Originally Posted by Greedo017

if you're not calling ai on a later street when two blanks come, then yes fold the flop to his reraise.

however, i push the flop. you that sure he's got rockets?

Originally Posted by Greedo017

so every time a flop comes ace high and you flop a set you back off to aggression?

Originally Posted by Staple Gun

Push the flop, but whatever you do, do not call him if you think he has a sey already and you arn't gonna call an AI on the turn/river. I think hes got AJ or AK, maybe even A-6.

Originally Posted by Greedo017

from the frustrating laydown thread.


Dan Harrington says it best in Harrington on Hold 'Em Volume 2:
Quote:
Trips. These are good slow-playing hands, and are much more common than the stronger hands. Some authors tell you to be careful when you flop middle or bottom trips, because you might lose to higher trips. Nonsense. If you get knocked out of the tournament because you lost in a set-over-set confrontation, then it just wasn't your tournament. When your set gets outflopped, you're supposed to lose a lot of money. When I hear someone telling a story about how he shrewdly laid down middle set after some intricate chain of reasoning convinced him he was beaten, my quick (but silent) reaction is "Idiot."

Originally Posted by Greedo017

and, i called the turn and river blanks because i think if true blanks came and he pushed the river you'd have folded anyway, making the turn j effectively a blank

Originally Posted by dsaxton

So, whatever Dan Harrington says goes? I guess I must be an idiot. Apparently Barry Greenstein is an idiot, too, since he talks in his book about a tournament hand where he correctly folded a set of queens to his opponents set of aces.

If someone is making a play which is only consistent with a higher set, do you just pray the person is heavily overplaying his hand and put all your money in the pot? This seems stubborn and idiotic.

Originally Posted by Greedo017

you that sure he's got rockets?

Originally Posted by Staple Gun

See, after that flop and turn you wouldve assumed he had at least TPTK, maybe a set, but it turns out hes just a fish.

You did say something earlier about knowing this guy was solid so its not quite the same.

I would only call the reraise on the flop to induce a bluff. When I flop a monster and think the other person will reraise, I love the raise-call. It makes them think they're in control of the hand. Also I dont understand how only calling gives you a sense of how strong he is.