Interesting hand... would you call?

[pantherhound]

------HAND 5------
Game #732210093: Texas Hold'em No Limit (7/15) - 2005/06/04 - 16:18:03 (UK)
Table "STT1 661363 - 1" Seat 3 is the button.
Seat 1: Smiffy44 (1000 in chips)
Seat 2: Lord Hyde (985 in chips)
Seat 3: OICLARKY (978 in chips)
Seat 4: Mace01 (932 in chips)
Seat 5: Leester (985 in chips)
Seat 6: Tony1450 (1255 in chips)
Seat 7: Paradox26 (880 in chips)
Seat 8: Angels30 (985 in chips)
Seat 9: Number 3 (1000 in chips)
Seat 10: Gbear40k (1000 in chips)
Mace01: posts small blind 7
Leester: posts big blind 15
----- HOLE CARDS -----
dealt to Smiffy44 [9s Ts]
Tony1450: folds
Paradox26: calls 15
Angels30: folds
Number 3: folds
Gbear40k: folds
Smiffy44: calls 15
Lord Hyde: folds
OICLARKY: raises to 30
Mace01: calls 23
Leester: calls 15
Paradox26: raises to 45
Smiffy44: calls 30
OICLARKY: calls 15
Mace01: calls 15
Leester: calls 15
----- FLOP ----- [As 9d 4s]
Mace01: checks
Leester: checks
Paradox26: bets 835 and is all-in
Smiffy44: folds
OICLARKY: folds
Mace01: folds
Leester: folds
Returned uncalled bets 835 to Paradox26
Paradox26: doesn't show hand
Paradox26 collected 225 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot 225 Main pot 225 Rake 0
Board [As 9d 4s]
Seat 1: Smiffy44 folded on the Flop
Seat 2: Lord Hyde folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: OICLARKY (button) folded on the Flop
Seat 4: Mace01 (small blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 5: Leester (big blind) folded on the Flop
Seat 6: Tony1450 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: Angels30 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: Number 3 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Gbear40k folded before Flop (didn't bet)

Ignore the series of weak calls to start with, I almost never do that with suited connectors at this stage (or any).

The guy calls in early position then reraises preflop, but the raise is pointlessly small. Then he goes all in on the flop- conflicting plays there. This is almost impossible to make sense of. If he has aces preflop, makes his set on the flop and goes all in to protect his hand against the flush draw, then he would surely have known to isolate preflop. On the other hand, he may have pocket 9s and played them strangely, or he could have anything at all.

At any rate, I hadn't invested much, and I may only be drawing to my flush. He could even have a higher flush draw.

Would anyone have called here?

[ihategnomes]

nope, I dont call here without a real real good read.

[gabe]

i would probably fold even with a really good read.

[vqc]

really easy fold. No need to call on a middle pair even if you can see his cards and he has aboslotely nothing. So amny other things could go wrong, and your much better off staying in the tourney.

[gabe]

really easy fold. No need to call on a middle pair even if you can see his cards and he has aboslotely nothing. So amny other things could go wrong, and your much better off staying in the tourney.

middle pair + flushdraw

[vqc]

even with midd pair + flush draw.

WHy would a guy push? on the flop? 2 pair, set, 2 to a flush, probably justpushing to protect his hand. If so, hero is at a 65-35 disadvantage. The pot odds might be lyaing you the correct odds, but im not going out early in a SNG cuz of pot odds. I dont need his chips quite yet.

[ender555]

i would push this but not call it

[Estrop]

Fold.. No good to call here..

[Fortune 500]

Fold. Fold. Fold.

And Fold Again.