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Having picked up 3rd place in a small stakes 45 player Holdem event earlier at CelebPocker, I put my funds to use by sitting down at a 5 Card Draw SnG.

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I had to withstand a rocky start in this game of online poker as I didn’t get dealt much to play with, and the few times I did, I was beaten by slightly bigger hands. Then came the following hand. I had 1,300 chips and my opponent had 2,300. I was dealt (6,6,7,K,6) and my opponent called my 150 raise preflop. He then drew 3 cards and I felt he probably had a strong pair. With this in mind I drew 1 card, keeping hold of my King to make him feel I had a two pair he could perhaps beat if he made a strong two pair with his held pair. After the draw he checked to me, and I thought he had probably not improved his pair and was conceding this one to my perceived two pair. I put out a 150 bet to see if I ould get paid off, and to my surprise, I saw my opponent put in a pot sized reraise. This was around 650 in chips, potentially doing serious damage to my stack if I called and got it wrong.

I clicked the button to request extra time and sat back, thinking. I had seen my opponent trap with a check after the draw earlier in the game, so I had to feel concerned. I felt he had a strong pair preflop, and I really wasn’t sure if he would make this play with a hand such as two pair of Aces and Kings. I typed "trip 6′s" into the chat, and waited to see if there was any reply while I was thinking, but as I expected, there wasn’t.

So many players I see at the Five Card Draw tables would have instantly called in this position, but I eventually folded. I was subsequently smiling away to myself when my opponent chose to show his (A,A,A,8,9). This fold was crucial, as it provided a platform of confidence for me to build a stack, eventually go on to take that same player on heads up, and then win the SnG. This just goes to show the potential rewards for making a good fold when it counts.