Horrible Spot

[billy the punter]

Haven't been in this section for a while as, due to the busy racing schedule, it's been over a month since I've seen a card. As it was your typical boring Good Friday I made a little comeback. Now most of the time I'm happy with my decisions. Even when they turn out to be incorrect, I can at least justify them (usually). However every now and again I find myself unsure of a play I've made. Unsurprisingly it usually comes when holding JJ, QQ or AK - less so AK as I'm happy with regards to how tight I play that hand. One such instance occured in the tourn I played tonight. 99% sure there were 18 left (9 paid).... ***** Betfair Poker Hand History for Game 507656170 ***** NL Texas Hold'em $55 Buy-in + $5 Entry Fee, Level:11 Blinds(250/500-50 ante) - Friday, April 10, 21:40:07 GMT 2009 $7,000 Guaranteed NLH Deep Stack #234106 Table 1 9-max (Real Money) Seat 1 is the button Total number of active players : 9 Seat 1: freesole ( 9,695.50 ) Seat 2: ahbibi87 ( 24,181 ) Seat 3: subman ( 52,207.36 ) Seat 4: swansen ( 38,014.81 ) Seat 5: bethammer ( 21,698 ) Seat 6: unlckey5 ( 39,406 ) Seat 7: Harold Boom ( 28,154.50 ) Seat 8: BENALMADENA ( 23,341.50 ) Seat 9: Badger6666 ( 28,681.50 ) Tourney Level:11 Blinds(250/500-50 ante) freesole posts ante [50] BENALMADENA posts ante [50] unlckey5 posts ante [50] Harold Boom posts ante [50] bethammer posts ante [50] Badger6666 posts ante [50] swansen posts ante [50] subman posts ante [50] ahbibi87 posts ante [50] ahbibi87 posts small blind [250] subman posts big blind [500] ** Dealing down cards ** Dealt to Harold Boom [ Qd, Qh ] swansen folds bethammer raises to [1,600] unlckey5 folds Harold Boom calls [1,600] BENALMADENA goes all-in BENALMADENA raises to [23,291.50] Badger6666 folds freesole folds ahbibi87 folds subman folds bethammer folds I've deleted the bottom for the time being, call or fold? Extra info - played BENALMADENA many times, he is a fair player, rails a lot too, non-believer with regard to my bets. He respects bethammer. He wouldn't necessarily be scared of my call as he would put me on any number of hands, he thinks I'm aggressive and I think he thought I was calling, getting protection from the early raiser, with a busting hand.

[GaF]

Re: Horrible Spot It's a massive overbet - for most players this means a scared bet and not AA or KK. Most likely he has AK, but maybe also something like JJ