Why are you check/raising the turn if you think his hand is weak AND he's likely to fold? That is really confusing.
I think the way this was played is pretty standard given the read.
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Why are you check/raising the turn if you think his hand is weak AND he's likely to fold? That is really confusing.
I think the way this was played is pretty standard given the read.
Check/call any reasonable bet from him. I think you have to start thinking about this as a hand where you are drawing or trying to get to a cheap showdown.
Call and don't sweat it. I was in a remarkably similar spot in a session a couple weeks ago and the guy showed down A8 - hit his ace, of course, but I was satisfied with my call. I'd probably call...
This hand is pure awful. Pure. Awful.
Not with 8 outs to the stone cold nuts and a guy who will pay off a smallish value bet when you hit - even if he grits his teeth during and calls you a donk after. On top of that there's a slim...
I fold that river all the time. I guess I should be thinking more carefully about ranges but every time that situation comes up, my gut says "this guy isn't making three obvious value bets/raises...
I raise it a lot vs. a by-the-book TAgg type player, for the very reason you explained. The line feels weak by nature - if you can say that various betting lines are communicating something (either...
I think it's OK since the ace is a scare card for a lot of his hands. I'd prefer to bet a little bigger though, maybe $13. And I'd give it a few seconds of Hollywood before betting, but don't...
Flop call is fine mostly because he's pricing you in, also because he just occasionally has something stupid and ends up going for a cheap showdown after you don't fold to his weenie-raise. Turn is...
I basically never donk here. You have a hand with good value - it's best a lot and also has outs vs. everything - but it's not the nuts and you don't want to run him off if he has nothing. ...
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A raise there is complete spew. I'd be pretty tempted to fold that turn. Not that I think he has a queen much, but his bets seem like they are value-milking you. If you do flat, then you can still...
I don't think results are as interesting in this hand since we're clearly not folding, but anyway:
BB called, CO went to the time bank and called at literally the last second. BB had Ac 3c, and...
Snap-call vs. a short stack, I think. He has you beat sometimes and other times he has some really retarded hands - 99, 88, 77, KJ, QJ, AK.
One thing about the push - it looks like a huge overbet but as it works out for CO, it's really not. The pot is $7 on the flop, plus BB has opened for $4.50 and CO has raised to $13. That makes it...
Yeah - and that's what mediocre to bad taggs at 50 NL do all the time. Bet to make the hand easier, and don't fold big pairs except on the worst possible flops against the craziest possible action. ...
What, and why?
My thoughts on the flop action:
- BB's range is pretty wide and between that and his stack size, I'm not worried about him. Of course I'd prefer to get CO in too just in case. I...
Do you think my push on the flop here is optimal? Would a smaller raise be better (or even a call, though I doubt it)? BB is typical bad short stack, calling way too much pre- and post-flop, and...
That's reasonable. I guess what made me uncomfortable was that AQs is the worst hand I would open UTG in this part of the tournament. With the good pot odds on offer, I don't think I can fold to a...
My instincts tell me it's probably a "meh" situation - call or fold is probably about equal - but I dunno. 700 person MTT (the 12500 guarantee on Full Tilt), down to 150 players. Average chip stack...
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I feel like he only folds this if he's a real coward ("plausible line be damned, I just don't want to lose mah moniez!") or if he levels the shit out of himself. Therefore I don't like it.
I gotta say, Dean, your play there is kind of baffling. You were getting good pot odds on every street so I kind of understand, but that guy practically screamed into a megaphone that he was...