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Old 18-02-2007, 15:29   #2 (permalink)
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Default Re: i played the end game badly or did i?

I can see why you've played it that way, and I may well have done the same in the moment, but overall I think it's a mistake.

He's one of the few stacks on the table that can hurt you - you flat call pre flop, from the small blind, so you know you will be out of position for the rest of the hand - I suppose for $75 it has to be worth it (though Bleeding should probably be shoving against multiple limpers here with any 2 cards!!).

You dont hit what you want to hit with TJs (you're looking for straights or flushes - pairs are just trouble).

I like the pot sized bet, but when he flat calls (he can with a lot of hands, because he is in position) alarm bells should be ringing!!! Dont know what I think of the $900 bet - I often do that, but it's a scared and weak bet, but not wanting to give up on the hand. Another flat call and I'm VERY scared of what he has!!! (We know that you are ahead, and it seems he is a calling station, but assuming we dont know that)

Tough to lay down at the end after he has hit - you're getting 3-1, so I probably call here as well, but expecting that I'm almost certainly beat!!! (calling in the hope that his bet is desperation following a missed club draw!!)

I think that where you went wrong here is getting sucked in with a weak (top) pair out of position after making up the small blind - although the $75 for the small blind is good (immediate) odds, you're probably better off letting it go at this stage (even though it is a good drawing hand). You want to be in position post flop!!!
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