pushing has 8 10 of diamonds. And you get knocked out early. GL!!
flipnine Sep 7, 2008 4:52 am
Well you have to consider the tournament. I push all in because it"s a freeroll. If i had alot invested i would fold because it"s so early in the tournament. 10 8 is a real possibility with the blinds in an unraised pot. or a set in which case the board pairing would cause the same result. Too eary in the tourney and too early in the hand.
locochaser Sep 7, 2008 3:20 pm

Well, as some of you may have surmised, I made the wrong read. I concluded that one of my opponents probably held 8-10, and I mucked. Yes, it was a freeroll, but I was on a sort of mental tilt, having not cashed in a Railbirds Freeroll in a couple of months, so I was hesitant to risk busting that early. People do play 8-10, especially in the blinds in an unraised pot.

Neither of my opponents held 8-10. The small blind held 9-7, for top two pair. The big blind held A-10, and thus had a gutshot straight draw. The gutshot did not hit.

I did, however, end up accomplishing my goal of cashing in the tournament. I finished 80th, and made 36 cents.

On an individual-hand basis, though, Saturday was not my most brilliant day. In a micro-stakes tournament last night, I held pocket kings on the button and the board produced an ace and two rags. When two players ahead of me pushed all-in, I dumped 'em. Nobody had an ace.

Kaydensblinds Sep 7, 2008 3:24 pm
no hesitation call !!. the small blind might have 2 pair and the other either a set of over pair.
PookieGirl2 Sep 7, 2008 3:52 pm
LOL....

hard part is working out which one has the T8

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