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Flop mid pair and am questioning my play..
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November 25, 2010 - 1:57 am
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I decided to open utg to look strong.. End up flopping mid pair with one opponent. Did I play this awful? Thx in advance

 

Poker Stars $20 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t125/t250 Blinds + t25 – 7 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

Pozitiv84 (SB): BB = 16.4, t4095
choltz88 (BB): BB = 21.4, t5338
Hero (UTG): BB = 27.6, t6907
Daluvofmoney (UTG+1): BB = 28.5, t7126
lysecky (MP): BB = 11.3, t2815
Kicsem01 (CO): BB = 36.9, t9223
murkus84 (BTN): BB = 21.0, t5241

Pre Flop: (t550) Hero is UTG with T of diamonds A of clubs
Hero raises to t585, 2 folds, Kicsem01 calls t585, 3 folds

Flop: (t1720) J of clubs T of hearts 3 of clubs (2 players)
Hero bets t685, Kicsem01 calls t685

Turn: (t3090) 3 of hearts (2 players)
Hero bets t1445, Kicsem01 calls t1445

River: (t5980) 4 of diamonds (2 players)
Hero checks, Kicsem01 bets t2999, Hero calls t2999

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November 25, 2010 - 2:19 am
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IMO your bet sizing could be alil bigger on the flop like 800-880. the original bet looks like your repping TT or flush draw. I would def check the turn and evaluate his turn bet since you do have some showdown value. I think leading on the turn just balloons the pot there is a chance he might check the turn and you can save yourself some chips if he has a J.

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November 25, 2010 - 2:39 am
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why are you betting flop?  I am actually asking, not saying it was a bad play.  It seems like you are betting to bet, not exactly for value, not exactly a bluff.  There are some situations against some payoff wizards where betting here could be for value, but they are far and few between.  I do like betting this flop as a bluff instead of checking and betting turn if he checks because by betting we can rep all the turn cards that complete the draws, where as if we check we can't believably do that cause we c-bet all our draws on the flop.  But you really are not bluffing either, so I think checking the flop lets him fire draws/air/made hands, which is a little better than what he is calling the flop with, draws/air, and also you really don't want to make the pot big here out of position with a marginal hand.  The turn is a really good card for your hand, as it takes 2 of the 3 33 combos out of his range, so I would check call the turn as well, then probably check call river as it is a blank and he may have a hard time betting QJ and KJ for three streets of value here, so it makes his hands pretty much AJ, JJ, maybe QQ, or busted draws, making calling the river pretty profitable as there are more combos of busted draws and you are getting 3-1 on a call.  As played I call the river.  Oh also you should probably fold pre and save UTG stealing for hands like 76s that do well against calling ranges and are easy to get away from.

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