I think his lack of a re-raise on the turn followed by a check on the river rules out the very strong hands (Big A's, FH's). Also I think the check on the river indicates that he has something with...
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I think his lack of a re-raise on the turn followed by a check on the river rules out the very strong hands (Big A's, FH's). Also I think the check on the river indicates that he has something with...
more like he saw that Full Tilt commecial where Jennifer Harmon stared at that dude instead of watching the flop, then he flinched, she looked at an A-high flop and insta-mucked KK.
Real poker is...
Yeah I get that. That's the case against most players I see.
But the whole staring contest thing just keeps nagging at me. People look at other people in poker all the time, but this time it...
I feel like the staring contest is a big part of the hand. In my experience, that's what people do when they have a hand that's "just ok" and doesn't really know what to do with it. He's looking...
So give him a reaction. Sounds to me like he has a small/medium pair and isn't sure about your 3-bet range. He's looking at you to see if you hit, all you have to do is say "yes".
Still trying to wrap my brain around reverse-implied-odds. But isn't that what's happening when you check the turn. You're ahead, your opponents are probably drawing, and they probably won't put...
I must have missed where he said that. If that's the read, then why even call pre-flop?
And I agree with your last part. I wouldn't mind folding it either. A big part of my "playing for...
Because it's not a strong range. Meatheads at 1/2 will limp/call 3-bets from UTG+1 with KJ and have no problem getting lots of chips in on a J-high board.
If I saw a villain limp/call from UTG+1...
I think at 1/2 with my good hands, I want to try and play for stacks. Winning small pots at these stakes is slow, boring, and probably tough to beat the rake (if there is one).
It's pretty...
What is UTG+1's problem? Limp then call a 20+BB 3-bet? After he did that I would have 4-bet to about 150-175 pre-flop to try and get more money in the pot while I'm likely to be ahead.
If the...
I don't want to thread-jack but I'm curious about somethings and this hand seems like a good example to use.
1) The OP's other question in teh middle of his post. Should we bet the flop? What...
We actually agree. I was saying that 1/2 players will find a call here alot if we only bet half the pot.
I'm with you, go big here or go home
Unfortunately I dont' have any of that info. At the time it just felt like Mr. Preppy just didn't want to believe that I could have the goods three times in a row.
Ah ha, you made the same mistake I did. Somewhere in this thread the OP says that its $10/$25 Macau dollars and he said that translates to slightly higher than $1/$2 american dollars.
FWIW I...
well I'm not going to over-complicate this issue anymore, but I will say that I think you're overestimating the average 1/2 player's expectation that you would bet the spade draw.
I can't explain...
Care to elaborate?
I think alot of semi-aware players will consider a busted flush draw to be a significant part of our range, and we're going to get called down quite a bit.
Remember, we have...
Are they credible scare cards? Is the Q of hearts here enough to convince 2nd pair to fold getting close to 3 to 1 odds (if we bet 1200)
is the average low stakes player going to give us credit...
I would raise the turn because we have alot of outs and it's a tasty semi-bluff spot. The TAG player bet out 2/3 of the pot, which in TAG language means he thinks he's good but vulnerable. If...
My line - I haven't given this a whole lot of thought, so if I'm wrong, don't go crazy at me. But this is roughly how I think I might play this hand.
Pre-flop - 50% Raise / 15% Call / 35% Fold...
Not sure exactly which course of action you are advocating, but I thnk $1200 is too small. I think most players will assume our range includes alot more than just the BD flush. And giving them 3 to...
OOOOOHHHHHH ok. This makes more sense to me now.
At these stakes, I would expect the limpers and maybe one of the blinds to get involved almost every time. Given that, I think the best play...
FWIW - I would bet the flop, and if called, I would put out a fairly large semi-bluff on the turn after picking up some straight outs.
Personally - I think it's a great idea. I just tried to limit my reply to the OP's question about bluffing the river.
The OP is playing higher stakes than I'm used to, so I'm not sure if this...
I guess it depends on how bad your opponents are.
Alot of their holdings have showdown value and one of the guys might call a 1/2 pot bet with something like T9 or a little worse.
I would...
Alright well, it seems that I was right to think that folding is the best option. However, in the moment, I let myself get skewed by my assumptions about the general population in the room, and the...