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    Default Folded to SB: 88

    Alright, one of my weakest areas in tourneys is blind vs. blind when I am in the sb versus a bb who likes to smooth call and play back at me alot. The opp. has just got moved to the table, and the last sb vs. bb. i had raised, he called, the flop came a q 8 all of hearts, and i check folded q-trash without a heart because i didn't really want to get involved in that spot. I have been very active in the last orbit, raising 3 or 4 different pots, taking all but one uncontested to bulk my stack back up (the other one I took down on the flop). So knowing I have a loose table image, how do u play this? I raised hoping he would reraise and I would push. Maybe a limp-reraise, or just limping, then playing the flop accordingly, so I can get away from it cheap. I led out the flop, hoping to take it down. He called. I was about to shut it down, but the turn made me really want to see the river, so I made a small blocking bet (real obvious looking) hoping he would smooth call, then I could shove the river if I hit straight/trips/straight flush/possibly the flush, and check-fold if I missed. Looking back, this looks like a real idiotic play, so should I have played this?

    PokerStars Game #9954147638: Tournament #50007799, $30+$3 Hold'em No Limit -
    Level VI (100/200) - 2007/05/17 - 00:32:45 (ET)
    Table '50007799 1' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
    Seat 1: TrAdam5 (4445 in chips)
    Seat 2: machin1111 (17660 in chips)
    Seat 3: FinK22 (1965 in chips)
    Seat 4: Nelson777 (2805 in chips)
    Seat 5: arjan1985 (3220 in chips)
    Seat 6: SPITFIRE 194 (2230 in chips)
    Seat 7: Snakeoiler (3931 in chips)
    Seat 8: JABBATHEHUT (2010 in chips)
    Seat 9: bd3109 (4388 in chips)
    TrAdam5: posts small blind 100
    machin1111: posts big blind 200
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to TrAdam5 [8d 8c]
    FinK22: folds
    Nelson777: folds
    arjan1985: folds
    SPITFIRE 194: folds
    Snakeoiler: folds
    JABBATHEHUT: folds
    bd3109: folds
    TrAdam5: raises 400 to 600
    machin1111: calls 400
    *** FLOP *** [Ks 7d Jd]
    TrAdam5: bets 800
    machin1111: calls 800
    *** TURN *** [Ks 7d Jd] [9d]
    TrAdam5: bets 1200
    machin1111: raises 1200 to 2400
    TrAdam5 said, "88"
    TrAdam5 said, "8 of diamonds"
    TrAdam5: folds
    machin1111 collected 5200 from pot
    machin1111: doesn't show hand
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot 5200 | Rake 0
    Board [Ks 7d Jd 9d]
    Seat 1: TrAdam5 (small blind) folded on the Turn
    Seat 2: machin1111 (big blind) collected (5200)
    Seat 3: FinK22 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: Nelson777 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 5: arjan1985 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 6: SPITFIRE 194 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: Snakeoiler folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 8: JABBATHEHUT folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    BTW, as played, do u call the turn raise? I could only give myself around 9-10 outs (he could already have made the flush or straight and I could have 0 or 1 outs easily) reliably, so pot odds made it a fold, but it might have been worth the gamble to have the chance to get to 9,000.
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    I'd try a limp/push pre.

    As played, shove turn.
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    turn your chat off. spewing on about your hand is just tilt. Do you like it when people tell you what they have? I do, he and the rest of the table do too.

    I also say shove turn, it's a really tough call for a bad K and he should fold anything worse. And it keeps you out of the spot you got into. You're drawing dead sometimes but you're also folding the best sometimes- he can show up with Ad7x, Td7x, AT, QT, lots of stuff.

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