Late Tournament Decision

by **Not Like Me** Tue Jan 05, 2010 10:30 pm

You're sitting with a wired pair of 4's in the hole. Your stack is at the tournament average with 130 players left, and there are 100 places paid.

A couple of players limp into the pot ahead of you. Including blinds & antes it sits about 1/5th of your stack. Instead of pushing all-in, you decide to call and see a flop. No one raises, and four other players see the cards.

Flop comes K - K - 8. No one bets, so the turn comes. 2. Again, it gets checked around, and the river comes a 4.

So you're sitting with a full house. UTG bets pot, which turns out to be about half your stack.

Do you raise the pot, do you call, or could you ever muster a fold in that situation?

Taking all this into consideration, what is your play at the pot?

by **thehogster65** Tue Jan 05, 2010 11:14 pm

I'm just calling. Hoping and praying that player UTG doesn't have KK, 88, K8, K2, or K4. Which I believe is what all could beat me.

by **datsme53** Wed Jan 06, 2010 3:10 am

Okay, I guess I don't really know the player that's UTG. That is the only thing that might change my decision here. My best guess here is I call. I could not muster a fold here with what has come down. Raising now would be the only thing that could bring about a disaster. As Hoggie has said... there are quite a few possibilities that could beat my boat. Is it possible that he slow played with a K in hand? Of course it is. How likely is it? Depending on how UTG perceives how others play.... I'd say it's a fair chance he at least has the K. An awful lot of players will slow play a nice flop like that.. so overall, without knowing UTG, I just call... and if he beats me, I am still in there. If he doesn't have the best hand.. I still won a pretty decent pot.

by **NicolasWSOP** Wed Jan 06, 2010 5:57 pm

My vote is all in!

very low likelihood that someone else has a full house here or quads here.

by **Surf Rat** Thu Jan 07, 2010 2:01 pm

I would at least want to call .... curiosty ... & yeah I know what it did to the cat ... LOL

by channing73ny Mon Dec 13, 2010 4:49 pm

all in all the time i would think would be ur best bet

by g.o.d Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:33 am

personally i would call i clearly have a good hand but not the best possible hand i might have the nutts, butt dude may have the other 4withk lol or the other 2 kings and was waiting for a raiser u never know ? a call is enough!!!!!
44 and hitting a boat on the river is pushing it in the first place lmao !

win big pots loose small ones just call if u reraise u loose more if he winns
if u reraise and hes bluffing he folds so u get the callll money anyway
!! Smile