|
PO$$E$$ED
|
03-03-2006, 06:57 AM
Post subject: TPSK against a shortstack on draw-heavy board
|
#1 (permalink)
|
|
Flush
Join Date: Aug 2005
Location: SITTING ON 'RILLA'S FINGER
Posts: 263
|
|
4-handed 5/10, I'm in the BB with   . Folded around to SB who completes, I check.
Flop comes    . Shortstack leads out for $10, I raise to $45. Shortstack instantly goes all-in for $200 more. Shortstack plays hit-and-run poker, he's capable of making semi-bluffs and plays fairly loose. How often can you expect to be ahead here? Damn shortstacks...
|
|
|
Play for FREE and practice your game at...
Join the FTR Poker Forum to disable these banners and start posting!
|
|
Fnord
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
Posts: 19,336
|
|
Why raise? I would call the flop bet and see what's up if I wasn't prepared to either call or fold to a push.
|
|
|
|
dsaxton
|
|
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Jan 2005
Location: Arlington, VA
Posts: 2,667
|
|
In situations where the other guy is either ahead or semi-bluffing, I think it's usually best to fold (the exception being when he semi-bluffs with an extremely high frequency). Those two possibilities combined are usually enough to make you an underdog to win the pot, so you're essentially just gambling by calling.
|
|
|
|
Fnord
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Dec 2003
Location: I'll Do You Like A Truck
Posts: 19,336
|
|
Quote:
|
Originally Posted by dsaxton
Those two possibilities combined are usually enough to make you an underdog to win the pot, so you're essentially just gambling by calling.
|
Gamble gamble gamble...
Against short stacks I take this gamble all of the time for a whole lot of reasons outside the scope of this particular hand. However, the bigger stakes and hit & run artist aspects give this hand a neat little twist.
Hence, I just call the stupid flop bet. As a general rule, in NLHE you shouldn't raise if you don't know what to do in response to a re-raise.
|
|
|
|
Pingviini
|
|
Full House
Join Date: Feb 2005
Location: Bangkok
Posts: 1,090
|
|
I dont personally think about what to do when I get re-raised because that happens so rarely.
about the actual hand. I like the raise if you are willing to call the shorty's push. I might call if he is capable of doing that with lots of holdings i.e. middle pair or a flush draw. Otherwise I just call.
on a sidenote: I really hate the hit n' run players. Is Ed Miller to blame?
|
|
"Poker is a simple math game" -Aba20
|
|
johnny_fish
|
|
4-of-a-Kind
Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: donkaments weeeeeeeeeeee
Posts: 2,186
|
|
Would he really play 2p+ that fast? At this board and with your read, it's an easy call. Getting 1.5:1 helps too.
|
|
|
English
Deutsch
Español
Français
Italiano
Nederlands
Pусский
Svenska
05-26-2012, 03:08 PM Australia Legalized Online Poker coming up in next 6 to 12 Months
Linear Mode
