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10s near bubble, could I have played this better?

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  1. drzaius drzaius is offline

    Sacramento, CA
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    May 14th, 2007 (5/14/2007 8:49pm)

    Full Tilt 90 person $5 SnG, five or six away from the money, I had been playing very tight for the past could of rounds. I picked up 1010 the hand before this one and shoved all in preflop when UTG raised 3xbb, I picked up the pot. Very next hand, I picked up 1010 again and strongly raised two limpers. One of them calls, flop comes rags (two hearts) so I push all in, the guy thought for a second and called. I couldn't believe that he called with KQ spades, then I got sick when his king hit the river. I asked him how he could make the call and he said that he was desperate for chips and another guy backed him up saying that he thought it was a pretty good call.

    Is it me, or is that a terrible call? Now my question, could I have played this better? I have to shove this flop with an over pair right? In hindsight if I could have had a better read on him I could have checked the flop and raised all in if he bet, but I'm not even sure that would have worked. Thanks in advance for the advice.

    Full Tilt Poker Game #2425785361: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (18359646), Table 8 - 150/300 Ante 25 - No Limit Hold'em - 19:52:39 ET - 2007/05/14
    Seat 1: Arizona Slim 3 (2,300)
    Seat 2: PiZZafool (7,620)
    Seat 3: DDrifter (3,600)
    Seat 4: smokezzz111 (10,130)
    Seat 5: mrtcereal (6,545)
    Seat 6: squeegekid (11,795)
    Seat 7: Freddy Blade (17,895)
    Seat 8: cashleymo (5,765)
    Seat 9: teamhonda3 (13,068)
    Arizona Slim 3 antes 25
    PiZZafool antes 25
    DDrifter antes 25
    smokezzz111 antes 25
    mrtcereal antes 25
    squeegekid antes 25
    Freddy Blade antes 25
    cashleymo antes 25
    teamhonda3 antes 25
    Freddy Blade posts the small blind of 150
    cashleymo posts the big blind of 300
    The button is in seat #6
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to mrtcereal [Tc Td]
    teamhonda3 folds
    Arizona Slim 3 has 15 seconds left to act
    Arizona Slim 3 calls 300
    PiZZafool calls 300
    DDrifter folds
    smokezzz111 folds
    mrtcereal raises to 2,700
    squeegekid folds
    Freddy Blade folds
    cashleymo folds
    Arizona Slim 3 folds
    PiZZafool calls 2,400
    *** FLOP *** [2h 5s 7h]
    PiZZafool checks
    mrtcereal bets 3,820, and is all in
    PiZZafool calls 3,820
    mrtcereal shows [Tc Td]
    PiZZafool shows [Qs Ks]
    *** TURN *** [2h 5s 7h] [3d]
    *** RIVER *** [2h 5s 7h 3d] [Kc]
    mrtcereal shows a pair of Tens
    PiZZafool shows a pair of Kings
    PiZZafool wins the pot (14,015) with a pair of Kings
    mrtcereal stands up
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 14,015 | Rake 0
    Board: [2h 5s 7h 3d Kc]
    Seat 1: Arizona Slim 3 folded before the Flop
    Seat 2: PiZZafool showed [Qs Ks] and won (14,015) with a pair of Kings
    Seat 3: DDrifter folded before the Flop
    Seat 4: smokezzz111 folded before the Flop
    Seat 5: mrtcereal showed [Tc Td] and lost with a pair of Tens
    Seat 6: squeegekid (button) folded before the Flop
    Seat 7: Freddy Blade (small blind) folded before the Flop
    Seat 8: cashleymo (big blind) folded before the Flop
    Seat 9: teamhonda3 folded before the Flop
  2. Skyroller Skyroller is offline

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    May 15th, 2007 (5/15/2007 1:11am) in reply to drzaius

    If you're gonna bet half your stack at this point anyways, I say you might as well shove here. That would also enable a nice little squeeze.

    But as far as his call: I wouldn't make it. I probably wouldn't have even called the preflop bet.
  3. poker_steve poker_steve is offline

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    May 15th, 2007 (5/15/2007 1:33am) in reply to drzaius

    yeah that's a bad call, if he had the flush draw and 2 overcards then it'd pretty much be a coinflip after the flop, however he only had 2 overcards so he was drawing to 6 outs and was a 70/30 or so dog.
  4. just sick just sick is offline

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    May 15th, 2007 (5/15/2007 2:56am) in reply to poker_steve

    You have to remember, some people will simply decide, once they've seen their cards, that they're playing the hand all in, REGARDLESS of how or when they get that way.

    In general, I'd either raise a bit less preflop, leaving yourself more to push on the flop, or push pre. You played it kind of in the middle here.
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