thats more like it

[bdawg31]

this was fun:

PokerStars Game #6480880949: Tournament #32897591, $10+$1 Hold'em No Limit - Level VIII (200/400) - 2006/09/30 - 23:00:12 (ET)
Table '32897591 2' 9-max Seat #9 is the button
Seat 4: bdawg31 (6710 in chips)
Seat 5: ScottF52 (3660 in chips)
Seat 6: Enforcer462 (1490 in chips)
Seat 7: Binak (1370 in chips)
Seat 8: bstereo (11375 in chips)
Seat 9: tallmantim (2395 in chips)
bdawg31: posts the ante 25
ScottF52: posts the ante 25
Enforcer462: posts the ante 25
Binak: posts the ante 25
bstereo: posts the ante 25
tallmantim: posts the ante 25
bdawg31: posts small blind 200
ScottF52: posts big blind 400
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bdawg31 [5s 5d]
Enforcer462: raises 1065 to 1465 and is all-in
Binak: folds
bstereo: calls 1465
tallmantim: folds
bdawg31: calls 1265
ScottF52: folds
*** FLOP *** [As 5c Ts]
bdawg31: bets 5220 and is all-in
bstereo: calls 5220
*** TURN *** [As 5c Ts] [Qs]
*** RIVER *** [As 5c Ts Qs] [Jc]
*** SHOW DOWN ***
bdawg31: shows [5s 5d] (three of a kind, Fives)
bstereo: shows [Ad Kc] (a straight, Ten to Ace)
bstereo collected 10440 from side pot
Enforcer462: shows [Qd Ah] (two pair, Aces and Queens)
bdawg31 said, "perfect"
bstereo collected 4945 from main pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot 15385 Main pot 4945. Side pot 10440. | Rake 0
Board [As 5c Ts Qs Jc]
Seat 4: bdawg31 (small blind) showed [5s 5d] and lost with three of a kind, Fives
Seat 5: ScottF52 (big blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Enforcer462 showed [Qd Ah] and lost with two pair, Aces and Queens
Seat 7: Binak folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: bstereo showed [Ad Kc] and won (15385) with a straight, Ten to Ace
Seat 9: tallmantim (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)

[PShabi]

Shitty shitty beat. Is that preflop call standard? Almost 20% of your stack. Pot odds + implied odds make it ok?

[bdawg31]

Good question. I thought about dumping it preflop. With the one guy all-in (i cant get any more chips from him) i wasnt sure whether to call or not. Also figured the big stack would be tight and even if i hit a set, i might not get paid.

Probably dumping it preflop would be the right thing. I dont know. Sometimes i wonder if i dont play 'too clever/too tight' - so maybe i over-compensated when i called this.

[PShabi]

I don't know either way. Would like to hear some other's opinions though. I was just asking FMI.

[bdawg31]

Cool. I was also looking at it as a chance to 'gang up' on an all-in short stack. Plus sometimes when someone is all-in - the other person wont bet so i get a cheap showdown with the 5s.

[Boobie Lover]

I would instafold 55 preflop there unless villains were pushing (literally) every hand.