Blinds 50/100, 300 or so players remain in a Freeroll where top 100 pay. I'm sitting 6530 on the CO. Folds to CO+1 (3k) who calls, I call blind with A
4
, Button (10k) calls, SB (4k) calls, BB (4k) checks.
Flop: 4
7
2
SB checks, BB bets T100, calls to SB who folds.
I had middle pair with top kicker, called the min raise in hopes of catching an A or a 4 on the turn.
Turn: 4
BB bets T100, CO calls, I raise to T600, Button calls, BB folds, CO+1 calls.
Now this is where I'm a little shakey about my play. In hindsight, a T500 raise would not be enough to throw off a draw, and with two possible flush draws, I probably should have raised more. If they had two hearts or two diamonds in their hand, they were getting better then 3 to 1({52-[2 cards x 10 players+4 cards dealt]}/ 9
left) to make their flush and better then 3 to 1 to call (500 into 1600), and with the chance of making a strong hand and getting more chips out of me, I made it too easy of a call.
River: K
BB checks, I raise to T1,000, Button raises to T2,500, BB folds, I push for another T4,730, Button calls.
Now that river is what I was afraid of. In a Freeroll like this, a large stack will take those odds and draw to their flush most of the time, but I felt I was already committed to go to showdown, and instead of committing a third of my stack on a call, I raised. A raise might push off a smaller flush (something like a 5
6
who had an open-ended straight draw and a runner-runner flush draw), and with no raises before the flop, I didn't put anyone on something like a A
Q
, and I didn't put him on something like a Q
9
. With a third of my chips already committed, I felt pushing was the only thing to do.
I'll add the results later, but until then, comments?
And sorry for not using the hand converter, but the hand information doesn't come in the same format at Betfred.
