Banjois
Visionary
Bronze Level
I mean, of course not, but looking back I can't help but think I should have....
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The question is about postflop play but first i'd like to comment about preflop. You raised preflop with 2 blinds having 2 limpers before you. This way you just gave huge pot odds for SB/BB and limpers as well: the pot was $1320 before your raise and $1920 afterwards. So pot odds for calling players were:
With these insane pot odds you can only expect instacalls building this way a rather big pot. If you want your opponents to fold with your raise you should account for limpers by adding 1 blind for each limper to the raise. So your raise should've been like 4-5 blinds ($1200-$1500 which would be a significant part of your stack).
- SB: 4.26
- BB: 7.9
- limper 1: 8.9
- limper 2: 9.9
But it's generally recommended to play small pots for small hands so the better way was to call: thus you'd have invested 1 blind with preflop pot $1770 (assuming SB/BB also call).
About postflop. SB lead with a bet out of position with almost 1/2 pot. We don't have any info on your opponents but it's PS freeroll for elementary school where poker is usually straightforward. This means that the opponent likely connected with the flop by:
With pot odds given preflop and his stack size SB could've called with any pair so hitting the flush was possible. If he was drawing to a flush then he had 9 outs + 3 outs for ace/king he possibly had to make trips on the turn or the river - so naturally he played aggressively.
- hitting the flush (that would involve having suited broadways/connectors)
- drawing to a flush (with possibly a big pair like pair of aces or kings)
- hitting a set or 2 pair - unlikely because it involves slowplaying AA/KK/AK or having remaining 4h.
- hitting a big pair (without draws) - unlikely given his bet on very dangerous board
On the other hand you faced the pot of almost the same size as your stack on the turn so effectively you were pot-committed if you continued. So your options were 3-betting by shoving or folding. Possibly you had the best hand + you had 7 outs to improve to quads or full house. Also you could've represented a flush or drawing to a flush.
By shoving you'd give SB almost 1:2 odds which is less than he needed to call. Plus he had 7d which is 7th best card for the flush so it was likely that you could've had something better.
Thus shoving looks good but in these freerolls players don't pay much attention to pot odds and often they call with drawing hands no matter what (especially considering SB didn't risk elimination with that call). The choice is tough but i would've probably folded on the flop here (and shoved in a normal tournament).
Indeed!Only RESPECT to such thorough advice!!!!