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mporter123:
Heads up in an $11 MTT on Full Tilt. 32 runners. $128 for first, $74 for second.

Just doubled up in back to back hands. Villain has suggested a chop just before/during hand and I declined. Railer (fan of chops) was not amused.

Villain seems fairly spewy LAG and has had chip lead from 12 out. Dodgy bet sizing and OPR indicate he/she is not very experienced. Seems reasonably competent heads up but less than 10 hands in though.

Full Tilt Poker Game #31671379977: $10 + $1 Tournament (245924764), Table 6 - 500/1000 Ante 125 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:36:46 WET - 2012/12/16 [09:36:46 ET - 2012/12/16]
Seat 1: Koskela23 (43,689)
Seat 4: Mark_Porter87 (52,311)
Koskela23 antes 125
Mark_Porter87 antes 125
Mark_Porter87 posts the small blind of 500
Koskela23 posts the big blind of 1,000
The button is in seat #4
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Mark_Porter87 [Qc 6s]
Mark_Porter87 has 15 seconds left to act
Mark_Porter87 raises to 3,000
Koskela23 calls 2,000
*** FLOP *** [Qs Tc 9c] (Total Pot: 6,250, 2 Players)
Koskela23 checks
Mark_Porter87 has 15 seconds left to act
Mark_Porter87 bets 3,455
Koskela23 calls 3,455
*** TURN *** [Qs Tc 9c] [Ac] (Total Pot: 13,160, 2 Players)
Mark_Porter87: no deal. gl
Koskela23 bets 7,896
sstormyr (Observer): idiot loser british gay&%!!
Mark_Porter87 has 15 seconds left to act
Mark_Porter87 calls 7,896
*** RIVER *** [Qs Tc 9c Ac] [6h] (Total Pot: 28,952, 2 Players)
Koskela23 has 15 seconds left to act
Koskela23 bets 16,000
Mark_Porter87 has 15 seconds left to act
Mark_Porter87 has requested TIME

Fold the turn? Fold now?

fandango:
Villains flat post flop suggests to me that an Ace isn"t in his range.. When you have hit 2 pair on turn on turn and he leads out for 16k, I think your committed if you just call.. IMO I would shove and take it down if it"s a bluff..if he has Q9 etc cooler ul.

KarmaDope:
Hmmm...interesting one.

I want to just minraise pre, keeps the pot smaller and controls future streets.

Flop is fine, IMO. Turn is the interesting one. I don"t like to fold because it just seems so weak! However, it does hit every draw in the book, and we have the 2nd NFD to give us some outs. Probably call and fold river unimproved...

But we have improved on the river! We now beat all his Ax one pair hands and missed flush draws. He can easily have a hand like KQo with the Kc that he would play this way I think.

I initially came into this post thinking I"d probably fold. However, I think I"ve talked myself into a call. Hence, call.

Jon MW:
It would depend on the opponent, on the odd occasion I get to heads up I"m usually pretty confident that I can win from there. If I had a read on what he had then I"d go by that - without that I"d fold the turn but call the river. If he"s beating you on the river then I think it"s just bad luck.

pokerpops:
Calling

But then you have Q6 which is of course the Stockton Massive"s premium hand and it"s hard to lose with it.

He"s already taken the chip lead but you say he"s spewy lag so recovering this shouldn"t be too hard if we"re wrong.

Seriously though - bet nore on the flop and shut it down there and then. You"ve flopped top pair on a drawy board, you have a solid chip lead and a pot sized c-bet, with mouse hovered over the call button in case he shoves would be my preference.

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