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  1. #1

    Default Should I have called the min bets? Should I have played this

    ---Tournament Summary--- Still in the tournament. Should I have called the min bets? Should I have played this any differently?
    MTT: 20 FPP Stars NL Hold'em
    Data for 1 hand.
    You played 1 hand (100%)
    You raised 1 time preflop (100%)

    The Tournament Trimmer (v2.0) from http://www.FlopTurnRiver.com

    -----Hand 1-----
    Hero's M = 50.00
    PokerStars Game #39087660984: Tournament #237365142, 20FPP Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2010/02/01 15:07:01 PT [2010/02/01 18:07:01 ET]
    Table '237365142 441' 9-max Seat #2 is the button
    Seat 1: Goldrush9 (1500)
    Seat 2: dabmebaby (1820)
    Seat 3: BENENE13014 (1200)
    Seat 4: Marvin Cole (1500)
    Seat 5: yeahilikeit (1500)
    Seat 6: paperplanehc (1480)
    Seat 7: sosodef28 (1500)
    Seat 8: mrwagun (1500)
    Seat 9: Hero (1500)
    BENENE13014: posts small blind 10
    Marvin Cole: posts big blind 20
    Preflop
    Dealt to Hero A K
    yeahilikeit: folds
    paperplanehc: folds
    sosodef28: folds
    mrwagun: folds
    Hero: raises 80 to 100
    Goldrush9: folds
    dabmebaby: calls 100
    BENENE13014: folds
    Marvin Cole: calls 80
    Flop: 6 6 9
    Marvin Cole: checks
    Hero: checks
    dabmebaby: checks
    Turn: 7
    Marvin Cole: bets 20
    Hero: folds
    dabmebaby: calls 20
    River: K
    Marvin Cole: bets 60
    dabmebaby: calls 60
    Showdown
    Marvin Cole: shows T Q (a pair of Sixes)
    Marvin Cole collected 470
  2. #2
    lol
  3. #3
    No reason to fold.

    1) Pot odds on turn are 330:20, or about 16:1. This means you need only a 6% chance to win in order to make even money. Translation: you are calling with any two here sir.
    2) AK is still likely to be best, even with two 20-FPP-tourney-playing donks in the pot with you.
    3) You built a preflop pot, raising to 5x the BB and actually got two callers. Forget the odds for a second. Intuitively, what makes you think you should give up now that someone is betting 1/5th of what you opened for before the flop? What kind of strength does this represent?
  4. #4
    bet 1/3-1/2 pot on the flop
  5. #5
    Thanks for the advice. I don't know if I am going to ever play in one of these tournaments again.


    PokerStars Tournament #237365142, No Limit Hold'em
    Buy-In: 20 FPP
    5138 players
    $1000.00 USD added to the prize pool by PokerStars
    Total Prize Pool: $1000.00 USD
    Tournament started 2010/02/01 15:05:00 PT [2010/02/01 18:05:00 ET]

    You finished the tournament in 54th place. A USD $1.81 award has been credited to your Real Money account.

    Congratulations!

    Thank you for participating.

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