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Originally Posted by brianseto Hi all. Got knocked out early in a NLHE tourney tonght.
Blinds 200/400
everyone starts with 5000
I'm in the SB. I've got 10-7 offsuit. I know it's a garbage hand, but everyone limps in, so I call the BB. The BB checks.
Flop comes
7s-??-?s
Everyone checks to me. I raise all in 3400 (trip 7's). BB folds. Everyone else folds except the player to my right. He's only got 3700 left. After thinking about it, he calls.
Turns over As-4s
turn card: 6c
Of course, he outdraws me at the river with a flush.
Was raising all-in after the flop with trip 7s a poor decision on my part with two spades on the board? Or was he crazy for going pretty much all in (if he had lost, he would have had $300 left) on a draw?
Thanks in advance
Brian |
Mistake 1: Calling from the small blind with 10-7o. You were lucky to hit a set of 7s, but that's rare. What you should have done was fold your hand from the SB. If a 10 came up, your kicker is still weak. If a 7 came up, and rest of the flop was low, with all the limpers, someone had to be on a straight draw. Never ever call in the SB with a hand like that unless everyone folded to you. That's jsut asking for trouble.
Mistake 2: Why would you raise all in with so many players in the game and 2 spades on the flop? Someone is probably on a flush draw and will most likely call. You're giving them 2 chances to make the flush.
What you should have done was make a decent bet of 1200 (about 1/3 of your stack). Anyone who didn't catch anything (except maybe those on a draw) will fold. You don't want to slowplay here, but you also don't want to make a big bet because it looks like you're trying to steal the pot and anyone on a draw will definately call and you might lose a lot if the flush hits. With a bet of 1200, what that does is that someone who made a pair on the flop may call and add to the pot. Also, if the spade did come, you aren't totally pot committed to call a big bet.
At this point your only concern should be the ones who are on a draw because it's unlikely someone can beat your set.
Even if you had gone all in after the turn "dead card" came up, everyone probably would have folded.
