Poker Stars, $13.89 Buy-in (150/300 blinds, 25 ante) No Limit Hold'em Tournament, 2 Players
Hero (BB): 6,350 (21.2 bb)
SB: 7,150 (23.8 bb) 44/48/3bet 37 over 118 hands, filtered for HU
Preflop: Hero is BB with K
9
SB raises to 600, Hero calls 300
He was 4betting my 3bets a lot so I switched to calling with half decent holdings.
Flop: (1,250) A
8 A (2 players)
Hero checks, SB bets 600, Hero calls 600
Very unlikely he got a piece of this, so K high is nuts here, but no need to raise, so going slow.
Turn: (2,450) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, SB checks
He confirms my flop read.
River: (2,450) Q (2 players)
Hero bets 808, SB raises to 2,400, Hero folds
I went for a small bet representing A. If he got air he is calling to anything anyway. But his raise is unexpected: either he slowed A himself, or his QJ/QT type hand improved or he is trying to bluff me out of here, thus betting this big.
Results:
Spoiler
4,066 pot
Final Board: A 8 A 8 Q
Hero mucked K 9 and lost (-2,033 net)
SB mucked and won 4,066 (2,033 net)
