do you play 2 pair this hard?

[SmackinYaUp]

I was playing really, really laggy at this table so far, but getting away with a lot. I flop 2pair, get raised, and raise back almost allin. Do you push them this hard? I definitely do not want to give any free cards, but I also do not want to put myself in only get called by better hands situations.

***** Hand History for Game 2212752211 *****
$100 NL Hold'em - Wednesday, June 15, 21:08:30 EDT 2005
Table Table 37243 (6 max) (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 3: pittfan14 ( $136.2 )
Seat 4: borisfloata ( $32.55 )
Seat 6: guyravine ( $93.26 )
Seat 1: SmackinYaUp ( $143.2 )
Seat 2: agostin ( $12.15 )
SmackinYaUp posts small blind [$0.5].
agostin posts big blind [$1].
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to SmackinYaUp [ Ac 7c ]
pittfan14 calls [$1].
borisfloata folds.
guyravine folds.
SmackinYaUp raises [$3.5].
agostin calls [$3].
pittfan14 calls [$3].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 9d, 7d, As ]
>You have options at Table 37211 (6 max) Table!.
SmackinYaUp bets [$8].
agostin folds.
pittfan14 raises [$16].
>You have options at Table 37211 (6 max) Table!.
SmackinYaUp raises [$67].

[Sykedupp]

since you're laggy i suspect he would just call here, trying to trap you... i think your hand is g00t and i would re-raise hard, if not push. From your table image, if 77 or 99 has you here, they played it badly (not letting you lead and then blasting you on the river) IMHO... but i can see any high ace doing this, being sick of your shit, prolly AJ/AQ. AK might have re-raised you preflop.


-Chris

[dalecooper]

Given the situation I would absolutely play it that hard. Odds are high that your hand is good, and there's a flush & straight draw out there... don't let him chase anything, if that's what he's after. A lot of players on Party are min-raising flush draws these days, I guess to buy free cards. My first guess here is that he has diamonds, and I'd be happy to put him all in on the flop.

There's a possibility that you're in a dangerous situation here though. It's pretty easy to imagine him having something like AJ of diamonds, which gives him a whole lot of outs. You should still be a favorite, but maybe not much of one.

[alias2211]

Given the situation I would absolutely play it that hard. Odds are high that your hand is good, and there's a flush & straight draw out there... don't let him chase anything, if that's what he's after.

Agreed. Two pair just aren't that good of a hand, and if you let him draw another card, he's gonna catch that fucking flush or straight. I see a lot of people reraising like that on the flop in position in order to get a free card (i.e. to get you to check when the turn comes so he can also check behind). I say it's a good play, A7 2 pair isn't really made to be a huge money maker, I say you dropped the hammer at the right moment. If he has trips, then he played it awfully weird to just min raise like that.

[twosevoff]

How did this hand end up?

[SmackinYaUp]

He folded

That's why I was wondering if I was entering the only get called by better hands zone.

[DimitriT]

Yes. I think that's a reasonably conservative play. You could
let him draw and perhaps get a couple more bets out of him.
You paired the A which is very important since he's probably
got an A too (means he can't really outdraw you with an A).
But there's always the chance he'll pair his kicker which will
likely beat your 9. I put him on AQ or AK.