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Well, I'm re-reading Jennifer Harman's section in SS2; she lists a few situations where she would check-raise or straight raise with middle pair from different positions.I could see an aggressive player doing this and doing well if the table is tight after the flop.

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This is just a tough beat IMHONo one raised pre-flop, so AK is probably out of the question.He starts raising you on the turn, pocket 7's would give him a boat after the turn but would he have stuck around after the flop with just 7's - probably not.Really, KQ is the only hand that you had to worry about which unfortunately he had.Other option is not to play KJ, AJ, K10 - hands that can get dominated and lose you a big pot.

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Andy Bellin was the author - Poker Nation. Excellent book.Unfortunately, I think that this hand is less than 50-50. I think that you have 10 outs (6's, J's, 9's), probably good but I would factor it down for the potential flush that is sitting out there. Also, there is the slight chance that someone already has the straight (you said that all the players are tricky, so I'm assuming that the all-in guy could already have his hand)So, I'd say overall maybe 1 in 5 if I'm being generous.You're getting 2.8 to 1 ($139 for $50) for the call.Fold.

I think that you mis-typed the seat #'s. I'll assume thatSeat 4 min-raisesSeat 1 makes it 2000Seat 2 (SB) foldsYou as the BB now have the actionSeat 4 is the big stack so this may be a low $ play to steal the blinds. Seat 1 then raises with an actual hand (could be a reraise to steal the blinds also).3,400 chips in the pot - I would re-raise all in and at worst someone will have AA, KK (whoops) or a PP (slight dog) or you're in the lead.This is also based on your "read" as it looks like any of these players would go in with a less than premium hand.

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I didn't rebuy although I did take the add-on. My general rule is to typically take one more rebuy if its early, but that would be it.On the very first hand of the tournament, I had Q J o and limped in. Flop was K 10 5. 9 fell on the turn. I ended up all-in with two other players who both had K 10. Tripled up on the first hand.

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On the JJ hand, I didn't want him to fold as I was pretty far behind at that point. After his min raise, I wanted to re-raise just enough where I felt that he would call to get some more chips in the pot. I felt that anything over a 60,000 raise would cause a fold which I didn't want.I was pot committed at that point regardless of the flop (which stunk for me) - I checked the flop hoping that the flop missed him and then went for it. I was hoping that he had a low/middle suited connectors, pocket 10's or lower, or a K without an A or Q. On the 9-9 hand, I went all-in before the flop, so h

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Finished 2nd in the PokerStars $33 + R tournament; only one seat was up for grabs.(':cry:')Here's the final hand:PokerStars Game #1510874313: Tournament #6883562, Hold'em No Limit - Level XVIII (10000/20000) - 2005/04/12 - 04:08:55 (ET)Table '6883562 29' Seat #4 is the buttonSeat 4: Promotius (844184 in chips) Seat 5: gobears (245816 in chips) Promotius: posts the ante 1000gobears: posts the ante 1000Promotius: posts small blind 10000gobears: posts big blind 20000*** HOLE CARDS ***Dealt to gobears [Js Jd]Promotius: raises 20000 to 40000gobears: raises 60000 to 100000Promotius: calls 60000*** F

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Great Job! I checked with about 2 hrs in and you had about 9,000 chips while the chip leader was over 40,000 chips.You'll have to tell us about some of the key hands.Again, Congrats!

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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (6 handed) converterButton (t1500)SB (t1500)Hero (t1500)UTG (t1500)MP (t1500)CO (t1500)Preflop: Hero is BB with [Qd], [5h]. 2 folds, SB completes, Hero checks.Check in the BBFlop: (t60) [6d], [8d], [Ad] (3 players)SB checks, Hero checks, CO checks.2nd Nut flush draw - decide to just checkTurn: (t60) [5d] (3 players)SB checks, Hero checks, CO bets t60, SB calls t60, Hero calls t60.hit the 2nd nut flush - should I have raised?River: (t240) [9h] (3 players)SB checks, Hero bets t80, SB folds, Hero calls t120.Feeler bet; get raised, I just ca

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Assuming the BB would have folded to a SB PF raise and then everyone else calls the extra bet, there would be 8 SB in the pot.SB leads out after the flop, OP should fold with bottom pair and two to act behind him.

Fold pre-flop to the big raise.After the flop, CO should bet out to protect the baby flush and to find out where he stands. Don't like the check.After the turn, CO only raises 30 into a pot of 142; bet out 2/3 the pot to try to take it down.Now, you're getting almost 3-1 if you call although there are two players acting after you.I would re-raise to force out the last two players; they would have re-raised earlier if they had a made hand. Then hope your hand beats MP1's hand.

I appreciate the criticism; I saw the flop about 40% of the time in the session which is way too high.I have read Aseem's two-parter on how to play Omaha 8 and Baldwin's section in SS2. So, I started out with those pre-flop guidelines in my head but noticed quickly after the first round that two of the players at the table were raising with garbage and playing to the end with said garbage. The guy to my right once raised and called down with high pair and no low for example on one hand.So, I obviously loosened up way too much and ended up getting a bunch of lucky flops which saved me.How w

Hand #1PokerStars 2/4 Omaha/8 (9 handed) converterPreflop: Hero is BB with [9s], [6s], [2d], [5d]. CO posts a blind of $2. 2 folds, CO (poster) checks, Button calls, SB completes, Hero checks.Check in the BBFlop: (6 SB) [7h], [9d], [4s] (6 players)SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, MP2 checks, CO checks, Button bets, SB folds, Hero calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, CO folds.Call the flop with a OESDTurn: (5 BB) [3s] (4 players)Hero bets, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, Button calls.Bet the Nut Straight River: (9 BB) [Qh] (4 players)Hero bets, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, Button calls.Bet the Nut StraightFinal