Reckless?????

Dick Hertz

I have been nursing a short stack for quite awhile and managed to double up with AK against AJ when 3 hands later this hand comes up.


PokerStars Game #736937253: Tournament #2793555, Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2004/10/02 - 01:23:19 (ET)
Table '2793555 179' Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: Peter07 (8485 in chips)
Seat 2: kpj06 (8089 in chips)
Seat 3: quaribravo (3468 in chips)
Seat 4: Dick Hertz (2950 in chips)
Seat 5: mrxxx50 (4570 in chips)
Seat 6: vnutz (14139 in chips)
Seat 7: K-9commander (3510 in chips)
Seat 8: treysdad00 (6903 in chips)
Peter07: posts the ante 25
kpj06: posts the ante 25
quaribravo: posts the ante 25
Dick Hertz: posts the ante 25
mrxxx50: posts the ante 25
vnutz: posts the ante 25
K-9commander: posts the ante 25
treysdad00: posts the ante 25
quaribravo: posts small blind 200
Dick Hertz: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Dick Hertz [9d Ts]
Assize is connected
mrxxx50: folds
vnutz: folds
CzechBet [observer] said, "if you win send me 3$.......lol"
K-9commander: folds
treysdad00: calls 400
Peter07: folds
kpj06: folds
quaribravo: calls 200
Dick Hertz: checks
*** FLOP *** [Jh Td 8c]
quaribravo: bets 400
Dick Hertz: raises 2125 to 2525 and is all-in
treysdad00: folds
quaribravo: calls 2125
*** TURN *** [Jh Td 8c] [4d]
*** RIVER *** [Jh Td 8c 4d] [Ah]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
quaribravo: shows [8d Ac] (two pair, Aces and Eights)
Dick Hertz: shows [9d Ts] (a pair of Tens)
quaribravo collected 6450 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 6450 | Rake 0
Board [Jh Td 8c 4d Ah]
Seat 1: Peter07 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: kpj06 (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: quaribravo (small blind) showed [8d Ac] and won (6450) with two pair, Aces and Eights
Seat 4: Dick Hertz (big blind) showed [9d Ts] and lost with a pair of Tens
Seat 5: mrxxx50 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 6: vnutz folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 7: K-9commander folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: treysdad00 folded on the Flop

Was this a reckless play on my part?
Unraised pot, small blind could have anything( though I felt his $400 bet sceamed weakness)
I couldnt help myself from moving all in here, I felt sure I had the small blind beat. But I gave no thought at all to the early limper....Mistake?
Would a flat call on the flop be a better play?

Pigga

i only think this guys call was reckless
he only barely had you covered by 500-600 chips......his bet of 400 (min. bet) screamed weakness to me too when i was reading it, i think he was trying to feel ya out and see how strong his hand was. your hand was worthy IMO to push here, as you have mid pair w/ open ended straight draw, the only reckless thing here was his call imo, b/c he only had bottom pair and in the end he got lucky on the river....it happens b/c the better hand never holds up.....unfortunate luck for you.

ScottyZ

I don't mind this play. You've got a lot of outs against top pair and there are 2 cards to come for your straight draw. The nice thing about putting a big bet in there now is that you'd like hands like Qx and 7x to fold, which would possibly give you 3 more outs. (MSM call this "Buying Outs".)

I think you're only going to be in serious trouble against two pair or a set, or partially counterfeiting hands like J9, QJ, J7, etc.

ScottyZ