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[Wily]

Thought these were amusing hands from last night's NL game-Blinds are .25/.5 for all. 1) In the SB with only $12 left - dealt a K face up, and just as the dealer is about to redeal me a card, I have a lucky feeling and say I'll keep it. I get my second card, and it's none other than a K ! It's folded around to me in the SB. Econ_tim, the rock of Gibraltar, is in the BB; I raise it to $1.50, and he calls. Flop is Q 10 5 . I check, he bets about $3, and I call, since I think he might be folding to a large reraise, and I know he'll bet the next round. Turn is a 7 , I check and he puts me all-in - I call - he turns over A Q , and I tell him my other card is the only one that puts me ahead on this board. I manage to dodge a club and double up:)2) Dealt A K in MP2. UTG (Dave), a tight, smart player who plays a bit oddly, smooth calls; I make it $3, and its folded around to him, who mumbles something about playing his rush and calls with $15 remaining. Flop is: A K 3 . He checks. I've seen him play with a lot of weak aces, and I felt that I was ahead. Questionable thing to do, but I felt so far ahead in this hand that I decided to check and pretend the ace scared me, and set up a trap on the turn. Turn is a 6 . He immediately stacks up all $15 and pushes all in. Now what?3) Dealt 4 4 UTG. I limp, along with MP and Dave in late position. Flop is 7 6 4 . I bet out $5 immediately - MP smooth calls, and Dave raises all in for his remaining $30. I have to push all in, right?I don't necessarily read him on made straight, since he could've done this with a strong draw - BUT he may have thought MP had the flush draw, and pushing here with a made straight would not be bad then. Thoughts?

[bmcarter]

1.) You check and he (you said he was a rock) bets $3 when there are two clubs on board and then he goes all in when the third club hits, how do you not think he has the flush? I think this was a loose call by you.2.) I call. You said he was a tight smart player. Based on that information, he doesn't sound dumb enough to push all-in if he made his flush.3.) I call. You still have outs even if he hits a flush or a straight. Again, why would be push if he hit his hand?These are just my opinions.

[DCWildcat]

1) Think I would need a paired board to make that call, and that's still iffy.2) Easy call3) Protect the trips. At best he'll have a draw (since you said he was a good player). You should be a big favorite.

[Wily]

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bmcarter said:

1.) You check and he (you said he was a rock) bets $3 when there are two clubs on board and then he goes all in when the third club hits, how do you not think he has the flush? I think this was a loose call by you.2.) I call. You said he was a tight smart player. Based on that information, he doesn't sound dumb enough to push all-in if he made his flush.3.) I call.  You still have outs even if he hits a flush or a straight.  Again, why would be push if he hit his hand?These are just my opinions.

1) He's a rock preflop in hand requirements, but he'll definitely bet hard with top pair top kicker even if there are some flush/straight possibilities postflop. He's tight, but not weak.2) I bungled up the flop, thinking that I could slow play a street because I was fairly sure UTG wouldn't call my raise with a suited connector or any two suited (he'd probably have a decent ace or king, or pocket pair, before calling). I thought that he might've founded himself with an A X on the turn, thinking that he had fold equity against any hand without an ace, and a redraw against a big ace without a heart. I was correct in that assessment that he didn't have a made flush. Unfortunately, he turned over 33 for a set of 3's, and I didn't hit my 4-outter.I figured there was nothing I could've done in this specific situation against a set, but in the future with top two pair and a board with one flush draw possible I probably should not be checking through (is it ever correct to check through with AK on a AKX board?).3) It turned out to be the correct call - Dave only had 4 5 . Funny thing is, MP then took a very long time wondering if she should call also. She even showed me her hand - 8 9 , just an OESD, and she had to call her all in for $70 to win a pot of around $120 because I raised all in after UTG pushed. For SOME REASON I didn't want her to call - I guess I'm just risk adverse for a large pot, and I didn't want to suffer a suck out for almost all of my chips too. So I showed her my set of 4's, and told her not to call because she was not getting the correct pot odds. She then told me to give her $5 and she'd fold. I tried to bargain it down to $3. She refused, and I said, fine, call, and she called.Turn: 8 River: K Dave won the main pot of around $70, but I still broke even because of her call :twisted: