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final table spot with short stack all in.. check down or bet???

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  1. aabomb09 aabomb09 is offline

    Cumming, GA
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    Apr 2nd, 2009 (4/2/2009 6:40pm)

    Full Tilt Poker Game #11472342702: $18,500 Guarantee (86018160), Table 14 - 1500/3000 Ante 400 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:48:45 ET - 2009/04/02
    Seat 1: SOLARIS1973 (66,450)
    Seat 2: benice007 (9,610)
    Seat 3: My Brim Low (524,433)
    Seat 4: med sea (143,812)
    Seat 6: aabomb09 (152,695)
    SOLARIS1973 antes 400
    benice007 antes 400
    My Brim Low antes 400
    med sea antes 400
    aabomb09 antes 400
    benice007 posts the small blind of 1,500
    My Brim Low posts the big blind of 3,000
    The button is in seat #1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to aabomb09 [8c Ah]
    med sea folds
    aabomb09 raises to 7,500
    SOLARIS1973 calls 7,500
    benice007 raises to 9,210, and is all in
    My Brim Low has 15 seconds left to act
    My Brim Low folds
    aabomb09 calls 1,710
    SOLARIS1973 calls 1,710
    *** FLOP *** [9d Kc 8s]
    aabomb09 checks
    SOLARIS1973 checks
    *** TURN *** [9d Kc 8s] [7d]
    aabomb09 ????

    it appears that i have the best hand right now, but there's a ton of river cards that will scare me. should i be betting or just checking down and having a better shot at eliminating a short stack?
     
  2. aabomb09 aabomb09 is offline

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    Apr 2nd, 2009 (4/2/2009 7:32pm) in reply to aabomb09

    anyone?
     
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  3. time4badbeat time4badbeat is offline

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    Apr 2nd, 2009 (4/2/2009 10:16pm) in reply to aabomb09

    I would probably just either - bet flop or check it down now
     
  4. AFink93 AFink93 is online now

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    Apr 2nd, 2009 (4/2/2009 11:04pm) in reply to time4badbeat

    Have a plan if your going to bet.. Thats all. If not check it down.
  5. darkhawk-200 darkhawk-200 is offline

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    Apr 3rd, 2009 (4/3/2009 4:08am) in reply to AFink93

    strategically, if u r the mid-short stack, try to end the bubble(thus check if it's not a big pot), if u r the big stack, go for the chips, who cares if u double up the shortty, u get to steal more on the bubble.
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  6. frosty012 frosty012 is offline

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    Apr 3rd, 2009 (4/3/2009 4:23am) in reply to aabomb09

    i'm checking the flop and betting the turn...i don't like betting this flop at all because you have little info about villain's hand and a flop bet is likely just a spew because that flop likely hits the villain's range...when villain checks the flop back now you have a lot of info about his range..he's unlikely to check a king so even if he has a mid-pp you can represent the king or better by betting the turn. i'm not concerned at all whether the short stack is elminated or not i'm concerned about giving myself the best chance to win the hand. even if the short stack tripples up here, he's still really short and is likely to be eliminated next anyways...
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