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Hero Call or Easy fold?
Very early into a 180-man $2.20 turbo. I thought my original raise was fine. I know it's a bit high, but I can almost guarantee at least one caller here. I'm less confident about my post-flop bet but I do have TPTK and no one has shown any signs of strength pre-flop.
I was a bit surprised when I got two callers there. That 1/2 pot bet should have scared off anyone not on a draw or a Q. That makes me think that someone also has a Queen. So my simplified thought process is someone's on a draw and someone has a Queen with a smaller kicker.
However, because of this and the fact I've got two callers, I want to keep the pot smaller here so I check. An idiot bet of 30 and a call and I raise it to 300 again. Now I want to make the pot bigger because I'm sure that I'm ahead, but on reflection, this was a horrible bet because it's not likely to get anyone off the hand.
Two calls again and the river's a scare card. If I put my opponent on a smaller Q, he could certainly have Q-10. All the draws are busted at this point. I check so I can see where I stand. By doing so, I give away control of the hand and UTG+1 takes over with the all-in.
What to do? My thought process was, if he had a smaller Queen, he'd do that because he thought he was behind. A busted draw might do that as well. The question is, if he really had the nuts, wouldn't he try to value bet? So now I'm left with a difficult decision because of MY decisions. Fold or call?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2.00+$0.20 Tournament, 15/30 Blinds (9 handed) - Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com
MP2 (t1500)
MP3 (t1020)
CO (t1900)
Button (t1270)
Hero (SB) (t1480)
BB (t1220)
UTG (t1800)
UTG+1 (t1910)
MP1 (t1400)
Hero's M: 32.89
Preflop: Hero is SB with Q, A
UTG calls t30, UTG+1 calls t30, 2 folds, MP3 calls t30, 2 folds, Hero bets t150, 1 fold, UTG calls t120, UTG+1 calls t120, MP3 calls t120
Flop: (t630) Q, 3, 4 (4 players)
Hero bets t300, UTG calls t300, UTG+1 calls t300, 1 fold
Turn: (t1530) 4 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets t30, UTG+1 calls t30, Hero raises to t300, UTG calls t270, UTG+1 calls t270
River: (t2430) 10 (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG checks, UTG+1 bets t1160 (All-In), Hero calls t730 (All-In), 1 fold
Total pot: t3890
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