Did i play this wrong?

06-05-2006, 05:22 PM

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Did i play this wrong?

I won the hand but just feel i played it incorrectly. Any comments are welcomed. My feelings of the hand was as follows. I didnt raise preflop. I dont normally do this with AK but I like to mix it up a bit. I didnt bet the flop as I felt I was strong enough to give a free card if need be. I was actually hoping for someone to bet to boost the pot. I bet the turn and was raised. I merely called to keep the 3rd player in the pot. I think I should of re-raised here. On the river the J was a scary card for me so I just called. I think i made my errors on the turn and the river.

Hand history converted with the TexasHoldemForums Hand History Converter
SB/BB: 10/20
Preflop:
BSQUAD2001 is UTG with

BSQUAD2001 calls, 2big4D folds, tiggergirl63 calls, Admiral_111 folds, sputnik247 folds, DualStandard calls, DBT843 calls, clayton2325 calls, dgstyl checks.

Flop:

clayton2325 checks, dgstyl checks, BSQUAD2001 checks, tiggergirl63 checks, DualStandard checks, DBT843 checks.

Turn:

clayton2325 checks, dgstyl checks, BSQUAD2001 bets 100, tiggergirl63 calls, DualStandard folds, DBT843 raises to 300, clayton2325 folds, dgstyl folds, BSQUAD2001 calls, tiggergirl63 calls.

River:

BSQUAD2001 checks, tiggergirl63 checks, DBT843 bets 200, BSQUAD2001 calls, tiggergirl63 calls.

Final Pot: 1620
DBT843 has

BSQUAD2001 has

Winner: BSQUAD2001

06-05-2006, 06:00 PM

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With 6 people in the pot,I wouldve had to bet after the flop.Id rather take a few chips than risk being sucked out on.
But on the otherside, Ill slo play a hand like that to slow down an aggressive bettor and then hit them hard on the turn if draws come up.But Im a liile wary when 6 people are in to slo play anymore,I want at least half of them out.
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06-05-2006, 06:25 PM

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I think the preflop call UTG allowed way to many people into the pot, which makes slowplaying it very risky. JMO.

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06-05-2006, 07:03 PM

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The only problem I really have is not raising pre flop. Being UTG a with this hand is tough. I know you want some action and a raise could easily chase everyone away, but I'd rather scrape the small pot that risk being put into a bad position. When you don't raise, you end up with to many others in the pot just like you did. I'm surprised that you didn't get sucked out.

Just my 2 cents.

06-06-2006, 03:04 PM

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Originally Posted by BSQUAD

I won the hand but just feel i played it incorrectly.

Well..................(LOL). I don't think you necessarily played it "incorrectly", but I think you "mixed it up" too much and got lucky.

1. I think calling UTG with AK is a bit risky, but I've made the play a few times as well to mix it up. If the flop misses you completely, you can let it go easily; if the flop hits (like it did), its difficult for your opponents to put you on the hand; and if someone raises you pre-flop, you can go over the top.

2. I agree with Xtra that not betting on the flop was VERY RISKY. You had 5 opponents, and 2 had checked. Why give someone a free chance to hit their set or straight draw to broadway on the turn (when they got to cheaply see flop with QJ, QT or JT)?

I might agree with your logic of being strong enough if it were against 1-3 opponents (maybe)....but not against five.

3. I think you should have raised on the turn. Calling to keep another player in is asking to get sucked-out on.

4. Agree river was scary card for you, but that's because of the pre-flop and flop (lack of) betting

I still think you should have re-raised there because you got what you wanted, but in the heat of the hand, I understand why you just called.

I think the mixing it up is good, but trying to put too many moves on in one hand can make for some disappointing endings (trust me I know!!!

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Glad it worked out!!!!

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06-06-2006, 03:53 PM

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Thanks for the input. The Masses all agree that not raising preflop was a "No-No". I cant say I'll disagree with you. As I said this is not the normal play for me. If I didnt hit I was prepared to let the hand go at any time. This was a small buy-in SNG and at the very early stages. In my experience in this type of situation, raising with AK (even 10xBB) will still get as many as 3-4 callers. Then if you dont hit you're pretty much done and you've lost your raise. It worked out great for me this time, but this will not always be the case. I am aware of that.

What I usually run into in this situation is I'll raise w/ my AK preflop and get a few callers. The flop will come (x-x-A) or (x-x-K) and I'll be up against A-x or K-x (where x=gives my opponent 2 pair). Thats more difficult to get away from and I lose plenty of chips that way. ex: (I have AK and my opponent has A-9, I raise preflop and he calls. The flop comes A-2-9 and I'm behind from the get-go.

The way i played this hand was very defensively, in which i was prepared to let the hand go at anytime if i didnt hit like I did (2 pair). If I hit merely the Ace or the King and was subjected to the reraise on the turn i most likely would of let it go. Like I stated early I'm usually up against A-x or K-x where x= 2 pair for my opponent. In this hand my opponent hit 2 pair on the turn with his K-9. If the Ace didnt hit on the flop and all I had was a pair of Kings and an Ace kicker I would of laid the hand down when my opponent reraised on the turn.

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