How To Play The Top Pair In This Situation?

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Postby poker_james on Thu Jul 26, 2007 11:25 am

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210 player tournament (~120 players left at the moment)
My chip stack - 1300 (which basically means I need some chips fast)
Blinds - 50/100

My cards in preflop Kd Jd
4 players limp-in, everyone else folds.

The Flop comes out - 4 8 J
Player 1 drops 100 out of his 1200.
I definitely call.
Player 3 folds.
Player 4 pushes his stack all-in (4300 chips). He did that a few times in the past before that hand.

How would you play this situation?
Push the 1100 all-in or fold?
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Postby KACKIS on Thu Jul 26, 2007 12:55 pm

p_james wrote:<!--sizeo:5--><span style="font-size:18pt;line-height:100%"><!--/sizeo-->Would You Play The Top Pair?<!--sizec--></span><!--/sizec-->

210 player tournament (~120 players left at the moment)
My chip stack - 1300 (which basically means I need some chips fast)
Blinds - 50/100

My cards in preflop Kd Jd
4 players limp-in, everyone else folds.

The Flop comes out - 4 8 J
Player 1 drops 100 out of his 1200.
I definitely call.
Player 3 folds.
Player 4 pushes his stack all-in (4300 chips). He did that a few times in the past before that hand.

How would you play this situation?
Push the 1100 all-in or fold?

Probably he has AJ. I would fold in this situation -_-
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Postby poker_james on Thu Jul 26, 2007 8:47 pm

catchKISS wrote:Probably he has AJ. I would fold in this situation -_-


AJ? And what do you base your guess on?
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Postby KACKIS on Sat Aug 04, 2007 11:12 am

p_james wrote:AJ? And what do you base your guess on?

You didn't write what are cards on the Flop?
Is it a Flush draw situation? No?..
I would push All-in only with AJ or AA/KK/QQ in this situation.
Because to bet here is not a good. Maybe somebody could have Straight draw... <_<
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Postby thrash1294 on Sat Aug 04, 2007 12:26 pm

I wont normally risk my whole stack on only a pair.
But if you know this guy is just a maniac then I call if no one is behind me.....
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Postby poker_james on Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:43 am

catchKISS wrote:You didn't write what are cards on the Flop?
Is it a Flush draw situation? No?..
I would push All-in only with AJ or AA/KK/QQ in this situation.
Because to bet here is not a good. Maybe somebody could have Straight draw... <_<


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Well... The from doesn't look dreadful to me... All three cards are different, no connections, no nothing...
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Postby poker_james on Mon Aug 06, 2007 9:46 am

thrash1294 wrote:I wont normally risk my whole stack on only a pair.
But if you know this guy is just a maniac then I call if no one is behind me.....


Maybe he's not a total maniac, but he has a huge stack to support him... And I have just a thousand chips left... Many times chip leaders make stupid moves and lose lost of chips just because they wanna throw out others fast. I was hoping this is just the case like that and I didn't see any other option except to call...

Well... He showed American Airlines in his hands :D
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