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Nelson
Rising Star
Bronze Level
This is a position I find myself in time and time again in a tourney and it is the TPTK hand vs something that is stronger or something that hits stronger on the turn.
I will often raise the top pair on the flop only to get called.
Now, I have a dilemma because I can no longer play small hand small pot, I might check behind on the turn in position but sometimes have to bet but by raising the flop I am bloating the pot.
If I just call the flop then I am usually allowing any hand to draw out and maybe higher cards to hit and beat me in this example, any J,Q,K.
I like to play fast at the beginning of a tourney in an aggressive accumulating mode so this often means that players call me light. This only gives me difficult decisions in these exact type of hands.
I think in this example, I should fold the turn but more importantly, how do I keep the pot small when the stack sizes are still relatively big.
Hand 1/1Hand HistoryReplayerPoker Stars, $200 Buy-in (200/400 blinds, 40 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #18981491
MP2: 17,579 (43.9 bb)
MP3: 14,223 (35.6 bb)
Hero (CO): 18,063 (45.2 bb)
BTN: 11,901 (29.8 bb)
SB: 5,344 (13.4 bb)
BB: 22,125 (55.3 bb)
UTG+1: 9,780 (24.5 bb)
UTG+2: 14,997 (37.5 bb)
MP1: 34,234 (85.6 bb)
Preflop: Hero is CO with T A
3 folds, MP2 raises to 800, MP3 folds, Hero calls 800, 3 folds
Flop: (2,560) T 6 9 (2 players)
MP2 bets 1,200, Hero raises to 3,600, MP2 calls 2,400
Turn: (9,760) 6 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets 6,000, MP2 raises to 13,139 and is all-in[/color]
I will often raise the top pair on the flop only to get called.
Now, I have a dilemma because I can no longer play small hand small pot, I might check behind on the turn in position but sometimes have to bet but by raising the flop I am bloating the pot.
If I just call the flop then I am usually allowing any hand to draw out and maybe higher cards to hit and beat me in this example, any J,Q,K.
I like to play fast at the beginning of a tourney in an aggressive accumulating mode so this often means that players call me light. This only gives me difficult decisions in these exact type of hands.
I think in this example, I should fold the turn but more importantly, how do I keep the pot small when the stack sizes are still relatively big.
Hand 1/1Hand HistoryReplayerPoker Stars, $200 Buy-in (200/400 blinds, 40 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite. View Hand #18981491
MP2: 17,579 (43.9 bb)
MP3: 14,223 (35.6 bb)
Hero (CO): 18,063 (45.2 bb)
BTN: 11,901 (29.8 bb)
SB: 5,344 (13.4 bb)
BB: 22,125 (55.3 bb)
UTG+1: 9,780 (24.5 bb)
UTG+2: 14,997 (37.5 bb)
MP1: 34,234 (85.6 bb)
Preflop: Hero is CO with T A
3 folds, MP2 raises to 800, MP3 folds, Hero calls 800, 3 folds
Flop: (2,560) T 6 9 (2 players)
MP2 bets 1,200, Hero raises to 3,600, MP2 calls 2,400
Turn: (9,760) 6 (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero bets 6,000, MP2 raises to 13,139 and is all-in[/color]