Call or Fold?

[Shady]

Pretty early on had no real read except he was calling everything preflop cause he was a huge chip leader. Not sure my PreFlop raise scared him off at all.

PokerStars Game #1361360129: Tournament #6126228, Hold'em No Limit - Level II (15/30) - 2005/03/15 - 16:58:22 (ET)
Table '6126228 1' Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: c_o_pkr_star (5800 in chips)
Seat 2: bry39 (1515 in chips)
Seat 6: Shady125 (1395 in chips)
Seat 7: sling256 (1195 in chips)
Seat 8: wincam (1475 in chips)
Seat 9: Cosmo56 (2120 in chips)
sling256: posts small blind 15
wincam: posts big blind 30
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Shady125 [Qc Qd]
Cosmo56: folds
c_o_pkr_star: calls 30
bry39: folds
Shady125: raises 60 to 90
sling256: folds
wincam: folds
c_o_pkr_star: calls 60
*** FLOP *** [6d 9h 5d]
c_o_pkr_star: bets 30
Shady125: raises 90 to 120
c_o_pkr_star: calls 90
*** TURN *** [6d 9h 5d] [6h]
c_o_pkr_star: bets 30
Shady125: raises 120 to 150
c_o_pkr_star: raises 5440 to 5590 and is all-in

[iwa]

If he is loose and calling a fair amount, don't be afraid to pull out the big cannons and throw down some serious reraises....

[vqc]

You don't really need to make a move right now.

Hes made a wierd series of plays and Im not really sure what I would put him on. Pocket 9s maybe, or maybe he was playing the big lick and hit his miracle flop. The bet and the call after the flop, and then the bet and the reraise again on the turn just looks bad to me. Fold it on the turn. Because its just not worth your chips right now.

Then again he might just be throwing his weight around, and playing good big stack poker. Your just going to have to ask yourself if you think its worth it. I personally do not. I think that at this point your pretty much beat.

[iwa]

I don't think he had pocket 9s or 69... maybe overpair, or a9... Still, I would have pushed much harder preflop, and on the flop. I would have probably made the call on the turn... it would have depending on the level of buyin and my read on the player.

[a500lbgorilla]

What was your reasoning for such a soft lob on the flop?

You've gotten a great frop with them ladies, you've gotta throw down and protect.

Your turn bet was pretty weak too.

-'rilla

[lovemachine]

im guessing this is a $5 or $10 sng, so its possible he had A6, which is a hand many fish will play for 90 fish because they see it as only 90 chips, not 3x big blind. he probably figured you had overcards which would be why he called your flop raise and got lucky to hit trips. i suggest raising more than 3x big blind preflop with monster hands such as this when the blinds are low because people will still be willing to call 5x the big blind in the early rounds if not more. also make a pot sized raise on the flop, your small raise looked weak.

[poskid_1982]

Raise 200-300 for the first 2 levels on any premium starting hand. You need to get these punks out of your pot early. Then throw it into hyper drive on that flop. I would have personally thought about all-in or maybe just a giant overbet. You have to make this guy not want to chase and chase for a price if he does.

Personally I think he bet the scare card.

[Shady]

I admit my betting was a little weak in terms of blind size. I fell into the trap that people look at bets in relation to blinds which unfortunately in early rounds many of these guys don't.

My flop and turn bets I felt were adequate to show my strength, when he pulled his all in I folded figuring he had trips or a boat. He was gracious enough to show me his cards which was Kx. I was a little irritated after that. I came back and made him pay for it later on, but at the time I was definately not happy.