Last week, I played A Railbird Freeroll at FTP, on the very first hand, I got pocket Qs.
My position was Small Blind. Blinds are 15/30. One early player, Button limped in.
I made it to 150. Big Blind calls. the early player & button folds.
The flop was 7c 2d 5h. I bet 480 into 360 pot. the BB pushed all-in.
I thought he had a set. That's exactly what I thought. he called my raise before
the flop, then pushed all-in. that makes sense to me tho, for some reason, I just
didn't believe he had a set for no reason. just my instinct.
So, I called. And he turned over T5o... I felt pretty good of course and my read was right.
He had a pair tho.
and the turn was a brutal Td that made him a two pairs.
the river was a blank. then i lost.
If he had a set, I could let this hand go tho, T5o?? I made a mistake on the bet on
the flop tho. I over-betted, i guess. That made him think I had nothing. may be, may be not.
what do you think?? I think I played bad as well tho...
here is the exact log...
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Full
Tilt Poker Game #8735478751: $200 Railbirds.com Freeroll (64816056), Table 46 - 15/30 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:01:00 ET - 2008/10/30
Seat 2: tantakatan (1,500)
Seat 4: gxo (1,500)
Seat 5: 56170 (1,500)
Seat 6: mikefreed1960 (1,500)
Seat 7: NCarolinaMan (1,500)
Seat 8: Dinei_SFC (1,500)
Seat 9: Deadly Silent (1,500)
tantakatan posts the small blind of 15
gxo posts the big blind of 30
The button is in seat #9
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tantakatan
56170 folds
mikefreed1960 has 15 seconds left to act
mikefreed1960 calls 30
mikefreed1960 is feeling confused
NCarolinaMan has 15 seconds left to act
NCarolinaMan is sitting out
NCarolinaMan has timed out
NCarolinaMan folds
Dinei_SFC folds
Deadly Silent calls 30
tantakatan has 15 seconds left to act
Deadly Silent: GL all
tantakatan raises to 150
gxo calls 120
mikefreed1960 calls 120
graziosi sits down
graziosi adds 1,500
tantakatan: u2
Deadly Silent folds
*** FLOP ***
tantakatan has 15 seconds left to act
tantakatan bets 480
gxo raises to 1,350, and is all in
mikefreed1960 folds
tantakatan has 15 seconds left to act
tantakatan calls 870, and is all in
gxo shows
tantakatan shows
*** TURN ***
*** RIVER ***
gxo shows two pair, Tens and Fives
tantakatan shows a pair of Queens
gxo wins the pot (3,180) with two pair, Tens and Fives
tantakatan stands up
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 3,180 | Rake 0
Board:
Seat 2: tantakatan (small blind) showed
and lost with a pair of Queens
Seat 4: gxo (big blind) showed
and won (3,180) with two pair, Tens and Fives
Seat 5: 56170 didn't bet (folded)
Seat 6: mikefreed1960 folded on the Flop
Seat 7: NCarolinaMan didn't bet (folded)
Seat 8: Dinei_SFC didn't bet (folded)
Seat 9: Deadly Silent (button) folded before the Flop
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20 comments
Should you have followed? Depends on your read. If you thought he had a set, go with your instinct and fold. However, if you trust your pair read, I think you have to call. Just because he got lucky, doesn't mean that you were wrong for calling his bet. If you're reading AA/KK, you have to fold. You're not looking to get lucky, you want to play good poker. It's difficult to put your opponent on AA/KK because there was no re-raise pre-flop.
He was trying to get you off your hand. It didn't work, but he got lucky anyway. I'm not sure that there's too much you can do in that situation. Sure, you could have folded. But if you fold when you're sure you're ahead, when do you call?
Risking in the early stage was a bad part from me. that's true.
I didn't think of having AA, KK, AK, AQ since he didn't re-raise
my initial raise unless he was slow-playing... that's why I
thought he had a set initially.
May be the best option was to fold after all, i guess.
it is still early in the stage.
Now, if I have bought into a tourney and this happens, I might consider folding and probably would unless there are r&a and I have figured rebuying.
If I consider whole entire tournament, I should have folded.
Well, I lost on that hand. that's the fact & I should let it go.
Thanks all!
gl on and off the felts
Pie man
with that said and me being a tight ass donk, if i was you and you read him as a set, why call there...
As I described on my blog, I thought about a set at first, but I didn't believe he had a set instinctively. So just followed my instinct and that was right.
However I lost and learned something from it.