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Texas Hold'em Hand Play-By-Play Example - Another Tough Fold
Here is another example of a laydown. Folding a strong hand requires discipline
and self-control. If you know you are beat, there is no need to call that extra bet
(unless it is to gather information on a player for the future).
Sometimes you have to make that call if you know your opponent over-plays his hands,
plays poor cards, tends to bluff, or is an overall poor player.
Sometimes you have to make the call against an aggressive player, to show that you
cannot be bullied around.
But often times, the best move is to save your chips and lay that hand down:
Hand #X-X at X (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 12/Nov/03 01:02:38
The button is at seat 5.
Player6 posts the small blind of $.10.
Player8 posts the big blind of $.25.
Player0: -- --
Player1: -- --
Player2: -- --
Player3: -- --
Player4: -- --
Flop Turn River: Ad Qh
Player6: -- --
Player8: -- --
Player9: -- --
*I am dealt AQ offsuit, good cards and I'm on the button. I will look to raise or
call a raise if it is not too large.
Pre-flop:
Player9 raises to $.85. Player0 folds. Big AZ
Pete folds. Player2 folds. Player3 folds.
Player4 folds. Flop Turn River calls. Player6 folds.
Player8 calls.
*Player9 raises the size of the pot in early position. I respect the raise and just
call. There are three of us in this pot.
Flop (board: 7c Th Ac):
*I've hit top pair with a Q kicker. My hand is strong and I will bet at it, but I'm a
little concerned about Player9 who raised pre-flop.
Player8 checks. Player9 checks. Flop Turn River
bets $2.65. Player8 folds. Player9 calls.
*Player9 checks (maybe he's holding KQ?), so I bet the size of the pot $2.65. Player9
calls. Hmm... interesting, perhaps chasing the straight? If so, that was a poor call.
Turn (board: 7c Th Ac 5d):
*Turn card is a 5, no straights, no flushes... my hand still looks good.
Player9 checks. Flop Turn River bets $4.75. Player9
raises to $10. Flop Turn River folds. Player9 is
returned $5.25 (uncalled).
*Player9 checks again. Ok, I figure I'll take the pot right here, I bet $4.75, a little
bit less than the pot. Now, it gets interesting, Player9 raises $10!!! Ok, so now I
start replaying this hand through my head... Player9 raised pre-flop in early position.
You normally have a strong hand to put out that raise in early position. Could he have
AK? Perhaps TT and he slow-played it? The fact that he slow-played two rounds and then
check-raises me large tells me that he has a big hand, one that he does not fear will
lose. If he had AQ, he would be concerned losing to AK (like I am right now), so I don't
think he has AQ. He must have better... which means he has me beat. I do not call the
raise and lay my AQ down.
Player9 opts to show Tc Ah.
Player9 has Tc Ah 7c Th Ac: two pair, aces and tens.
*Player9 shows his hand (yes!). He was holding AT, he flopped two-pair and was letting me
bet into him. Not a great hand to be raising on in early position, but now I know this
player will do that. What's more important is that he still had my hand beat. The best
tell you can read from a player is simply his bet. His bet told me that he was not worried
about losing to my hand, he was just working on getting money out of me.
Well, I folded. I think it was a good laydown.
Hand #526418-24381 Summary:
$.85 is raked from a pot of $17.45.
Player9 wins $16.60.
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