Empire 10+1.

[vqc]

***** Hand History for Game 2355674940 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $10 Buy-in + $1 Entry Fee Trny:13891124 Level:1 Blinds(10/15) - Wednesday, July 13, 02:06:48 EDT 2005
Table Table 35321 (Real Money)
Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: tdfcrew ( $770 )
Seat 2: Sniper112 ( $1100 )
Seat 3: TheGrindHer ( $785 )
Seat 4: sheilar ( $635 )
Seat 5: poker030184 ( $800 )
Seat 6: Sublime782 ( $710 )
Seat 7: bartattack ( $800 )
Seat 8: BearClawMan ( $855 )
Seat 9: bookiebeater ( $800 )
Seat 10: bagganikkols ( $745 )
Trny:13891124 Level:1
Blinds(10/15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to TheGrindHer [ Ad 9h ]
>You have options at Table 11175 Table!.
poker030184 folds.
Sublime782 calls [15].
bartattack folds.
BearClawMan folds.
bookiebeater calls [15].
bagganikkols folds.
tdfcrew calls [15].
Sniper112 calls [15].
TheGrindHer calls [5].
sheilar checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3h, As, Ah ]
TheGrindHer bets [60].
sheilar folds.
Sublime782 folds.
bookiebeater folds.
tdfcrew calls [60].
Sniper112 folds.
** Dealing Turn ** [ 7h ]
>You have options at Table 11504 Table!.
TheGrindHer checks.
tdfcrew is all-In [695]
TheGrindHer ????

Who pushes a made flush?

[Staresy]

Perhaps he just feared AX filling his boat and was betting to protect?

[CrimsonOne]

Seen this move a few times, not sure what you can put the player on, a Flush, Ax or pocket 7's, did you call?

I'd probably have folded this early in the SnG, don't think you can call here myself.......

[CoxhEd]

A9o is a fold preflop this early in a SnG.

[Staresy]

Ordinarily I would agree, but he is in the SB and its only costing him 5 into a 90 pot.

[gabe]

i fold preflop to avoid the postflop decisions.

[CrimsonOne]

I've stopped playing hands like these early in a SnG unless i get to check in the BB.

It's helped me usually get to the last 4-5 players with a larger stack and not bleed chips and face these type of decisions early on...

I hate making a bad call that gets me busted out of a SnG when i'm under no pressure to play marginal hands.

BTW, I'm no real expert and a lot of the improvement in my game has come from reading your posts Vqchuang and the other posters replys

[gabe]

I've stopped playing hands like these early in a SnG unless i get to check in the BB.

It's helped me usually get to the last 4-5 players with a larger stack and not bleed chips and face these type of decisions early on...

I hate making a bad call that gets me busted out of a SnG when i'm under no pressure to play marginal hands.

BTW, I'm no real expert and a lot of the improvement in my game has come from reading your posts Vqchuang and the other posters replys

this is exactly how i feel, especially on the lower buyins on party that start with such shallow stacks.

[Aces]

i fold preflop to avoid the postflop decisions.

For 5 chips I think it's worth the risk if you can lay it down.

Assuming a call, I think I'd probably lay the hand down to the AI turn bet.

[gabe]

sure, the pot odds are good, but the pot isn't big enough for me to want to fight over. AXs is a drawing hand, and stacks aren't deep enough to play draws. You might hit your ace, but then you must fear a better kicker. I like going into hands confident that I have the best hand.

[vqc]

Iv been thinking about this hand.

My answer after the heat of the moment is that calling is not good.

What do I beat?
An ace with a lower kicker and a bluff.
IM drawing to ten outs for the full house, someone could have an ace with a better kicker, or the made flush.

This has to be a fold. BAD play by me.

I violated the rule
"dont lose ur pants in an unraised pot"

[gabe]

so you called? what did they have?

[vqc]

gabe go online

JT of hearts. Should I have put more balls into the flop bet?

[gabe]

you won't get the flush draw to fold, unless you push, and if you push you are usually only called by a better hand.