Did I do the right thing?

[The Crusher]

I was in a $100 Tourny this past weekend and it was down to three guys. I'm small blind for 15k. I was dealt K-J offsuit. The guy on the button goes all in, which was about 100k. If I call, I still would have about 20k if I lose, so I called. The big blind folds. He turns over his cards, K-A offsuit. He was ticked (understatement) that I would call, cuz I only had 15k invested in the pot and I risked allmost all my chips with k-j offsuit. I ended up catching a pair of jacks knocking him out pissing him off even more....naturally.
I realized I won because of I got lucky and caught a Jack, but did I make the right move calling in this position with those cards and with little money invested?

It depends on what kind of player he was. If he was a tight player, you should have assumed that you were the underdog going against an A or a pocket pair. That would have been a bad call then, leaving you with only enough for the blind the next hand. If you were already short stacked, then it would have been a good move reguardless because you can't dump two face cards, while three handed on a short stack. It he was a very aggressive player, it was a good call reguardless.

And yes, it was lucky crap that you won, seeing how the odds were at least 2 to 1 against you (66/33) before the flop, but lucky crap is part of the game.
-Chad

[MeanSon]

Every hand is different. Every player is different. Every situation is different. Living in the past will do nothing for anyone's game. Next time you get that hand, you may lay it down becuase someone on here told you it was a bad play. What should matter is that you won with it. I don't really care for it when people cry because their unbeatable big slick got taken down by two jacks. If that could never happen, we wouldn't be gambling.

So, yes, if you won, you did the right thing.

[Locohombre]

Originally Posted by MeanSon

Every hand is different. Every player is different. Every situation is different. Living in the past will do nothing for anyone's game. Next time you get that hand, you may lay it down becuase someone on here told you it was a bad play. What should matter is that you won with it. I don't really care for it when people cry because their unbeatable big slick got taken down by two jacks. If that could never happen, we wouldn't be gambling.

So, yes, if you won, you did the right thing.

I would have to disagree. If you are putting all of your chips in with the odds at least 2 to 1 against you, you are doing the wrong thing. The above poster is saying that you are doing the right thing by outdrawing someone. How can you purposely outdraw someone?!

If he was a tight player, I would have put him on an A or pp. If he was a loose player, I may have called (incorreclty might I add). There is really not enough information to tell you what I would have done, but a K J off is still pretty solid in a 3 handed game. In NL hold'em, you play the players first and the cards 2nd.

It was still pretty unsportsmanlike for the guy to bitch about his loss though. That kind of sportsmanship reminds me of Josh Arieh or Mike Matasow. 2 to 1 really isn't terrible odds anyway when you are 3 handed.

[HPG ADMIN]

You put in 15k on the small blind, and now have 105k left over. You call off 85k with a hand which you are almost positive where you are behind.

Your logic seems to be "If I call and win, then I am guaranteed second place AND a huge chip stack but if I lose I still have a small stack which I could get lucky and double up a couple of times and get back in it".

I think your logic was good but I think it was a bad move beccause the bet was just too much. If the guy went all-in for 40-50k or something then I saw call (even if you are a 40% favorite maybe), just to get the chance to knock him out. But the bet was jut too much. Why bother risking 90% of your stack with a hand you know is worse?

This may sound stupid also, but KJ is a bad hand to call with there because there is a big change you are dominated by AK, or KQ, or JJ and have only 1 live card to hit. I would actually feel more comfortable calling that with J-10s.

at best u were a 50/50 very poor play at the end of the torney.