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Originally Posted by IowaSkinsFan
The fact that most of the good HS players on this forum aren't responding tells me that my instincts are correct and pretty much all of these are complete spews.
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Good 4U.
Why the attitude? Spews or not, trying to push someone off a hand is a very important skill to master and a very interesting topic (here pushing is viewed from both the bettor's and the caller's perspective, a very good post). I don't see here any reason to just dismiss these plays...
I personally think that hand #3 is a world class move, but that's just my humble opinion.
Hand #1 I don't like, hero should have bet or raised on cheaper streets to gain more information. However, this was also a good read. Classic situation: villain had either nothing or a monster, and since he was betting every hand, a monster seemed unlikely. The read was good, but the counter play was bad.
Hand #2 Here it is villain spewing. This would be a good play with a flopped set, but why show weakness and then bluff on a safe card? Cmon, this was a good call! VWP! This shows how easy it is to make money in HS sometimes with very good reading skills.
Hand #3 VWP as mentioned.
Hand #4 I don't like this play at all. Villain might have had a big draw, and even against a draw, the call is very marginal. In a reraised pot like this, the call is even more marginal. The preflop reraise was also bad with A9, because it is dominated by most of villains calling range. Ace-rag is the worst hand to reraise preflop imho (suited is of course better though).
Hand #5, WP, pounding against a min-raiser is very often a good play and here it worked out beautifully. The problem is that a min-raise is a good way to induce a bluff (make a small mistake to induce a bigger one, thank you Sklansky).
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