Resorts World daily tournament, too aggressive with two pairs?

Resorts World daily tournament, too aggressive with two pairs?

Down to 11 players. I had moved to a new table so didn't have a read on the opponents. I was the chip leader with ~80BB stack. Opponent had ~50BB stack.

Button: 8h6h, I raised 2.5x BB

Small blind called, others folded

Flop: 5c6s7c, I flopped middle pair and open ended straight draw. Opponent checks, I bet two-thirds pot, he called

Turn: 8s, I now have two pairs and there are two flush draws on the board. Opponent bets half pot, I moved all-in. He snap called with a 9. River was a blank, and I lost most of my stack.

I put him on a flush draw or top pair; wondering how I should have played this differently. Hard to put him on specifically having a 9.

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20 July 2024 at 11:53 PM
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What are the payouts and how many paid? Are you already in the money? Generally have to play aggressive in BTN/SB/BB matchups but hard to say without ICM details. Deep in a tournament near final table bubble the big stack generally wants to tighten up till reaching the final table since your goal is to make top 3 payouts


by B00mShackalaka k

What are the payouts and how many paid? Are you already in the money? Generally have to play aggressive in BTN/SB/BB matchups but hard to say without ICM details. Deep in a tournament near final table bubble the big stack generally wants to tighten up till reaching the final table since your goal is to make top 3 payouts

11 players left. Only the top 6 paid (very small tournament with 55 entries). I ended up finishing 8th and did not make the money; looking back, I was way too loose with my big stack. After this hand, I called of more than half my remaining stack against preflop all-in with AT suited. She had AA.


The relative strength of a two pair on a board like this isn't that big. I would say it's merely a bluff catcher when you see the action on the turn.

And why can't he have a set? SB calling a button raise with any of 55-88 can't be ruled out, even though they are supposed to raise those hands more often than not. Sure that would be a risky play on their part, given that you can have a lot of 9x-hands as big stack opener from BTN. But that doesn't mean a player won't play the hand this way.

I also find it unlikely a player with only a draw should switch gears here after you have shown interest in the pot twice and betting that big on the flop on this wet board. The most likely reason is that he either liked the turn card or at least had a real good hand on the flop already.

Sure: Aggro players can use this type of board textures to push people of hands like two pairs, especially when they have outs if called. Problem is you don't have a read on this player that suggests they're that. I seriously doubt calling or maybe even betting the turn is a profitable play. I'm not even sure betting the flop instead of checking behind is correct.


Seems really bad. 2 pair not much on 4 straight board. Have to flat call and reevaluate river. There are lots of draws. Don't think he is leading with a set. Either a 9, a semi bluff or bluff.


What is the purpose of jamming the turn?


I guess he was trying to get a flush draw to fold or call incorrectly.

Th I s seems like a shove for 40xbb total over a 7xbb bet. If you call, the spr will be about 1.2-1. Difficult situation, but shove I s bad.


by deuceblocker k

I guess he was trying to get a flush draw to fold or call incorrectly.

Yeah, when I ask questions like that it's because I want the OP to explain their thought process.

by RDS24 k

I put him on a flush draw or top pair; wondering how I should have played this differently. Hard to put him on specifically having a 9.

I think 9x makes a lot of sense to check/call/lead here. So I guess the big problem is that you took a line that only gets the money in against hands that crush you.

I'm also not crazy about your bet sizing, seems pretty large preflop (maybe OK considering the stack depths here though) and flop.


This isnt a great flop for us. We should likely want to check it back a decent amount of the time. I think betting with this particular hand is fine but checking back would be okay aswell. But when we do bet i think i would stick to a smaller size given this isnt a great board to for us and we will be put in some tricky/annoying spots when getting raised/different turn cards

also as played the raise doesnt make any sense, its clearly not a value raise with two pair on this board, call and re evaluate i think is the move

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