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Trying to plug a leak in my preflop game

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  1. trojanhorsebomb trojanhorsebomb is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 5:49pm)

    I get into trouble with high suited cards preflop. A lot. So I am really putting my preflop play under a magnifying glass. Curious what people think of this play. Yes, I know the buy in is $2.75, but I think it's still relevant poker discussion.

    pokerstars Game #26430856207: Tournament #149949918, $2.50+$0.25 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2009/03/27 17:36:58 ET
    Table '149949918 704' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
    Seat 1: anderson1313 (4110 in chips)
    Seat 2: 777 nautilus (2990 in chips)
    Seat 3: DocDonkey (3155 in chips)
    Seat 4: gull58 (2840 in chips)
    Seat 5: Hector56909 (2150 in chips)
    Seat 6: mbl20028 (1695 in chips)
    Seat 7: dragan berli (7615 in chips)
    Seat 8: DISRAD (3530 in chips)
    Seat 9: CARushFan (2160 in chips)
    dragan berli: posts small blind 25
    DISRAD: posts big blind 50
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to DocDonkey [Jd Ad]
    CARushFan: folds
    anderson1313: folds
    777 nautilus: folds
    DocDonkey: raises 150 to 200
    gull58: calls 200
    Hector56909: folds
    mbl20028: folds
    dragan berli: calls 175
    DISRAD: raises 1000 to 1200
    DocDonkey: ????

    Dragan really just had chips, he got lucky a couple times including a set over set when he turned trip 10's.. Disrad only showed down quality hands and played very solid poker, he's been at my table for a while. Gull just got moved to the table so I have no reads on him. I'll post results, but I was wondering what people thought the optimal play was here preflop. At these stakes, do you just shove it? Appreciate any advice.

    Matt
  2. ntanygd760 ntanygd760 is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 5:50pm) in reply to trojanhorsebomb

    fold, raise less
     
  3. bluffslv bluffslv is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 5:53pm) in reply to trojanhorsebomb

    If this is AKdd I ship it, since its AJ I fold it.
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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 5:55pm) in reply to trojanhorsebomb

    fold, he is gong to have a higher ace in here and never a lower one. he may have a lower pair but ur just far behind his most likey range of TT+ AQAK
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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 6:15pm) in reply to trojanhorsebomb

    If DISRAD had only shown down quality hands and is playing solid poker, you should know that AJ is mutilated here by his {TT+, AK} or thereabouts, and you should fold.

    For what it's worth raising to 150>raising to 200 here.
  6. racer racer is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 6:21pm) in reply to Jennifear

    insta fold, regardless of stakes, but if you feel lucky.....call and ship the flop
  7. trojanhorsebomb trojanhorsebomb is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 6:29pm) in reply to racer

    Thanks everyone. I knew that was the right play and I did fold it. Glad to know my leak is slowly closing. Obviously, this was posted because the end result made me rethink myself. I appreciate everyone's input:

    <SPAN>DocDonkey: folds
    gull58: calls 1000
    dragan berli: folds
    *** FLOP *** [7c 9d 5d]
    DISRAD: checks
    gull58: checks
    *** TURN *** [7c 9d 5d] [6h]
    DISRAD: bets 1100
    gull58: raises 540 to 1640 and is all-in
    DISRAD: calls 540
    *** RIVER *** [7c 9d 5d 6h] [8d]
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    DISRAD: shows [Kc Ks] (a straight, Five to Nine)
    gull58: shows [8h Th] (a straight, Six to Ten)
    gull58 collected 6080 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 6080 | Rake 0
    Board [7c 9d 5d 6h 8d]
    Seat 1: anderson1313 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: 777 nautilus folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: DocDonkey folded before Flop
    Seat 4: gull58 showed [8h Th] and won (6080) with a straight, Six to Ten
    Seat 5: Hector56909 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: mbl20028 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: dragan berli (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 8: DISRAD (big blind) showed [Kc Ks] and lost with a straight, Five to Nine
    Seat 9: CARushFan folded before Flop (didn't bet)</SPAN>
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  8. U2ForNow U2ForNow is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 6:36pm) in reply to trojanhorsebomb

    AJ is a hand that everyone gets into trouble with until they learn how to play it right.
  9. racer racer is offline

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    Mar 27th, 2009 (3/27/2009 7:28pm) in reply to U2ForNow

    regardless of end result, and the 'damn i should have stayed in' you know you did the right thing here :-}
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