Should I have just called the flop here?

[shysti]

When we hit our hands with gap connectors like the one Im playing here, the objective is to extract as much as possible to make up for the times we didnt make money off this kind of hand.


With that said, I think I messed up with the reraise on the flop here because the table viewed me as a TAG, and weren't giving me any resistance when I was in a hand with them. What would you do on the flop with the information given above?

I played the hand to vary my plays, plus the implied odds I was getting, I think I could of slow played it but value bet instead. What do you think?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (9 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

MP2 (t6700)
MP3 (t8760)
Hero (t12537)
Button (t7639)
SB (t2830)
BB (t3765)
UTG (t7666)
UTG+1 (t450)
MP1 (t2715)

Preflop: Hero is CO with T, 8.
UTG calls t150, 3 folds, MP3 calls t150, Hero calls t150, Button calls t150, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (t900) 7, 9, J (6 players)
SB bets t450, BB folds, UTG calls t450, MP3 folds, Hero raises to t950, Button folds, SB folds, UTG folds.

Final Pot: t2750

[chardrian]

Looks fine to me.

You do have position so you can slowplay, but valuebetting there to juice the pot is not a bad play.

[THaC]

There's really nothing to be afraid of, that's the dream flop for your hand.

Any jack is gonna call a small flop bet, but once you reraised, I think the only thing that will call you is a set. JT or 98 or something with a pair and gutshot won't call your raise unless they are brain-dead.

I like a flat call and raise any turn.

[shysti]

Then I make that one BIG boneheaded move sigh, after I have been kickin soo much ass in this tournament:

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t400 (8 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

UTG (t47270)
UTG+1 (t9804)
Hero (t23424)
MP2 (t14125)
CO (t17905)
Button (t12290)
SB (t20290)
BB (t14825)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, Q.
2 folds, Hero raises to t1100, 4 folds, BB raises to t5200, Hero raises to t23399, BB calls t9600 (All-In).

Flop: (t38349) 3, 5, K (2 players, 1 all-in)

Turn: (t38349) 5 (2 players, 1 all-in)

River: (t38349) 3 (2 players, 1 all-in)

Final Pot: t38349

[chardrian]

There's really nothing to be afraid of, that's the dream flop for your hand.

Any jack is gonna call a small flop bet, but once you reraised, I think the only thing that will call you is a set. JT or 98 or something with a pair and gutshot won't call your raise unless they are brain-dead.

He basically minraised - MOST players will call with a pair and a gutshot there. MANY will call with TP and some will call with just a draw.

Sometimes you gotta juice the pot to get maximum value.

[drmcboy]

with two in, you should always raise there IMO, you have to assume someone will play, and KJ/AJ will usually re raise. You may not get beat by then next card, but if it's a Q, T or 8 you may lose a lot of action, end up chopping, or go broke to QT/QJ/KQ types, which one of them almost had to have.