First Post - Was this the correct play
Hi all - as you can see from the title this is my first post, I would just like to start with thanking all u regular poster's for giving beginners like myself valuable information - I feel my game has really improved since I found this site.
so here goes,
This situation arises quite a lot when i'm playing and would appreciate someone else's view point on this (how would they play it).
Site - William Hill
Game - £5+ £0.50 SnG
User Name - Dinghy
-----HAND 8------
Game #494098184: Texas Hold'em No Limit (7/15) - 2005/06/12 - 12:53:20 (UK)
Table "STT1 689971 - 1" Seat 8 is the button.
Seat 1: Mrfrosty (1000 in chips)
Seat 2: Micksta (925 in chips)
Seat 4: Initiald (1746 in chips)
Seat 5: Dinghy (940 in chips)
Seat 7: tender (978 in chips)
Seat 8: Brian99 (294 in chips)
Seat 9: Henneberg (985 in chips)
Seat 10: Syngyn (3132 in chips)
Henneberg: posts small blind 7
Syngyn: posts big blind 15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Dinghy [8h 8c]
Mrfrosty: calls 15
Micksta: calls 15
Initiald: calls 15
Dinghy: calls 15
tender: folds
Brian99: raises to 294 and is all-in
Henneberg: folds
Syngyn: folds
Mrfrosty: calls 279
Micksta: folds
Initiald: calls 279
Dinghy: folds
----- FLOP ----- [3h 8d 4s]
Mrfrosty: bets 706 and is all-in
Initiald: folds
Returned uncalled bets 706 to Mrfrosty
----- TURN ----- [3h 8d 4s][Qc]
----- RIVER ----- [3h 8d 4s Qc][Js]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Mrfrosty: shows [Th Td] (A Pair of Tens, Queen high)
Brian99: shows [8s Qh] (Two Pairs, Queens and Eights, Jack high)
Brian99 collected 934 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 934 Main pot 934 Rake 0
Board [3h 8d 4s Qc Js]
Seat 2: Micksta folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Initiald folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Dinghy folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: tender folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Brian99 (button) showed [8s Qh] and won (934) with Two Pairs, Queens and Eights, Jack high
Seat 9: Henneberg (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Syngyn (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
My reason for folding is that early on in SnG's I don't like calling a big percentage of my stack with so many folk in the pot with a small / medium pocket pair - I prefer to wait until I have a stronger hand.
Is this the correct play?