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Bad play or Bad Luck? JTos v KTos

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  1. #1

    Default Bad play or Bad Luck? JTos v KTos

    This hand happened to me just a few hours ago while playing a live tournament.

    Tournament details. 108 players, around 68 remaining, average chips stack, around 30k, total chips just over 2mil.

    Almost at end of third session, blinds are 1k/2k.

    Current chip stack 96K (second in comp and on table)

    I'm UTG and have Jd Th. Call 2k
    UGT+1 fold
    UTG+2 bets 7.5K (chips behind about 24k)
    Rest of the table folds. I Call.

    Flop - 8s Ah Qh

    I check, UTG+2 checks.

    Turn - Jh (8s Ah Qh Jh)

    I shove
    UTG +2 calls, turns over Kh Tc

    River - 5 h

    UTG+2 takes the pot (and a third of my chips) with a flush Ace high with the king.

    Here is the question, how badly did I play this hand?

    This is the way I am looking at it. I had just been moved to the table, only seen 3 or 4 hands; UTG+2 had raised and brought the blinds like this twice already. Preflop I call with my JTos as another 5k on top of the 2k I have already put in is not much considering my chip lead. UTG+2 is only on average stack, and from my read so far playing a little over aggressively. I put him on Ace high, mid pairs, or maybe suited connectors.

    After the flop I've hit a double straight draw, K or 9, but without hitting I'm happy to check. Since UTG+2 checked as well, I'm thinking he has not hit, due to his aggressive style, so I change my thinking to him having mid pockets, but not the 8s. I'm thinking he is as scared of the ace and the queen as I am. With the Jack on the turn, I've hit my top pair, and I now have a flush draw to go along with my straight draws, and the possible royal flush. I shove thinking to buy the pot from his pockets.

    I still cannot decide if I played this hand badly, or just got unlucky (not a bad beat, just running into a better hand).

    On a little of a side note, shortly after this hand my Pocket Aces went down to a Runner-runner 4 card flush. After that hand I was never able to recover, finishing in 37th place two sessions later.

    Looking for all the opinions I can get

    Thanks in advance.

    Arkalore.
  2. #2
    fold preflop
    Playing big pots at small stakes.
  3. #3
    Quote Originally Posted by baudib
    fold preflop
    +1
    [00:29] <daven> dc, why not check turn behind
    [00:30] <DC> daven
    [00:30] <DC> on my hand?
    [00:30] <daven> yep
    [00:30] <DC> because I am drunk
    [00:30] <daven> nice reason
    [00:30] <daven> no further questions
    [00:30] <yaawn> ^^Lol

    Problem officer...?
  4. #4
    Preflop:

    - You just got moved to the table
    - You are UTG
    - You have been dealt JTo
    = Fold

    - You limp anyway and get raised
    = Absolutely fold

    overall very bad/not ok
  5. #5
    as played, which has been covered, I like the shove.
  6. #6
    People are almost never raising on top of your limp as loosely as you think they are.
  7. #7
    being new to the table, u should of known to fold

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