$3.40 NLHE: Do you fold here?

[TheNoob]

$3.40 NL HE: Do you fold here?

I don't know if I'm doing something wrong ...... can't get the converter to fly.



pokerstars Game #30002960661: Tournament #176184589, $3.00+$0.40 Hold'em No Limit - Level IX (300/600) - 2009/07/01 22:54:17 ET
Table '176184589 1' 9-max Seat #5 is the button
Seat 1: Joachim23 (12510 in chips)
Seat 2: elflaco22 (12057 in chips)
Seat 5: goblues30 (10168 in chips)
Seat 7: SIick Nick (5765 in chips)
Joachim23: posts the ante 50
elflaco22: posts the ante 50
goblues30: posts the ante 50
SIick Nick: posts the ante 50
SIick Nick: posts small blind 300
Joachim23: posts big blind 600
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Joachim23 [6h 9h]
elflaco22: folds
goblues30: raises 600 to 1200
SIick Nick: folds
Joachim23: calls 600
*** FLOP *** [4h 7d 9s]
Joachim23: bets 1200
goblues30: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [4h 7d 9s] [6d]
Joachim23: bets 2400
goblues30: raises 5318 to 7718 and is all-in

Joachim23?


I think I played the hand ok up to now.

Villain is a pretty solid player. The pf raise was weak, but I put him on AK or AQ.

Post flop I'm thinking top pair takes the pot with my 1/2 pot bet. Too weak?

With the call, I wonder if maybe he has a big pair. With the pf raise (even if weak) I don't think I'm looking at a 58 ..... he's not hanging around for a gut shot. 8T for the up and down is possible but unlikely I think.

When the six hits, I think my two pair is good, but concerned about the straight. With the shove, I wondered if he was dropping the hammer on his AA or KK after a little slow play, and I have the best hand going to the river.

It was a 27 man SNG, and I'm in the money in 4th.

A miscalculation here basically ends my day.

Call or fold?

 

[dd_decker]

You probably have the best hand. However, when I call in this type of situation it seems like Villain usually has the best hand. Happens all the time. I don't put him on a straight so I call or shove and he has guess what? A set. So, I really don't know what to say except "go with your gut"...

 

[JohnnyFronts]

Reads and player tendencies would be of help here. Please include them next time. Definitely call in this spot. Villain could have any pair+draw or combo draw. You beat a LOT of 9x hands like 9T, 98, 9dXd, and 78, 75 etc. Weak PF raise seems more like a non made hand that picked up a draw or made a pair+draw. If hes is raising with T8 then he will also be raising with all those 98 and 78 hands that you beat as well. Plus its 4 handed. Call.

 

[Jillychemung]

Preflop I fold here or raise. Your call puts you oop for the rest of the hand and the minraise can be anything from connectors to AA. Unless you have a specific read that says the min-raise is unpaired paint I don't see how you can narrow his range to AQ,AK.

As played I think you are ahead enough times that you can call this and will see TT+ hands but middle pocket pairs are also well within opponents range. 85 & T8 I agree do not need to be considered.

 

[TheNoob]

Preflop I fold here or raise. Your call puts you oop for the rest of the hand and the minraise can be anything from connectors to AA. Unless you have a specific read that says the min-raise is unpaired paint I don't see how you can narrow his range to AQ,AK.

As played I think you are ahead enough times that you can call this and will see TT+ hands but middle pocket pairs are also well within opponents range. 85 & T8 I agree do not need to be considered.

The more I play the more I see that this is good advice.

I'm still capable of getting a bit 'lazy' and kind of put off decision making to see a fairly cheap flop.

 

[TheNoob]

Ok people. Thanks for the input and ideas.

As you might guess, I might not have posted if it was a winner. (still good to talk about, but you know how it goes)

Got bit by the set.



Joachim23: calls 5318
*** RIVER *** [4h 7d 9s 6d] [7h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Joachim23: shows [6h 9h] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
goblues30: shows [6c 6s] (a full house, Sixes full of Sevens)
goblues30 collected 20736 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 20736 | Rake 0
Board [4h 7d 9s 6d 7h]
Seat 1: Joachim23 (big blind) showed [6h 9h] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 2: elflaco22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: goblues30 (button) showed [6c 6s] and won (20736) with a full house, Sixes full of Sevens
Seat 7: SIick Nick (small blind) folded before Flop

 

[ImolAyrton]

Fold here.. There's really not much you can beat anymore here.. lot of better hands and draws.. sets