TalkFlop.com » heads up http://talkflop.com/blog Probably not what you think... Tue, 15 May 2012 12:55:24 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.2 All In Or Fold… I Did Neither http://talkflop.com/blog/2010/02/all-in-or-fold-i-did-neither/ http://talkflop.com/blog/2010/02/all-in-or-fold-i-did-neither/#comments Mon, 08 Feb 2010 17:12:41 +0000 Chewie http://talkflop.com/blog/?p=347 Heads up for the title and I’m out chipped by about 10:1.  We’ve been playing heads up for about 20 minutes at this point and I’m hanging tight.  I’ve moved in a couple of times and he’s folded.  I’m to the point that I really can’t call a raise so he’s moving me all in when he raises (typically from the button).  I look down at 77.  I obviously can’t fold here and would probably take the pot down here with an all in (my opponent confirmed this after the game).  Instead I choose to raise and try to win a big pot.

A pretty terrible flop for my sevens but I do have an inside straight draw.  I check giving up the lead and the button makes a reasonable bet which I call.

Trips on the turn puts 4 to a straight out there but I’m backed into a corner at this point.  I move in and get called instantly by J9 for a made straight.  I fail to fill up on the river when an Ace comes and the tourney is over.

I knew when I raised preflop I could be getting myself into trouble.  In all honesty I may have been getting a bit antsy but I was really hoping to get a double up to gain some traction.  Going into heads up 10:1 or 15:1 I knew I was in for an uphill battle and figured that this hand was as good a time as any to try and make my move.

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