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Heads up situation, good call or bad call?

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  1. rflow7 rflow7 is offline

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    Nov 21st, 2005 (11/21/2005 4:45pm)

    I was playing a $50 turbo sng on ultimate bet today. It was one of the 6 handed ones, anyway... After the first 10 hands, someone raised and someone always re raised, so the table was playing super aggressive. It seemed that all 5 other players except me played aggressive. It got to the point where I would limp with a monster and check-call myself all in with the best hand by letting them all bet. I was heads up with a slight chip lead within 10 minutes it seemed. This was the second hand, and remember that during this sng i noticed everyone raising re raising and moving all in with no hand whatsoever.

    rflow7: Ah 3c
    mydenise: -- --

    Pre-flop:

    mydenise raises to 300. rflow7 calls.

    Flop (board: Qs 4s 4d):

    rflow7 checks. mydenise bets 600. rflow7 raises to
    1200. mydenise goes all-in for 3820. rflow7 calls.

    Tournament all-in showdown -- players show:

    rflow7 shows Ah 3c.
    mydenise shows Jh Ks.

    Turn (board: Qs 4s 4d As):

    (no action in this round)

    River (board: Qs 4s 4d As Td):

    (no action in this round)

    Showdown:

    rflow7 has Ah Qs 4s 4d As: two pair, aces and fours.
    mydenise has Jh Ks Qs As Td: straight, ace high.

    Now, when he bets pot pre flop i JUST call because i know if i hit an ace i pretty much win since he will be moving all his chips. On the flop of Q44 with 2 spades, i figured i had the best hand with A high b/c when these guys had monsters would be the only time they checked, so i checked first to act to let him give me some information about how strong his hand was. He then proceeded to bet the pot like everyone in position on UB does, and it instantly told me he was weak. So i min-raised him since it was enough of a bet to tell him to fold you got caught bluffing. Then he moves in so i call with what i believe is the best hand. Even tho he catches a running straight on me. Bad call? or Good call? I think it was a good call IMO. Lemme know what you guys think i could of done to do better.
  2. jay_shark jay_shark is offline

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    Nov 21st, 2005 (11/21/2005 5:12pm) in reply to rflow7

    If it was SB vs BB , then I believe you played the hand well . Ace high is a powerful hand in heads up play and should be played aggressively . However , if this player raises with almost any two cards , then I believe you should have re-raised with ace 3 preflop .
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