tried to steal blinds and hit top pair

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  1. worldgoround worldgoround is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:00pm)

    hello, i would really appreciate your thoughts about the following hand.

    i tried to steal the blinds with J 9, some guy reraised me, i called and hit top pair.he bets and i raise him trying to force him out. i thought maybe he had A K or something. the way he played it now i think he had something like QQ-AA. what would you do on the flop?

    thanks for your answers

    Full Tilt Poker Game #15882867238: $5 + $0.50 Sit & Go (1164476), Table 1 - 40/80 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:51:24 ET - 2009/11/08
    Seat 1: ME (2,720)
    Seat 2: poolepit (2,915)
    Seat 3: Stamm444 (2,260)
    Seat 5: Dylbrwn (1,155)
    Seat 6: bigphill360 (3,325)
    Seat 8: phil1312 (1,125), is sitting out
    Stamm444 posts the small blind of 40
    Dylbrwn posts the big blind of 80
    The button is in seat #2
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to ME [Js 9s]
    bigphill360 folds
    phil1312 folds
    ME has 15 seconds left to act
    ME raises to 200
    poolepit folds
    Stamm444 has 15 seconds left to act
    Stamm444 raises to 320
    Dylbrwn folds
    ME calls 120
    *** FLOP *** [9d 6c 4c]
    Stamm444 bets 240
    ME has 15 seconds left to act
    ME raises to 600
    Stamm444 raises to 1,940, and is all in
    ME has 15 seconds left to act
    ME folds
    Uncalled bet of 1,340 returned to Stamm444
    Stamm444 mucks
    Stamm444 wins the pot (1,920)
  2. matze_widi matze_widi is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:08pm) in reply to worldgoround

    would have flatted the flop and see what card peels off on the turn and look what he´s doing there...

    i rm not sure if i like a r/f there

    though spot though, if you raise the flop you prolly neet to call a shove

    but i have been in the same spot with these kind of hands...not an easy spot for sure..

    therefor you should prob have a tracking software so you can figure out how your opponent hast been playing which affects your desicion
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  3. rivercats rivercats is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:13pm) in reply to worldgoround

    theres so much equity in folding here i think, its not a good idea to be involved in such a large pot with marginal holdings this early in a sit n go
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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:17pm) in reply to worldgoround

    Stealing at 40-80 eh...Anyway, ya I think you gotta just take a card w/o getting too attached to your hand. And fwiw you can play pretty straightforward at these levels w/o putting yourself into too many guessing games.
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  5. worldgoround worldgoround is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:18pm) in reply to worldgoround

    yeah i really need a tracking software. thats an investment i really should make. i am an avaricious swabian though
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  6. matze_widi matze_widi is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 4:25pm) in reply to worldgoround

     
    Originally Posted by worldgoround View Post


    i am an avaricious swabian though

    lol
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  7. Willywoo Willywoo is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 5:04pm) in reply to worldgoround

    I don't play many sngs, but is stealing blinds at this level really a good play?
  8. sXeffects sXeffects is offline

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    Nov 8th, 2009 (11/8/2009 5:25pm) in reply to worldgoround

    If anything minraise.

    play weak OOP. and just check the flop. see what he does.

    if he raises flat and reevaluate turn.

    if he checks lead out turn.
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