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Aladdin
Old 08-27-2005, 03:43 AM     Post subject: Should I guess AA or KK? #1 (permalink)  

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Here's a hand I played. If you can't be bothered reading the history, the gist is that I my 99 became trips on the flop but I got scared of KK when a K came on the river. My question is whether I should have reraised (and likely 4-bet) on the river anyway. I figured it was a toss up between AA and KK so it was about even, but perhaps I was definitely wrong, since QQ was plausible too... But it would've been so painful to get beaten by KK...

By the way, I only 2bet the flop because my opponent was a decent aggressive player and I wanted to make sure the bets kept coming. Maybe that was wrong?

Table: $0.50-$1 Limit Texas Hold'em (Real Money)
Seat 0: ($29.50 in chips)
Seat 1: ($26.35 in chips)
Seat 2: ($34.10 in chips) (on the button)
Seat 3: Player A ($30.85 in chips)
Seat 4: Player B ($27.10 in chips)
Seat 5: ($32.50 in chips)
Seat 6: ($33.90 in chips)
Seat 7: Hero ($151.85 in chips)
Seat 9: ($17.40 in chips)
*** Blind Bet Round *** :
Dealt to Hero: 9s
Dealt to Hero: 9h
Player A : Post Blind ($0.25)
Player B : Post Blind ($0.50)
*** Pre-Flop *** :
: Fold
: Fold
Hero : Raise ($1)
: Fold
: Fold
: Fold
: Fold
Player A : Call ($0.75)
Player B : Raise ($1)
Hero : Call ($0.50)
Player A : Call ($0.50)
*** Flop *** : 4d 9d 2c
Player A : Check
Player B : Check
Hero : Bet ($0.50)
Player A : Call ($0.50)
Player B : Raise ($1)
Hero : Call ($0.50)
Player A : Call ($0.50)
*** Turn *** : [ 4d 9d 2c ] 2h
Player A : Check
Player B : Bet ($1)
Hero : Raise ($2)
Player A : Fold
Player B : Raise ($2)
Hero : Raise ($2)
Player B : Call ($1)
*** River *** : [ 4d 9d 2c 2h ] Kc
Player B : Bet ($1)
Hero : Call ($1)
*** SUMMARY ***
Pot: $16.65 | Rake: $0.85
Board: [ 4d 9d 2c 2h Kc ]

Player A lost $2.50
Player B lost $7.50 Shows [ Ah As ] (two pairs, Aces and twos.)

Hero bet $7.50, collected $16.65, net $9.15 Shows [ 9s 9h ] ( with a full house, nines full of twos.)
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Old 08-27-2005, 03:57 AM #2 (permalink)  
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Raise the river and call a 3bet.
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Old 08-27-2005, 04:05 AM #3 (permalink)  

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Raise the river and call a 3bet.
Why? I don't understand the reason - seems no better than the other options..
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Old 08-27-2005, 04:27 AM #4 (permalink)  
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Raise the river and call a 3bet.
Why? I don't understand the reason - seems no better than the other options..
Because there's only 2 hands that beat you and one of them he probably wouldn't have 3 bet preflop. You can't always be scared of KK. To me there are only 2 options: Do what demiparadigm said, or cap the river. While I think we could debate over those 2 choices, calling this river is no good.
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Old 08-27-2005, 06:15 AM #5 (permalink)  
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Raise the river and call a 3bet.
Why? I don't understand the reason - seems no better than the other options..
Because there's only 2 hands that beat you and one of them he probably wouldn't have 3 bet preflop. You can't always be scared of KK. To me there are only 2 options: Do what demiparadigm said, or cap the river. While I think we could debate over those 2 choices, calling this river is no good.
The raise is for value. What 2 hands do you have to worry about realistically... 22 or KK. That means that someone either caught their 1 or 2 outer on the turn or river to beat you. Statistically speaking, you are ahead here so many times it's not even a question to call... automatic raise.

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