Flatted 99, turned a set, folded the river.

[Yazzie]

Hello!
Online tourney. I’m gonna round the numbers for simplicity. Please let me know if you would play any street differently.
ACR $22 50K GTD.

we are 23rd in chips 832 remaining 350 get paid.

Blinds 500/1000 125

MP opens 2,150 started the hand with 149,000
I’m in CO with 9c9s I call. stack 120,000

Heads up to the flop: 5s4sAh
MP bets: 2150
I call, pot is 11,140
Turn is 9h
MP bets: 5,570 (50% pot)
I raise to 22,280
MP calls. Pot is 55,700
River is 3h
MP leads 49,000
I fold.

I just got moved to the table this is my second hand on the table. No HUD.

[Edoardo Galbiati]

In my opinion, you did everything by the book, so well played. What I would have done differently is maybe 3-Betting the MP raise, in order to narrow the field and maybe by getting some weak AX suited with weak Xs to fold. He might have had an A3-A9 suited type of hand, I seriously doubt he would have had anything stronger than that as with hands like A10-AK he would have made a 4-Bet; however, it often depends on the type of opponent, which is difficult to understand in an online environment with hundreds of players.

[Colin Pike]

so, what are you putting him on A/2? only hand that makes sense? and if youre putting him on 1 hand then I think youd be better calling. a K/Q or other suited hands wouldn’t lead and raise. High chance he had a/9 or a/5 I think. I think the EV has to be higher on a call. better chance he has A high and thinks he is way in the lead

[Yazzie]

Thanks for the feedback guys. I ended up getting the second min-cash in this 3.4K entrants tourney.

@theonlybjlegend
I agree with 3-betting. I’d say I 3-bet 99 here 3/5 times. With no HUD and being just moved to the table vs one of the chip leaders, I decided to flat at 120BB effective. Is it the best decision? Hard not to be result oriented. Playing Vs. narrow range here is better for we fold 67 suited compos most of the time and all the low Ax as you said.

@nitokris
I agree. I am not proud of my fold. I still don’t know what to do and act skittish when I’m faced with out of flow bets. I am more worried about 67 suited combos here than A2 given that Ax of hearts is impossible here. The mistake is not 3-betting pre imo. I still have a long way to go in tourney play. Like in this case, I wasn’t sure what to do with 99 and 120bb deep versus the only player that covers.

[Colin Pike]

yeah maybe even a raise on any street to really see where you stand. Overall not the worst call but I think calling is the positive EV play

• This reply was modified 5 years, 8 months ago by Colin Pike.

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