55 ftw

[Yen_Sid]

Played the satellite to the 250k guaranteed weekly last night, this 55 hand secured it. Would anyone have folded this preflop bearing in mind top 6 won seats? Obviously it's a good job the turn was Jd rather than another diamond, just felt I had to go for it at that stage. Any comments?



***** Hand 966825595 *****
400.00/800.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 22 February 2008 22:34:55
€250,000 DAILY (Real /Tournament )
Seat 1: yen_sid (14434.00)
Seat 2: fritske99 (3835.00)
Seat 3: castelier (35290.00)
Seat 4: Õàìàðÿë (3512.00)
Seat 5: spareto (7883.00)
Seat 6: benito555 (7325.00)
Seat 7: unai_08 (10050.00)
Seat 8: Blixten06 (17705.00)
Seat 9: sawbill (8355.00)
Seat 10: silicio (6361.00)
sawbill post SB 400.00
silicio post BB 800.00
** Deal **
yen_sid [5c, 5s]
fritske99 [N/A, N/A]
castelier [N/A, N/A]
Õàìàðÿë [N/A, N/A]
spareto [N/A, N/A]
benito555 [N/A, N/A]
unai_08 [N/A, N/A]
Blixten06 [N/A, N/A]
sawbill [N/A, N/A]
silicio [N/A, N/A]
*** Bet Round 1 ***
yen_sid Call 800.00
fritske99 Fold
castelier Raise to 1600.00
Õàìàðÿë All-in 3512.00
spareto Fold
benito555 Fold
unai_08 Fold
Blixten06 Fold
sawbill Call 3512.00
silicio Fold
yen_sid Call 3512.00
castelier Call 3512.00
*** Flop(Board): *** : [5d, 9d, Jc]
*** Bet Round 2 ***
sawbill All-in 4843.00
yen_sid All-in 10922.00
castelier Call 10922.00
*** Turn(Board): *** : [5d, 9d, Jc, Jd]
*** River(Board): *** : [5d, 9d, Jc, Jd, 7c]
*** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 42285.00
yen_sid [5c, 5s] Full house Win: 42285.00
fritske99 Fold Win: 0.00
castelier [Kh, Ks] Two pair kings and jacks Win: 0.00
Õàìàðÿë [Ad, Kd] Ace high flush Win: 0.00
spareto Fold Win: 0.00
benito555 Fold Win: 0.00
unai_08 Fold Win: 0.00
Blixten06 Fold Win: 0.00
sawbill [Qc, Qs] Two pair queens and jacks Win: 0.00

[Scottieboy08]

Hi Ed

Personally I'd fold UTG but the resulting call of the shove and call isn't too bad.

[Yen_Sid]

You'd fold it Scottie? No way I'm ever folding a pp at that stage of a tournament UTG, a wee limp or a decent raise would be my only 2 options.

[Scottieboy08]

Originally Posted by Yen_Sid

Played the satellite to the 250k guaranteed weekly last night

This is why I'd fold it pre-flop UTG

[Doc]

I'd only limp here if the table is VERY passive. A big raise is a bad play IMO - if someone plays back at you, you'll either have to fold or play for your stack against someone who is at worst 50-50 against you. I'd make a pot-sweetener raise to maybe 2.5 or 3BB if I was going to play it.

I don't like your call here after the raising - the big problem is that the player after you has min-raised - I'd be very leery of him having a big hand (which he does) and it is action to him after you call. If he is an aggressive player and regularly min-raises then I'd be pushing here when the action is back to me.

[mrmuzeman]

Pretty standard fold imo. Retain your status as 3rd chipstack out of 10 players with 6 qualifying, why get involved in such a dodgy marginal spot.
Any pocket pair UTG is in a dodgy situation bar the big pairs really unless you get lucky and flop the set.

With half the table as short stacks theres a decent chance someone will push all in leaving you in a tough spot where youre hardly ever gona be anything better than a coinflip if you call. Probably flipping two thirds of the time and fucked the other third.

Dont see the point in getting involved especially when in a good spot in a satellite. I would actually fold this utg any time the stacks were not deep in any sort of tournament (which is most of the time in a donkament). If you want to try to take advantage of possible tight nearing the bubble play its better just to wait til your on the button and then try a steal with anything than contribute chips to the pot here in search of a set.

[Yen_Sid]

Aye ok points taken, cheers guys.

I knew how much of my stack I was risking making the call. Obviously I knew I was behind but felt it worth the call to see if I could get the set. Had I missed the flop I would've been out of there obviously and I was still comfortable with the chips I would have left. Had been playing with these folk a couple of hours at this point and was pretty sure I would make top 6 whether I won that pot or not, hence me taking a chance on it. I liked the look of it, I felt confident regardless of the outcome, so I decided to play it, simple as that. All the books I'm sure will say I should be folding but having never read one I wouldn't know. All just a bit of fun for me, don't take it very serious, never intend to. If I followed the "rules" I would've given up a long time ago due to the sheer boredom I reckon..

Haven't seen (virtually) you for a while Muse, what you been up to? Still dealing?