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  1. psulions07 psulions07 is offline

    Ellicott City, MD
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    Oct 19th, 2007 (10/19/2007 9:57pm)

    Full Tilt Poker Game #3906847168: $5 + $0.40 Heads Up Shootout (29732813), Table 1 - 25/50 - No Limit Hold'em - 21:49:57 ET - 2007/10/19
    Seat 1: psulions07 (3,025)
    Seat 2: SFi (2,975)
    psulions07 posts the small blind of 25
    SFi posts the big blind of 50
    The button is in seat #1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to psulions07 [5s As]
    psulions07 calls 25
    SFi checks
    *** FLOP *** [Kd 5h 4h]
    SFi bets 50
    psulions07 calls 50
    *** TURN *** [Kd 5h 4h] [5d]
    SFi bets 50
    psulions07 raises to 225
    SFi calls 175
    *** RIVER *** [Kd 5h 4h 5d] [3h]
    SFi bets 650

    ????

    not enough raise on the turn i think with the possibility of draws out there
  2. Th3_Ic0n Th3_Ic0n is offline

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    Oct 19th, 2007 (10/19/2007 10:18pm) in reply to psulions07

    I would of raised it up preflop and also raised it on the flop. Then you may of got him on the turn.
  3. Pist0nH0nda Pist0nH0nda is offline

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    Oct 20th, 2007 (10/20/2007 3:32pm) in reply to psulions07

    are you beat? i would have called
     
  4. valek valek is offline

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    Oct 21st, 2007 (10/21/2007 11:46am) in reply to psulions07

    You should pretty much always raise pre-flop with a hand like this in a HU sng. With this flop, you would have followed up with a bet of about 2/3 to 3/4 of the pot if he checks. If he bets min on the flop, you still raise.

    I imagine he has either a 5, 67 for the straight or a flush, but since it's a 5$ sng, anything goes. Usually, I don't think an opponent bets that much on the river with a scary board like this unless he has a pretty good hand, especially if he calls a raise on the turn. Plus, him betting minimum on the flop and turn makes it look like he's on a draw.

    I guess it's probably early in the game since you both have around 3000 chips, so I think folding would be a very good option at this point. In any case, if you play the hand better pre-flop and on the turn, you might not have had a tough decision like this on the river.
     
  5. MetalGod MetalGod is offline

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    Oct 21st, 2007 (10/21/2007 11:58am) in reply to psulions07

    The min bet on a draw is pretty common in the low stakes. If you raise on the flop, they just call and then proceed to min bet the turn again...idiots.

    In a heads up sng, any ace on the button is a raising hand. On the flop, I'd probably raise if he min bets. On the turn, raising is once again the way to go when you have trips + top kicker and he min bets. The river is an ugly card and chances are that he drew out there. Usually you won't see an opponent make a large river bet without the goods in low stakes games. I'd probably wind up being stubborn and calling to see his cards or "paying for the information" if you will. More often than not, they'll have the goods here but there are other times when they don't.

    Shorter answer is that this is a fold most of the time on the river.
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