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25 NL: Laying down overpairs on flop ?
Hi folks,
I've been reading the forum for a while now, great to see a special section dedicated to shorthanded games.
Here's a hand of mine played a short while ago:
$25 NL Texas Hold'em - Friday, August 19, 16:37:03 EDT 2005
Table Table 36900 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 4: The_Dude ( $46.08 )
Seat 6: TheMonix ( $55.32 )
Seat 5: John_Hunt07 ( $34.38 )
Seat 3: BigPiles ( $29.35 )
Seat 2: gymme ( $7.51 )
John_Hunt07 posts small blind [$0.10].
TheMonix posts big blind [$0.25].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to The_Dude [ As Ac ]
gymme calls [$0.25].
BigPiles calls [$0.25].
The_Dude raises [$1].
John_Hunt07 calls [$0.90].
TheMonix calls [$0.75].
gymme calls [$0.75].
BigPiles calls [$0.75].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Kc, 2c, 6d ]
John_Hunt07 checks.
TheMonix bets [$2].
gymme folds.
BigPiles folds.
The_Dude raises [$6].
John_Hunt07 folds.
TheMonix is all-In.
The_Dude folds.
TheMonix does not show cards.
TheMonix wins $64.47
Actually my question is about the type of situation here. You raise preflop with big pairs (AA-QQ) or AK, get the overpair or TPTK on the flop and one player pushes all-in. Playing 25 and 50NL my experience is that most of the time (80% ?) your facing a set/2 pair or maybe a flopped straight on
a coordinated board. Players at that level rarely bluff/semi-bluff on the flop that way , like for instance with a flush draw (like 2 clubs on the example hand).
So without a solid read, which I didn't have in that case, I tend to lay down these hands now. I've payed off so many sets in similar situations in the past, I feel that my play was justifiable... what do you think ?
Cheers
Dude
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