CueMaster71
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Silver Level
I played in a Live tourney last night, a £15 freezeout with 45 entrants. After maybe 15 people were out, I'd roughly quadrupled my stack to around 8000, when the following hand happened.
I was in the BB with 4h 4d, blinds were 150/300, two limpers, small blind folded, I checked, so there's 1050 in the pot.
The flop comes out 4c 7c 9c, giving me trip fours, but with three clubs showing I was a bit worried. As first to act, I decided to bet out and try to chase away anyone with a single club. I bet 600, the next guy folded, and the guy on the button called with no hesitation. The pot is now 2250.
The turn was 2c, so now there's four clubs showing, and I'm pretty convinced that this guy's made his flush (if he hadn't already). I check, and he immediately throws in a 2000 bet, leaving himself with about 1000. I've got roughly 7000 chips left, and after thinking about it for a while, I folded. As I did, I turned my cards over (probably a mistake) to show him what I'd given up, and three or four guys on the table immediately ripped into me, telling me I should have re-raised him all-in with trips. I pointed out the obvious flush, and the guy who'd won said, "I had nothing, I bluffed you out". I congratulated him on a nice bet, and said once again that I couldn't call the bet because of the flush draw.
They continued on at me for about two or three minutes, saying I should have knocked him out by re-raising, and that as the chip leader I could have took the loss of 3000 chips, but I didn't want to (in my opinion at the time) just hand over half my stack to his flush.
As it happens, I went on to finish 4th, higher than any of the players on my table, so I felt justified in my actions, and even afterwards when I calculated my pot odds, I still believe I was right to fold.
So, was I, or would you have pushed him all in hoping he was bluffing?
I was in the BB with 4h 4d, blinds were 150/300, two limpers, small blind folded, I checked, so there's 1050 in the pot.
The flop comes out 4c 7c 9c, giving me trip fours, but with three clubs showing I was a bit worried. As first to act, I decided to bet out and try to chase away anyone with a single club. I bet 600, the next guy folded, and the guy on the button called with no hesitation. The pot is now 2250.
The turn was 2c, so now there's four clubs showing, and I'm pretty convinced that this guy's made his flush (if he hadn't already). I check, and he immediately throws in a 2000 bet, leaving himself with about 1000. I've got roughly 7000 chips left, and after thinking about it for a while, I folded. As I did, I turned my cards over (probably a mistake) to show him what I'd given up, and three or four guys on the table immediately ripped into me, telling me I should have re-raised him all-in with trips. I pointed out the obvious flush, and the guy who'd won said, "I had nothing, I bluffed you out". I congratulated him on a nice bet, and said once again that I couldn't call the bet because of the flush draw.
They continued on at me for about two or three minutes, saying I should have knocked him out by re-raising, and that as the chip leader I could have took the loss of 3000 chips, but I didn't want to (in my opinion at the time) just hand over half my stack to his flush.
As it happens, I went on to finish 4th, higher than any of the players on my table, so I felt justified in my actions, and even afterwards when I calculated my pot odds, I still believe I was right to fold.
So, was I, or would you have pushed him all in hoping he was bluffing?
