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Old 06-06-2006, 12:21 AM     Post subject: Check-raise attempt #2 #1 (permalink)  
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Pre-flop: (6 players) hlacheen is BB with A T
2 folds, CO calls, Button calls, SB calls, hlacheen checks.

Flop: T 5 6 (4SB, 4 players)
SB checks, hlacheen checks, CO checks, Button bets, SB folds, hlacheen raises, CO folds, Button calls.

Turn: 4 (4BB, 2 players)
hlacheen bets, Button calls.

River: 2 (6BB, 2 players)
hlacheen bets, Button folds.
Uncalled bets: 1BB returned to hlacheen.

Results:
Final pot: 6BB

Did I use the check-raise correctly this time? Trying to protect against overcard draws.
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Old 06-06-2006, 12:28 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Old 06-06-2006, 04:14 PM #3 (permalink)  
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In this small, unraised pot, a check/raise isn't always the best option. Also, a raise or check/raise occurs best when the bettor is on your right.

While we're on the subject, why are you trying to check/raise? what is your intention?
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Old 06-06-2006, 06:18 PM     Post subject: Re: Check-raise attempt #2 #4 (permalink)  
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I don't like a checkraise here. The main problem with this here is that the pot is unraised so sometimes it will just get checked through. And giving several people a free card and missing value is bad here. It's true that in addition to overcards, you are also vulnerable to a flush or a straight (the board is coordinated for each). But the pot is small enough that you're not terribly concerned with protecting your hand. The smaller pot means that your opponents don't have as good odds to call, and when they do hit you lose less than if the pot was large. And you gladly welcome a call from anybody with an ace, because even AJ, AQ, and AK are reduced to just three outs twice (and if they hit the ace, so do you, so you win a lot with a dominating hand).

Some guidelines regarding checkraising the flop to protect your hand:

1. The bigger the pot, the more you want to checkraise for protection.

2. The more vulnerable your hand, the more you want to checkraise for protection. More vulnerability is caused by more coordinated boards, more opponents, and/or less ways to improve your own hand.

3. The more likely it is that a person to your right will bet the more likely checkraising for protection is to work--usually (but not always) this requires that a person to your right was the pre-flop-raiser.
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Old 06-10-2006, 01:05 AM #5 (permalink)  
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Raise preflop.

And just bet the flop.
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