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SNG Question - Weird situation, what should I do?
ferrengi (United States) 746 Posts. Joined 07-22-2005.
08-22-2008 4:24 PM

PokerStars Game #19816131367: Tournament #103695076, $15+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2008/08/22 - 16:30:45 (ET)
Table '103695076 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
Seat 1: JTP-HS (1455 in chips)
Seat 2: j.hugo65 (1900 in chips)
Seat 3: POES2004 (1580 in chips)
Seat 4: sea58g (1865 in chips)
Seat 5: neilxtrem (1540 in chips)
Seat 6: dave the mas (1600 in chips)
Seat 7: ferrengi (985 in chips)
Seat 8: koecky777 (1015 in chips)
Seat 9: PokerTutor (1560 in chips)
j.hugo65: posts small blind 25
POES2004: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to ferrengi [8d 8h]
sea58g: calls 50
neilxtrem: folds
dave the mas: folds
ferrengi: raises 150 to 200
koecky777: folds
PokerTutor: folds
JTP-HS: folds
j.hugo65: folds
POES2004: calls 150
sea58g: calls 150
*** FLOP *** [4s Jd 2h]
POES2004: bets 100
sea58g: calls 100
ferrengi: ?


From a $16 Turbo SNG (single table) on Stars.

I don't know anything about POES or what exactly this bet means.

I could see doing this with either a very strong hand or draw, none of which seem very likely on this board.

sea58g had been limping into a lot of pots and in general seemed like a bad player.

I really don't know what to do here. I only have second pair. However, I don't think flat calling is correct. If I'm ahead here, I want to charge opponents for trying to hit overcards. As strange as it seems, with my short stack, I really think the only options are push all in or fold.

Your thoughts?


BTW - I guess you could make the argument that I should've folded preflop. I don't really like that play but I'm willing to hear arguments for folding pre.

 
 
 

Jennifear (United States) 9,061 Posts. Joined 11-01-2005.
08-22-2008 5:05 PM - In reply to

Preflop:

Never fold.  It's an awful play.  88 is a huge hand in virtually every unraised pot.

Raising preflop is good, as is shoving.

As played, on the flop you are beaten.  Someone has at least a jack because there are no draws on the flop.  It's too unlikely that your shortstack will scare them off.  You are drawing to two outs.  Fold.

 

 
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