Hand to discuss Part 1

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Found that the entry for $125,000 guranteed for the weekend was only 14 players in it . Thought it would be nice to try and qualify for the tourney . Played very tight and this hand virtually ruined it . Did i played well for this hand ? ** Game ID 1022067296 starting - 2006-11-06 13:07:56 ** $125,000 Qualifier[641174]:Table 2 [Multi Table Hold 'em] (100.00|200.00 No Limit - MTT)[ignore this , blinds were 50/100] Real Money - BORNWINNER1 sitting in seat 1 with $2940.00 - Big_Pappa sitting in seat 4 with $1300.00 [Dealer] - iamspanish sitting in seat 5 with $2167.50 - jerryg1270 sitting in seat 7 with $3150.00 - Gift sitting in seat 10 with $5157.50 iamspanish posted the small blind - $50.00 jerryg1270 posted the big blind - $100.00 ** Dealing card to BORNWINNER1: Queen of Diamonds, Queen of Spades Gift folded BORNWINNER1 raised - $300.00 Big_Pappa folded iamspanish called - $300.00 jerryg1270 folded [up till this stage of the game , i only made a raise with 45 suited once and this particular guy called . Flop came 4,5,6 . Turn was a 6 and i went all in and he called River was a blank for him . Turns out he had AK for that hand . When he called for this hand, i was pretty sure that if no overcards came , he would be in trouble . ] ** Dealing the flop: Jack of Diamonds, 7 of Clubs, 2 of Diamonds [Great Flop for me] iamspanish bet - $300.00 BORNWINNER1 called - $300.00 [i really hope he has AJ here though , was trying to trap him though . My reasoning of not to raise here is because he remembered the 45s raise i think . I think he may have called again if i go all in . Rebuy period still on at that stage though] ** Dealing the turn: King of Diamonds iamspanish went all-in - $1617.50 BORNWINNER1 called - $1617.50 [i called his all in here . I don't believe he has a flush , i had a flush draw with a high card . Even if he has AK , i still have decent outs to win him . Mistake on my part here perhaps ? ] iamspanish shows: King of Clubs, Ace of Spades ** Dealing the river: 7 of Spades iamspanish wins $4535.00 from the main pot End of game 1022067296 Comments please ? The standard of play for qualifying was extremely high and i thought i made a not so good play for this hand and another one which i'm going to put in right after this .

[viggosen]

Re: Hand to discuss Part 1 First you let Villain see the turn card cheap and then you you pay him him off with all-in when he hits, that is bad in my opinion. Usually I think you should bet 2/3 to an entire pot to protect against draws, the problem here is if you do that you will be very close to potcommited. So I think you can do 2 things either bet 900 on the flop, and then push no matter what on the turn if Villain calls. Or check and hope than Villain bet so you can checkraise him, or if that doesn´t happen that the turn is a safe card. But a min bet on the flop is the worst option in my opinion.