$11 NLHE MTT Deep Stacked: Slowplay.. would you?

[vegasjj]

$11 NLHE MTT Deep Stacked: Slowplay.. would you?

pokerstars No-Limit Hold'em, 11 Tournament, 40/80 Blinds (9 handed) - Converted at http://www.handhistoryconverter.com

Hero (BB) (t4850)
UTG (t8204)
UTG+1 (t4370)
MP1 (t4490)
MP2 (t10145)
MP3 (t5538)
CO (t7619)
Button (t4880)
SB (t4904)

Hero's M: 40.42

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2

, 3

5 folds, CO bets t160, 2 folds, Hero calls t80

Flop: (t360) 5

, 6

, 4

(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t480, Hero calls t480

Turn: (t1320) J

(2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets t6979 (All-In), Hero calls t4210 (All-In)

River: (t9740) 8

(2 players, 2 all-in)

Total pot: t9740

Results:

Spoiler

Hero had 2

, 3

(straight, six high).
CO had 7

, 10

(flush, Jack high).
Outcome: CO won t9740

 

[Lucothefish]

No reads or stats on villain?

Not a fan of SCs below 54s and would probably fold pre even to a minraise here.

I'd c/r flop, you have the low end of a straight so slowplaying is bad (it's often called the idiot end). Villain's overbet says 1/ he sucks and 2/ he likes his hand so play it hard while you're ahead.

If you're going to c/c flop you should really, really lead the turn.

 

[duggs]

c/r gii on flop, he isnt folding when he overbets

 

[vegasjj]

I usually would fold this hand pre-flop - it was a true exception - (just a gutt instinct I did listen to) that I called the min bet.

However after the flop... and again I am really very seldom slow play - maybe 5% of the time given the opportunity, in this case it was not the small str8 - but the value of the str8 draw that gave me the confidence to slow play.

Was that thought really flawed?

 

[Lucothefish]

I usually would fold this hand pre-flop - it was a true exception - (just a gutt instinct I did listen to) that I called the min bet.

However after the flop... and again I am really very seldom slow play - maybe 5% of the time given the opportunity, in this case it was not the small str8 - but the value of the str8 draw that gave me the confidence to slow play.

Was that thought really flawed?

Why slowplay if he's not folding anyway?