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Ash256
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11-15-2006, 01:46 PM
Post subject: Getting check-raised
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Mar 2006
Location: UK
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I was playing some 20NL 6max last night and a well-known (to me, anyway) multitabling TAG sat to my right. He's seen me play a few hands before (Probably about 100), and I'm probably down as a SLAG, as I like to make lots of moves preflop (When the stacks are deep), and enjoy c-betting and semibluffing. I tend to run about 25-40/20, depending on the table. I thought he wouldn't be much of a threat to me due to me having position, but he played OOP beautifully against me during blind battles - he kept on check-raising the flop.
I ended up leaving the table about 50 hands after he arrived, as he was just murdering me in most pots that we were in. I had a think about his strategy, and it works well, because :-
- I can't really call the check-raise without the goods, therefore it keeps me honest.
- It gives him a free turn when he checks to me and I have nothing.
- It takes my aggression on draws/semibluff away from me, as the check-raises create bloated pots, and so a pot-size turn bet would effectively kill my odds for drawing if I miss.
This strategy basically took all my non-ABC tools away from me, and took me back down to playing my cards, which I can't stand doing.
I shall be implementing this move into my arsenal, but what's the best way to counteract someone who's making this kind of move on me? I didn't really like the idea of getting into an Ace High pissing contest with him, do you think it's necessary to do so to beat this type of player?
Cheers.
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Rondavu
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4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jan 2005
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What is he check raising you with?
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It's not what's inside that counts. Have you seen what's inside?
Internal organs. And they're getting uglier by the minute.
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Warpe
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Join Date: Sep 2005
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I do this to players on my left a lot. Ramping up your aggression even further and starting to 4-bet me will stop me from doing this to you with not much but then I just tighten up and keep at you with real hands. If I'm doing it with not a lot in the first place you're usually giving off a bet size tell of some sort. You can close that hole by being consistent or sucking me in by underbetting real hands once in a while.
Often it comes down to who leaves the table first. I never want you on my left but if you're there I'll play and try to frustrate you.
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