Flopped two pair in late MTT

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Flopped two pair in late MTT

Hi guys!

I was playing my A game in this tournament and tought I had an edge over my table, when it came to this hand. In the beginning there were nearly 7000 players and now there was only about 150 players left.

PokerStars Hand #111282982278: Tournament #858625384, $2.00+$0.50+$0.20 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XXIII (5000/10000) - 2014/02/04 21:23:21 EET [2014/02/04 14:23:21 ET]
Table '858625384 392' 9-max Seat #6 is the button
Seat 1: BluChedda (123304 in chips)
Seat 3: vaggelas2013 (146851 in chips)
Seat 4: Sobernheimer (104724 in chips)
Seat 5: Bacc8j (237509 in chips)
Seat 6: Pigon1965 (143896 in chips)
Seat 7: carla698 (306990 in chips)
Seat 8: manos911 (34341 in chips)
Seat 9: Hero (148012 in chips)
BluChedda: posts the ante 1000
vaggelas2013: posts the ante 1000
Sobernheimer: posts the ante 1000
Bacc8j: posts the ante 1000
Pigon1965: posts the ante 1000
carla698: posts the ante 1000
manos911: posts the ante 1000
Hero: posts the ante 1000
carla698: posts small blind 5000
manos911: posts big blind 10000
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Hero  [Qh Kc]
Hero: raises 10000 to 20000
BluChedda: folds
vaggelas2013: folds
Sobernheimer: folds
Bacc8j: folds
Pigon1965: folds
carla698: calls 15000
manos911: folds
*** FLOP *** [Qc Ks 4s]
carla698: bets 10000
Hero: calls 10000
*** TURN *** [Qc Ks 4s] [8s]
carla698: bets 275990 and is all-in
Hero: calls 117012 and is all-in
Uncalled bet (158978) returned to carla698
*** RIVER *** [Qc Ks 4s 8s] [2h]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
carla698: shows [9s Qs] (a flush, King high)
Hero: shows [Qh Kc] (two pair, Kings and Queens)
carla698 collected 312024 from pot
carla698 wins the $0.50 bounty for eliminating Hero
Hero finished the tournament in 142nd place and received $10.32.
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 312024 | Rake 0
Board [Qc Ks 4s 8s 2h]
Seat 1: BluChedda folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: vaggelas2013 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Sobernheimer folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: Bacc8j folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: Pigon1965 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: carla698 (small blind) showed [9s Qs] and won (312024) with a flush, King high
Seat 8: manos911 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 9: Hero showed [Qh Kc] and lost with two pair, Kings and Queens


My plan was at first to call on the flop and then jam if there wouldn't come another one spade, because I put villain on Asx. I also thought that I would fold if there comes another spade and villain bets small, but this jam made me thinking about bluffing. And of course it wasn't :D How would you have played this one? Any comments?

Thanks already!


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CairyHunts 11 years, 2 months ago

Shove or fold pre. As played, the mindonklead usually is a blockbet for FD's of other weak equity hands like OESD's etc. Just raise/GII, result would be the same. I see no plus-side on calling flop.

TheMickxx 11 years, 2 months ago

Isn't shoving with KQ UTG pre little too loose? My purpose was to collect blinds or play depending who takes a step against me. On the other hand i think KQ is pretty good to open here and A5-A9 should throw their cards away. Folding pre sound little too tight in endgame?

If I had 3BET all in on the flop, I see no way that villain would throw his/her cards away, even thoug shoving would be slighlt +EV on the flop.

CairyHunts 11 years, 2 months ago

The problem is stacksize distribution on the table. Nearly every stack is a reshove one, so opening for stealing purposes is prob gonna be a bad idea. I think 14.5bb is fine w KQo utg, it does very well in showdowns anyway. Raise folding of that stack w all them reshove stacks is burning money, especially when ure going to the blinds next hand, so effectively you're losing 3,5bb, rather than 2.

You can jam over her lead and expect a call here, and surely is mega +EV, not slightly.

TheMickxx 11 years, 2 months ago

Ok, thanks for replying. I think you are right about jamming pre. But which option do u think is better, to jam or fold? Our stack isn't so deep, and blinds are coming in next hand, so maybe tryin to double up now is better option than after blinds?

Fugliee 11 years, 1 month ago

Koon nailed it. It's min raise or fold IMO... If I'm right this looks like the 2.70 turbo KO. In which case at this point I imagine you're on an above average stack. 

Agree though that you need to get it in on the flop.

Philip Maloco 11 years, 1 month ago

Min raise pre is fine but I shove my two pair to his min flop bet with your stack if he has a draw well he still as to hit so you get your money in good

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