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Old 01-20-2009, 03:32 PM     Post subject: 10NL-BB-Flopped 2 pair #1 (permalink)  
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Villian was 65/2/?? over about 40 hands. He seemed to limp in on every PF and would min bet every street if checked to him.

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UTG ($10)
MP ($10.65)
CO ($14)
Button ($8.80)
SB ($11)
Hero (BB) ($9.75)

PF-I should have opened PF
Preflop: Hero is BB with K, 5
2 folds, CO calls $0.10, Button calls $0.10, SB calls $0.05, Hero checks

Flop- I over bet in case he was on a flush draw which I figured he was on. Maybe Kx but I didn't think so. When he had a pair he would usually minbet
Flop: ($0.40) 5, 6, K (4 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.70, 1 fold, Button calls $0.70, 1 fold

Turn: ($1.80) 10 (2 players)
Hero ???
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Old 01-20-2009, 03:36 PM #2 (permalink)  
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you have got to realize that once you start moving up/playing with people that actually know the very basics of poker that overbetting the flop like that (which I have seen you do like every time in your posted hands) will be disastrious for different reasons. You have to realize what you are doing when you overbet the flop and I'm not sure what you are asking for on the turn? Put him on a range. And NOT just a standard "he can have this because he called the flop and limped preflop". Go into more detail about what he shows up with more often when he calls 2x pot bets, etc.

What do you mean you should have opened PF?
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Old 01-20-2009, 03:36 PM #3 (permalink)  
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You have monster sick equity here, and opponent has already made a mistake if chasing the flush. Pot bet.
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Old 01-20-2009, 03:49 PM #4 (permalink)  
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Pot every street. Kmind said it really well about overbetting, it's just dumb. You have to look at things in terms of relative pot sizes. Sure, some donkeys will call because "you only bet a little" but if you play well they will gladly hand their chips over eventually.
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:22 PM #5 (permalink)  
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you have got to realize that once you start moving up/playing with people that actually know the very basics of poker that overbetting the flop like that (which I have seen you do like every time in your posted hands) will be disastrious for different reasons. You have to realize what you are doing when you overbet the flop and I'm not sure what you are asking for on the turn? Put him on a range. And NOT just a standard "he can have this because he called the flop and limped preflop". Go into more detail about what he shows up with more often when he calls 2x pot bets, etc.

What are the reasons why overbetting the flop are disastrious?

What do you mean you should have opened PF?
You guys always say "Don't limp in"
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:33 PM #6 (permalink)  
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What are the reasons why overbetting the flop are disastrious?

We chase away weaker hands that will call us,and only hands that we are behind,will call us.
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Old 01-20-2009, 04:42 PM #7 (permalink)  
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limping in is not the same as checking the big blind. If you wanted to raise a garbage hand due to loose passive openers, you can find better hands to do it with.

As to overbetting, what does that do to our opponents calling range?
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Old 01-20-2009, 05:08 PM #8 (permalink)  
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I'll respond to YOUR answers, sasquatch. Sorry, but I feel as if responding to answers as opposed to responding to questions is a better way to learn. The past two responses are good starts.
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Old 01-20-2009, 05:50 PM #9 (permalink)  
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You should raise PF with hands that you want to play PF. K5o is not such a hand, so checking PF is correct.

On the flop, I'm not as hostile to the overbet as most other here, but I think they have a valid argument. The argument for overbetting is that if you want to stack off the flop is the only street where you have any real chance of being called on an overbet by a horrible opponent. By all accounts this is a horrible opponent - one who might look at the bet in absolute $ amounts and not relative to the pot. It is possibly correct to overbet on the flop if you expect to be called super-light, but it requires a solid read on the villain, and I'm not sure the description of him absolutely qualifies.

Now, more about overbets. Let's say you overbet here when you're crushing your opponent - say you have two pair or a set on the flop. Fair enough - you want to get paid off.

Next hand you flop a TPGK - not worth an overbet so you put in a normal sized bet. Any villain with any observational skills at all will know that you can have a TPGK or draw type hand but you cannot - absolutely not - have two pair or a set, because you overbet those. He'll be able to string you along for a couple of bets and then when the pot is nice and juicy he can push you out of it - because he knows you don't have a monster.

Overbets only work when they get called by weaker hands - the most likely result of an overbet is all weaker hands folding and all stronger hands calling. Combine that with monsters needing to take betting lines taken by weaker hands to give them protection and it should be possible to see that overbetting is not something to enter into lightly.
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I'll respond to YOUR answers, sasquatch. Sorry, but I feel as if responding to answers as opposed to responding to questions is a better way to learn. The past two responses are good starts.
Overbetting the pot may cause draws to fold and better hands to fold. WAG
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Old 01-20-2009, 06:19 PM #11 (permalink)  
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1. keep bets to PSB, otherwise your betting becomes exploitable
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Old 01-20-2009, 06:59 PM #12 (permalink)  
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I'll respond to YOUR answers, sasquatch. Sorry, but I feel as if responding to answers as opposed to responding to questions is a better way to learn. The past two responses are good starts.
Overbetting the pot may cause draws to fold and better hands to fold. WAG
Name one better hand he could have on the flop that would fold.

Since you are expecting better hands to fold, you would also logically expect all worse hands to fold (as he'd only call with his very best hands, presumably). Now when he calls, does that mean you automatically assume you are beat?
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:01 PM #13 (permalink)  
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What does "WAG" mean? sorry.

And, you think K6/55/66 are folding?
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:13 PM #14 (permalink)  
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WAG = wild ass guess
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:36 PM #15 (permalink)  
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What does "WAG" mean? sorry.

And, you think K6/55/66 are folding?
SWAG=Scientific Wild Ass Guess

By draws I mean flush or straight draws.

I really don't know the answer. Let me think on it some more. Do I ever want to overbet? Isn't a push an overbet?
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:41 PM #16 (permalink)  
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Stop assuming people have a flush draw just because the flop has two cards of the same suit and they called a bet.
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Old 01-20-2009, 07:46 PM #17 (permalink)  
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First off.. One thing you might want to consider is... I don't want draws to fold.
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