On the flop and turn I"m beating 99, TT, AK, AJ, KQ (maybe) and I"m loosing to AA, KK, JJ. I would be raising all in vs his turn bet.
What were your thoughts behind just calling?
Many thanks for your feedback. It really made me think about what I am trying to achieve.
You may not have noticed but it was a pot bet on the river that put Darren (and almost me) all in rather than 1/2 pot bet. So by calling the turn I don"t think this commits me to the hand. This may have altered your comments.
Generally at this stage of the tourney I would be looking to accumulate chips by getting maximum value from a hand - either by losing the least chips to the hands that beat me or winning the most chips from hands that I am beating.
In my opinion by raising all in on the turn I may be doing the opposite -
The hands that are beating me are almost certainly calling and I lose the maximum. I know that in the hand he bet all in anyway on the river, but the river card was a good card for him to do that. A blank river and he probably bets 1/3 to 1/2 pot and I lose less.
Very few hands if any that I am beating will call an all in on the turn. When I call the turn if he does check the river I will have to check back, but there is a good chance he will bluff the river with TT,99, AK , and again I gain chips. I am of course risking that he will suck out on the river but I believe that there is more likely he will bluff his worse hands than hit his limited outs.
The only time he may call a raise on the turn with a worse hand is a draw KT or T9 but he would be wary of the possibility of drawing dead on a paired board and certainly would not have the odds to call a pot bet.
More than happy to further discuss if you don"t agree.
