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  1. #1

    Default Fold to reraise?

    Early stages of a tournament. Should I just fold this preflop and avoid any confrontation when I may be dominated? I figure at best I'll win a little more from J-J or Q-Q, and potentially lose a lot to A-A or K-K.

    PokerStars Game #2502790454: Tournament #12173682, Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2005/09/05 - 08:51:51 (ET)
    Table '12173682 1' Seat #5 is the button
    Seat 1: pasty11 (1500 in chips)
    Seat 2: jjjjjjez (1890 in chips)
    Seat 3: SRQ Kid (1470 in chips)
    Seat 4: Cojudo (1120 in chips)
    Seat 5: dsaxton (1420 in chips)
    Seat 6: Catholic (1660 in chips)
    Seat 7: garbo (1580 in chips)
    Seat 8: fastdenny (1400 in chips)
    Seat 9: Orac300 (1460 in chips)
    Catholic: posts small blind 10
    garbo: posts big blind 20
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to dsaxton [Kh Ac]
    fastdenny: folds
    Orac300: folds
    pasty11: folds
    jjjjjjez: folds
    SRQ Kid: folds
    Cojudo: folds
    dsaxton: raises 40 to 60
    Catholic: folds
    garbo: raises 120 to 180
    dsaxton: calls 120
    *** FLOP *** [2h Kc Jh]
    garbo: checks
    dsaxton: bets 150
    garbo: calls 150
    *** TURN *** [2h Kc Jh] [6c]
    garbo: checks
    dsaxton: checks
    *** RIVER *** [2h Kc Jh 6c] [3c]
    garbo: bets 120
    dsaxton: calls 120
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    garbo: shows [Ah As] (a pair of Aces)
    dsaxton: mucks hand
    garbo collected 910 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 910 | Rake 0
    Board [2h Kc Jh 6c 3c]
    Seat 1: pasty11 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: jjjjjjez folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: SRQ Kid folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: Cojudo folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: dsaxton (button) mucked [Kh Ac]
    Seat 6: Catholic (small blind) folded before Flop
    Seat 7: garbo (big blind) showed [Ah As] and won (910) with a pair of Aces
    Seat 8: fastdenny folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 9: Orac300 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
  2. #2
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    i definitely wouldnt fold preflop. people reraise lots of bad cards here. you played it well.
  3. #3
    I would've played it the same way, I would've thought you had him beat tho. Him checking the turn OOP is a little awkard as he will have to lead out on the river to get a pot built.
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    himself fucker.
    I think you played it fine, really.

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  5. #5
    Played it fine. Some (including me) may have lost more money than that.
    pulling a courtiebee pŏŏl-ĭng ā kôrt-ē-bē (verb phrase):
    1. overvaluing mid pocket pairs
    2. knowing you should fold, but donkishly calling or raising anyway
  6. #6
    Played it great. I probably would have thrown in a turn bet and had gotten owned, but you played it fine and recognized that you could be beaten with TPTK. I would never fold this PF, your getting 2 to 1 odds, and you figure your the favorite against any two unpaired cards and are a coinflip with any pair besides AA and KK.

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