Part 3 and the epilogue.

Seagull158

check call

Seagull158

OK, I made the call. Probably a poor one but I was feeling lucky!
Lead out or check/raise?

Hand History #228534383 (22:39 29/01/2010)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
braniff08	Small blind		10.00	10.00	1950.00
schorah21	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1960.00
	Your hole cards	9 9
Seagull158	Raise		80.00	110.00	1940.00
marisa1988	Raise		260.00	370.00	1760.00
chad	Fold
greencards	Fold
braniff08	Fold
schorah21	Fold
Seagull158	Call		180.00	550.00	1760.00
Flop
		9 8 9
Seagull158	?

Action_Dan

Always tempting to check when hit massive hand but I like the donk into him here - you'll get raised by over pairs and if they're on the ball, might raise/call with AK type hands thinking you're just trying to steal...either way you're building the pot! Anything you do after checking to him, would look suspicious and they'll slow down especially if what they perceive as "scare card" comes - anything straightening would sound alarm bells, killing your action if they've got AA/KK etc? It's worth the risk of him folding on flop (in hope of getting massive pay day) than just getting C-Bet out of him and nothing else!

DOHHHHHHH

Checkkkkkkkkk, maybe donk bet at cash but opportunities such as this r so limited in tournaments. U cannot possibly lose the hand, thats what u need to tell urself, nothing can go wrong!

He has the betting lead, I check every single time here!!!! - Theres guna be a phase 3 right? So I guess u checked and called his c bet?

or is stage 3, the response to his c bet?

Got to be a check tho!

DOHH

Seagull158

In Response to Re: Part 2. Gamble and hit motherlode. How to play postflop?:

check call
Posted by BlackFish3

Yes, I meant to put that as an option, especially as that's what I did.
Here's the whole hand

Hand History #228534383 (22:39 29/01/2010)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
braniff08	Small blind		10.00	10.00	1950.00
schorah21	Big blind		20.00	30.00	1960.00
	Your hole cards	9 9
Seagull158	Raise		80.00	110.00	1940.00
marisa1988	Raise		260.00	370.00	1760.00
chad	Fold
greencards	Fold
braniff08	Fold
schorah21	Fold
Seagull158	Call		180.00	550.00	1760.00
Flop
		9 8 9
Seagull158	Check
marisa1988	Bet		550.00	1100.00	1210.00
Seagull158	Call		550.00	1650.00	1210.00
Turn
		7
Seagull158	Check
marisa1988	All-in		1210.00	2860.00	0.00
Seagull158	All-in		1210.00	4070.00	0.00
Seagull158	Show	9 9
marisa1988	Show	Q Q
River
		8
Seagull158	Win	Four 9s	4070.00		4070.00

Seagull158

In Response to Re: Part 2. Gamble and hit motherlode. How to play postflop?:

Checkkkkkkkkk, maybe donk bet at cash but opportunities such as this r so limited in tournaments. U cannot possibly lose the hand, thats what u need to tell urself, nothing can go wrong! He has the betting lead, I check every single time here!!!! - Theres guna be a phase 3 right? So I guess u checked and called his c bet? or is stage 3, the response to his c bet? Got to be a check tho! DOHH
Posted by DOHHHHHHH

You are SO right. Opportunities such as this so rarely happen in tournaments. Here is one that occurred less than 1 hour later

Hand History #228556572 (23:25 29/01/2010)

Player	Action	Cards	Amount	Pot	Balance
london5	Small blind		400.00	400.00	3765.00
boab163	Big blind		800.00	1200.00	7165.00
	Your hole cards	10 10
twiggy088	Fold
hessey	Fold
chad	Fold
Seagull158	Raise		4000.00	5200.00	8370.00
london5	Fold
boab163	All-in		7165.00	12365.00	0.00
Seagull158	Call		3965.00	16330.00	4405.00
boab163	Show	J J
Seagull158	Show	10 10
Flop
		3 10 2
Turn
		10
River
		3
Seagull158	Win	Four 10s	16330.00		20735.00

Dudeskin8

Running like god is always nice.