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Hi guys,

In my attempt to grow as a poker player I guess it"s to welcome advice or criticism regarding my play.  I was unlucky enough to be the first exit in Swansea in the amateur event and although steaming at how unlucky I felt at the time retrospectively I wonder If I could have gotten myself out of the hand on the river.  I"ll reply the hand below as best I can and welcome any comments....

Level 2 - 100/50

I"m on the button with AJ suited. 

A guy (I think David LLewelyn) who has only just joined the table after missing the first level raises to 300 from UTG+3.  There are two other callers and so I come along for the ride.

The flop is K 10 4 rainbow.  All players check around to me so I complete and take the free card.

Turn is a rainbow Q to give me the nuts.

Original raiser puts in 600, player 2 folds, player 3 calls the 600 and I make a raise to 1600.  Original raise then puts in an additional 1000 on top of my 1600.  Player 3 folds and I make it look like a tough decision and call to take it to the river.  The pot at this stage is 7150.

Question 1:  Should I have taken down the pot on the turn?  My thoughts on the turn were he possibly had AQ and with everyone checking the flop expected it to be good.  His min raise back to me however definitely had me confused.

The river is another 10.  The board reads K 10 4 Q 10

Prior to the river I had every intention of letting him hang himself but I didn"t obviously like the 10. 

He makes an insta-bet of 7000 when the 10 hits.  I"m sitting with 6700 behind me.

My thoughts (and this is where I hope to learn some things from you guys):

1. What does the min-raise on the turn suggest on a drawing board?
2. Should I be more in favour of doubling up early or consolodating with my remaining 6700?
3. Having no read as he"s just joined the table should I take the passive approach and fold?
4. For whatever reason I didn"t put him on KK or QQ so I felt my only danger hands were 44, Q10, K10.

Obviously I called and he showed K10. 

I think his pot bet on the river was the nail in my coffin as I felt a full-house in that spot would have value bet about 3k.  Hat"s off to him for having my brain in knots.

Apologies for the essay and all and any comments are welcome.  If I played it badly I would prefer to know and learn.  Thanks.

Leigh

daveyb147:
Well i think you are unlucky with the board pairing on the river and without going into to much detail,,once he raises on the turn,,i personally would be looking to take it down there and then,,he obviously wasnt scared of top pair,,so he either has a set,,2 pair,,,poss str8,,,or at worse a str8 draw,,,,i think i would av banged all in and basically said its your tourney life to catch me up or overtake me !!! easy said from my comfy chair i know lol

showdown:
Why can"t poker decisions be easy!?  :)

pables:
I was sat to your left Leigh and watched that painful hand, I was believe it or not willing you not to call that river and I agree with Dave you should have popped the turn, but we all make mistakes yours was just unfortunately at the APAT main event.  :(

Good luck at the next one........ :)

Ian

deanp27:
checked multi-way and then he suddenly wakes up on the turn means he has a set usually, or same hand as you.

I suppose calling the small re raise on the flop is ok but i think i would have raised it bigger (say 2k) and then jammed over his reraise, because i usually have a fairly aggro image.

As played i think his hand is face up and is a fairly easy pass. I don"t think he is bluffing and he isn"t 3betting the flop with a bare ten.

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