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  1. matador270 matador270 is offline

    Elizabethtown, KY
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    Nov 5th, 2010 (11/5/2010 6:56pm)

    Pretty early in tourney still, should I still call this river? Advice?
    Appreciate the feedback.

    pokerstars Game #52217029455: Tournament #338010425, $5.00+$0.50 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level IV (50/100) - 2010/11/05 13:47:39 ET
    Table '338010425 209' 9-max Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: Bettylou100 (6815 in chips)
    Seat 2: OLD_BOOKIE (3525 in chips)
    Seat 3: JakalTheOne (2870 in chips)
    Seat 4: Marcusb24 (3165 in chips)
    Seat 5: salo melilla (2100 in chips)
    Seat 6: RuiDGuina (5390 in chips)
    Seat 7: matador270 (4605 in chips)
    Seat 8: HIOX (9405 in chips)
    Seat 9: JoeyJax64 (1715 in chips)
    HIOX: posts small blind 50
    JoeyJax64: posts big blind 100
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to matador270 [5c 6c]
    Bettylou100: folds
    OLD_BOOKIE: folds
    JakalTheOne: folds
    Marcusb24: folds
    salo melilla: folds
    RuiDGuina: folds
    matador270: raises 133 to 233
    HIOX: calls 183
    JoeyJax64: folds
    *** FLOP *** [3d 6h Ts]
    HIOX: checks
    matador270: bets 354
    HIOX: calls 354
    *** TURN *** [3d 6h Ts] [5s]
    HIOX: checks
    matador270: bets 542
    HIOX: calls 542
    *** RIVER *** [3d 6h Ts 5s] [Jh]
    HIOX: bets 4000
    matador270: calls 3476 and is all-in
    Uncalled bet (524) returned to HIOX
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    HIOX: shows [Jd 6d] (two pair, Jacks and Sixes)
    matador270: shows [5c 6c] (two pair, Sixes and Fives)
    HIOX collected 9310 from pot
  2. kelmann333 kelmann333 is offline

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    Nov 5th, 2010 (11/5/2010 7:15pm) in reply to matador270

    Villain check called your flop and your turn; so he is strong enough so far considering he is in a blind. Now he fires all-in on river which screams strength. He put you on a big pair given the board texture and your bet sizing. At that point in the tourney, you can fold, make notes, and recoop. Folding big hands on river is hard, but it improves ROI longtime.
  3. grapsfan grapsfan is offline Head Curmudgeon

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    Nov 5th, 2010 (11/5/2010 9:19pm) in reply to kelmann333

    A big shove like this is either something that beats you (a set, better two pair) or complete air. He has to have air at least 40% of the time for this to be a good call. There's no way this is happening when he calls on a completely dry flop and a fairly innocuous turn.

    The more you follow the min-raise philosophy, the more willing you have to be to fold your hand on later streets because you've invited everyone to think they have pot odds to call you pre-flop. In a $5 MTT, I'm raising 3x the BB (plus 1 BB per limper) early, and 2.5x once the antes kick in.
     
  4. Pipes06 Pipes06 is offline

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    Nov 7th, 2010 (11/7/2010 3:35pm) in reply to grapsfan

    make it bigger on the turn.

    prob not folding in a $5 tbh.
     
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