Straight w/OESFD - standard?

[lowBoy]

No reads

PokerStars Game #3433267293: Tournament #17031216, Hold'em No Limit - Level III (25/50) - 2005/12/25 - 17:11:06 (ET)
Table '17031216 1' Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: dichotomy (775 in chips)
Seat 2: Jesper P (1320 in chips)
Seat 4: uoff12 (1285 in chips)
Seat 5: ClvrNickname (1545 in chips)
Seat 6: GrootyHooter (1885 in chips)
Seat 7: imastud911 (3600 in chips)
Seat 8: steve30 (1935 in chips)
Seat 9: KIRBYLANE (1155 in chips)
KIRBYLANE: posts small blind 25
dichotomy: posts big blind 50
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to GrootyHooter [7d 8d]
Jesper P: calls 50
uoff12: calls 50
ClvrNickname: folds
GrootyHooter: calls 50
imastud911: folds
steve30: folds
KIRBYLANE: calls 25
dichotomy: checks
*** FLOP *** [Td Js 9d]
KIRBYLANE: checks
dichotomy: checks
Jesper P: bets 250
uoff12: calls 250
GrootyHooter: raises 650 to 900
KIRBYLANE: folds
dichotomy: calls 725 and is all-in
Jesper P: raises 370 to 1270 and is all-in
uoff12: calls 985 and is all-in
GrootyHooter: calls 370

Do you push the flop instead of raising?
Does anyone find a fold here?

[Telepath]

When you fold this hand, that's the day you stop playing poker.

I do prefer pushing, true. You might fold out some draw that wouldn't be good for you.

T.

[baudib]

ouch. I think you should fold, but I'm doubting I could do it.

Have to hope the best up against you is two pair and/or nut flush draw...

[Telepath]

Your pot odds are enormous. You have flopped a straight and an open ended straight flush draw with nobody raising before the flop.

Getting away from this hand is practically out of the question.

T.

[Blinky]

I can't fold this. I might push it instead of raising but judging by what action occurred you'd likely be called anyways.

Interested to see what happened, so please post the results when you're "done" with this thread.

[Muxy]

"Never go broke in an unraised pot"

Fold Preflop.

[lambchopdc]

"Never go broke in an unraised pot"

Fold Preflop.

If you ever fold 87s preflop with 37BB with 2 limpers behind you in a SNG I will kill you.

[TLR]

Well played

[Muxy]

Other than the preflop issue.

I would check-push the flop and get all that action going.

[lowBoy]

I didn't push because my raise was close to the largest of the opponents' stacks. I'm getting all my chips in here, no matter what turn comes (if for some reason they all call my raise instead of pushing).

There is something to be said about pushing here though, as I was up against the nut flush draw (w/ no pair), JQ and J9. Turn brought an 8, river brought a 9 so I was beat down twice. I don't know if I could have folded anyone in this hand with a push instead of a re-raise, but it might do me a little better.

The tournie didn't go so well after this hand - I got knocked out at something like a 70/30 favourite on a later hand. Ah well... I was a 44% favourite to at least triple up on this hand and give me a chip lead that I could pwn people with.

[drmcboy]

since weirdly no one has, I'll say:

standard. Also RIGGED