did I make a mistake by calling shove on river?

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did I make a mistake by calling shove on river?

Blinds: t1,250/t2,500 (9 Players) CO: 75,253
BN: 58,347
SB: 68,363
BB: 100,132 (Hero)
UTG: 118,155
UTG+1: 116,422
MP: 34,261
MP+1: 231,119
MP+2: 26,300
Preflop (3,750) Hero is BB with Q J
UTG calls 2,500, 6 folds, SB calls 1,250, Hero raises to 7,500, UTG calls 5,000, SB calls 5,000
Flop (24,300) 3 7 K
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG checks
Turn (24,300) 3 7 K T
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG bets 7,290, SB folds, Hero calls 7,290
River (38,880) 3 7 K T Q
Hero checks, UTG bets 103,165 and is all in, Hero calls 85,142 and is all in
Final Pot BB lost and shows a pair of Queens.
UTG wins and shows a straight, Ten to Ace.
UTG wins 209,164

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Jae Kim 4 years, 8 months ago

Hi nash. I don't like the way you played this hand for various reasons.

1) I think the Preflop raise is suspect and also the size is too small. This is the kind of hand we want to be checking without EXTREME reads.

2) I think your hand warrants a small flop bet but it's quite thin and I can understand checking.

3) Turn is a clear bet

4) I don't like river call one bit. It's hard to think of enough bluff combos and weak players often have very strong hands when they're blasting huge bets in.

nash_eq 4 years, 8 months ago

Jae, thanks for the prompt and detailed answer. The tournament structure forces you to be more active and aggressive. I am new to poker and struggling to find the right ballance. With your help now I understand that isolating a weak player OOP with marginal hand (pre-flop mistake) led to a terrible outcome for me.

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