All-in on the flop, Right?

I'm on the button. 9 players at the table. The blinds are 25-50. Stacks from 2500 to 10,000. The BB raises 500 at once. I have an ace-lady. I make a call. 2 people call. The flop is opened. 9 10 J.BB makes a bet 500. He has 2000 left. I'm thinking, I'm doing all-in 1950. Everyone folds, BB calls. He shows the two kings. Turn and river do not save me.

Did I play correctly, or not?

it's hard to judge your hand because of description. How BB raises 500 and you call? it doesn't make any sense because BB is last to act. Also we don't know if it was mtt or sng, how many people left, how big was stucks because 2500 to 10000 say nothing. But as you say that in pot was 500 then 3 people joined and after a flop he bets 500 to 2000 pot I guess I would just call with a great odds. But first of all If someone opens 500 on 25/50 blinds then it means he opens 10x, right? then I would just fold preflop without info.

Lord Foma said:

I'm on the button. 9 players at the table. The blinds are 25-50. Stacks from 2500 to 10,000. The BB raises 500 at once. I have an ace-lady. I make a call. 2 people call. The flop is opened. 9 10 J.BB makes a bet 500. He has 2000 left. I'm thinking, I'm doing all-in 1950. Everyone folds, BB calls. He shows the two kings. Turn and river do not save me.

Did I play correctly, or not?

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Misaki said:

it's hard to judge your hand because of description. How BB raises 500 and you call? it doesn't make any sense because BB is last to act. Also we don't know if it was mtt or sng, how many people left, how big was stucks because 2500 to 10000 say nothing. But as you say that in pot was 500 then 3 people joined and after a flop he bets 500 to 2000 pot I guess I would just call with a great odds. But first of all If someone opens 500 on 25/50 blinds then it means he opens 10x, right? then I would just fold preflop without info.

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OP probably meant UTG raised 500.
I'm going to assume the blinds were 125/250 because you called and noted you had two callers after you(SB and BB, easy calls from those positions if blinds are 125/250).
Is this live or online?

It's online and sorry for my english is not my native language

i think your call 10bb with AQ was not the best idea, but it depends on type of tournament

Lord Foma said:

I'm on the button. 9 players at the table. The blinds are 25-50. Stacks from 2500 to 10,000. The BB raises 500 at once. I have an ace-lady. I make a call. 2 people call. The flop is opened. 9 10 J.BB makes a bet 500. He has 2000 left. I'm thinking, I'm doing all-in 1950. Everyone folds, BB calls. He shows the two kings. Turn and river do not save me.

Did I play correctly, or not?

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If the Ace or 2 queens flopped then you made the right play. If neither flopped then you were wrong. In other words, poker is a game of fickle decisions. Some are correct and some are not with the exact same situation in place.

Since you lost that one, i guess you made the wrong decision.

The way I see it you were going to shove your chips in the middle no matter what happened because aq and kk were bound for a showdown.

I had made a preflop raise and after the raise fold it is an echo that is a good hand but the flop did not help luck greetings:call2:

Lord Foma said:

The BB raises 500 at once.?

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huh? you had to act ahead of the BB???

...then with 3 others in you would shove with 2 overs and a draw?

Thank you, I will try to learn from your advice a valuable lesson.

Lord Foma said:

I'm on the button. 9 players at the table. The blinds are 25-50. Stacks from 2500 to 10,000. The BB raises 500 at once. I have an ace-lady. I make a call. 2 people call. The flop is opened. 9 10 J.BB makes a bet 500. He has 2000 left. I'm thinking, I'm doing all-in 1950. Everyone folds, BB calls. He shows the two kings. Turn and river do not save me.

Did I play correctly, or not?

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your game is understandable. so you can play, you have a straight draw. If your style of play is tossing a coin. For the thinking player, there is a fold. Many factors influence the decision.

mulliongc said:

If the Ace or 2 queens flopped then you made the right play. If neither flopped then you were wrong. In other words, poker is a game of fickle decisions. Some are correct and some are not with the exact same situation in place.

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On the whole, his choice is not correct, since he does not know his opponent and the stacks are deep, it’s like playing for good luck every time. And poker is not only good luck but also skill

The way I see it, you are going all in without a made hand and no read on the other players. Making it a coin toss, regardless. Not sure I would make a call preflop here unless I was willing to roll dice on the hand.assuming the blinds were 25/50 as you stated. If the blinds are 125/250 its a call or shove pre flop for me. After the flop I am unfortunately not sure what I would honestly do. I would like to say I would fold in order to save my remaining chips for a better opportunity. Because risking the last 2k chips you have on a draw can't have a great ev+ I would think.

No absolute right answer .. many wrong choices.

Lord Foma said:

Thank you, I will try to learn from your advice a valuable lesson.

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Personally I believe the answer lies in whether you are playing freerolls or for cash. Can you afford to lose .. because the odds may not be great in your favour and you may be playing with only a few outs. I really don't like relying on the river to save your game. Bad freeroll play can also lead to bad habits that carry on to real money games.

I.m assuming that the player's positions are as usual and you are playing after the BB.
BB makes a 10BB bet and your senses don't rise?. OK, you call as most players would. Flop goes down, your hand hasn't improved and you are hit with anothe 10BB. At this point I'd be thinking he has Aces and would fold. Although your allin odds are good, they're not much use.

You will never know on what card you will win and on what you will lose everything. Sometimes I'd drop a few aces and sometimes I'd win small things. One can assume but not know.

I've been doing everything I can to avoid pre-flop all ins. The flip is making me hate poker so I've been trying to avoid it at all cost. You got to see the flop and you had a possible straight, its mostly up to you how you can play it next. A lot of people would use ICM or other strategies but its still your hand clicking the button.

duson said:

I've been doing everything I can to avoid pre-flop all ins. The flip is making me hate poker so I've been trying to avoid it at all cost. You got to see the flop and you had a possible straight, its mostly up to you how you can play it next. A lot of people would use ICM or other strategies but its still your hand clicking the button.

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This is something I'm realizing after playing freerolls a lot, where players like to all-in early and often. Your skill edge as a player coming here to study, learn, and understand is wasted on all-in preflops. There's no skill involved (other than card selection and opponent range reading), and that gives a relative advantage to fish or donks. Basically you're paying some of your EV, on average, if you call an all-in compared to seeing the flop due to the difference in EV from not being able to exert your edge. But if someone is insistent on going all-in many times, there's nothing you can do but call.

Lord Foma said:

I'm on the button. 9 players at the table. The blinds are 25-50. Stacks from 2500 to 10,000. The BB raises 500 at once. I have an ace-lady. I make a call. 2 people call. The flop is opened. 9 10 J.BB makes a bet 500. He has 2000 left. I'm thinking, I'm doing all-in 1950. Everyone folds, BB calls. He shows the two kings. Turn and river do not save me.

Did I play correctly, or not?

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In my opinion calling the flop would be more correct. And on the turn to make a decision.
But error is probably on the preflop

If someone raises to 10bb, just fold, unless you have KK+ or have a good read on the opponent. (If he is doing it every hand. for example)

Poker as we know it is a game of odds, you played well only that you believed in luck and it did not hurt you.
We have to fold sometimes.