Comments sought

[Samba_SamPa]

And be as brutal as you think is necessary. I want to improve, and taking comments/criticism on board is important. I am posting this hand from tonight's focus game as comments by Steve following the hand when I said my hand gave me the distinct impression that he was p'd off at my move. Then leading me to question whether this was a fishy move and something I shouldn't repeat. My thoughts during the hand were: Pre-Flop - 5s aren't a great starting hand from my position, but I made a bet of 175 aiming to knock any weak hands out of the picture. If it folded back round to me, then I would have been happy with stealing the blinds. If I was called then I hoped either to hit the flop or outplay a caller(s) post-flop. If I had been re-raised pre-flop I was more than prepared to lay them down. Post-Flop - I was happy with the table and happy with my cards. I made the 275 bet, and then when Steve'O reraised I thought I was ahead... just a gut feeling, I thought he had 2 big overcards... and was confident in my shove. If I was wrong about him not having an overpair then I still had the safety net of an open-ended straight draw Anyway, here is the HH, like I said don't withhold what you think, give it me straight. Cheers guys and gals. ***** Hand 1108678019 ***** 25.00/50.00 Texas Hold'em (No Limit ) - 04 June 2008 20:38:26 PLounge league (Real /Tournament ) Seat 1: plSamba (1970.00) Seat 3: Redman10 (2066.00) Seat 4: PLGriff (1855.00) Seat 5: PLSteveO (1968.00) Seat 6: PLTelepee (1764.00) Seat 7: PLRIVRD (3635.00) Seat 8: PLwarbirds (2612.00) Seat 9: PLgoater14 (2130.00) PLRIVRD post SB 25.00 PLwarbirds post BB 50.00 ** Deal ** plSamba [5s, 5d] Redman10 [N/A, N/A] PLGriff [N/A, N/A] PLSteveO [N/A, N/A] PLTelepee [N/A, N/A] PLRIVRD [N/A, N/A] PLwarbirds [N/A, N/A] PLgoater14 [N/A, N/A] *** Bet Round 1 *** PLgoater14 Fold plSamba Raise to 175.00 Redman10 Fold PLGriff Fold PLSteveO Call 175.00 PLTelepee Fold PLRIVRD Fold PLwarbirds Call 175.00 *** Flop(Board): *** : [4h, 3d, 6s] *** Bet Round 2 *** PLwarbirds Check plSamba Bet 275.00 PLSteveO Raise to 700.00 PLwarbirds Fold plSamba All-in 1795.00 PLSteveO Fold *** Showdown *** : Rake: 0.00 Total Pot: 1950.00 plSamba By default Win: 1950.00 Redman10 Fold Win: 0.00 PLGriff Fold Win: 0.00 PLSteveO Fold Win: 0.00 PLTelepee Fold Win: 0.00 PLRIVRD Fold Win: 0.00 PLwarbirds Fold Win: 0.00 PLgoater14 Fold Win: 0.00

[SteveO]

Re: Comments sought I wasn't pissed off with you Samba I was pissed off with myself for trying to bluff you when I've never come across you before. I just thought I'd have a pop as I noticed you'd raised form early position a couple of times and thought I could get you off aq ak or maybe even a med pair. I should have just put you allin preflop with my AK. That is overplaying AK but I don't mind doing this in the low buyin tournies. If I'm busted by a better hand so be it. If I had raised with 55 in your position I probably would have played it the same way on the flop.