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Overpair more than likely here?

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June 27, 2015 - 8:56 am

First strategy post for a new TPE member so go easy!

Early to mid way through a $3 tourney and recently moved to the table so no real reads. I was in two minds about whether this was an overpair or AK/Q/J of diamonds – what are people’s views on what you would do here? Would you firstly call given the value, and maybe play this differently at all?

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PokerStars Hand #137230698789: Tournament #1257106546, $3.00+$0.30 USD Hold’em No Limit – Level XI (125/250) – 2015/06/26 10:48:38 WET [2015/06/26 5:48:38 ET]
Table ‘1257106546 31’ 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 1: Olejik8 (7363 in chips)
Seat 2: Spellcast (12857 in chips)
Seat 3: DonkLeadOut (12758 in chips)
Seat 4: El Neto32 (13228 in chips)
Seat 5: CashFlowBear (5853 in chips)
Seat 6: JackpotFlop (4567 in chips)
Seat 7: CardsBreak (8257 in chips)
Seat 8: L666eo (9361 in chips)
Seat 9: DeckMechanic (2412 in chips)
Olejik8: posts the ante 25
Spellcast: posts the ante 25
DonkLeadOut: posts the ante 25
El Neto32: posts the ante 25
CashFlowBear: posts the ante 25
JackpotFlop: posts the ante 25
CardsBreak: posts the ante 25
L666eo: posts the ante 25
DeckMechanic: posts the ante 25
Olejik8: posts small blind 125
Spellcast: posts big blind 250
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Spellcast [9h Ks]
DonkLeadOut: raises 250 to 500
El Neto32: folds
CashFlowBear: folds
JackpotFlop: folds
CardsBreak: folds
L666eo: folds
DeckMechanic: folds
Olejik8: folds
Spellcast: calls 250
*** FLOP *** [9d 3d 3s]
Spellcast: checks
DonkLeadOut: bets 999
Spellcast: raises 1211 to 2210
DonkLeadOut: raises 10023 to 12233 and is all-in
Spellcast: ?

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June 27, 2015 - 5:00 pm

He could have an overpair to the board or a flush draw. As played, I would fold. But I will ask this: If you're not planning on calling an all-in, why are you check-raising? What do you think about leading out, and then folding if he raises? The difference is you invest fewer chips to get what is essentially the same result.

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June 28, 2015 - 3:05 pm

I don't really like donking or check-raising, because in both cases you can't feel too good about it if you're called, which means you're essentially turning your hand into a bluff. What you have is a bluff-catcher, and I think this is a clear check-call.

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