Naismith 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 We're playing eight or nine handed. I am playing very tight. I've shown a couple of bluffs because I planned on playing a different style and I am normally the most aggressive player in the game. I am on the button with 390 in front of me.-UTG raises to 7 (which is standard). He is wild. This is his third raise in a row.-Folds to the CO who flat calls. CO thinks he is a pro but plays pretty straight forward. He will make decent folds. I've shown him a bluff earlier when he raised preflop, I reraised and then bet the flop.I look down at a monster hand, 10d3c. I bump it up to 30. Both guys call. They each have me covered.Flop is 10c-9c-3s.Checks to our hero who...?A couple of notes:UTG is likely to bluff off all his chips at any moment. He was playing tighter than normal, but in the past would be willing to check-raise here with anything from bottom pair to a gutshot.The CO has tried to get tricky before and played a pair of jacks exactly the same way earlier (calling a raise and then smooth calling a reraise). He doesn't run bluffs, though, at least not against the aggressor.Generally in this game, a reraise is pretty respected. I take a lot of pots like this where I reraise preflop and take a decent-sized pot with a c-bet against some of the more conservative players like the CO. Link to post Share on other sites
DaBruins 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 How much to bet depends on the players stacks, but you only provided your stack size. Most of the time I would bet 2/3rds of the pot here. So with 90 in there, i'd bet about 60. Not betting here just makes it seem like you have a monster, and you'd hate to check and let off another connecting club or a 9. From the way you're describing the hand, it almost sounds like you lost, so i wouldnt be suprised to see if the villain had 9s. Link to post Share on other sites
Naismith 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 They both had me covered, but not by much. I'm going to guess that they had 450 or so each, but I don't know. I just know they had four stacks in front of them and almost all of us stack in hundreds. Link to post Share on other sites
simo_8ball 1 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 You have to lead out here, and I'd say ~60 would be good. Link to post Share on other sites
Acid_Knight 2 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 With the T9 combo and 2 clubs presenting so many draws, I'm gonna go ahead and bet the whole pot here. Here are the reasons why:It might look like a bluff with AK because the bet is so largeMy hand, while almost positive it's ahead, is easily drawn out on by a lot of handsIt'll basically cost someone their whole stack to play back at meYou disguise the strength of your handYou don't mind taking the pot down right here.After all, your whole goal was to take it down preflop with your garbage, and that failed, so do it here.PS - You have a sweet backdoor club draw! Link to post Share on other sites
Peak01 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 With the T9 combo and 2 clubs presenting so many draws, I'm gonna go ahead and bet the whole pot here.AGREE! Link to post Share on other sites
Naismith 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Author Share Posted October 27, 2006 Okay, hero bets 75.UTG folds.CO goes into the tank. He asks if the dealer can count the pot. The dealer says no, so he asks to spread the pot. I tell him that it's 165. He calls.Based on my read of the CO, I thought the whole counting the pot thing was just an act and not your typical trying-to-figure-out-drawing-odds count. Not positive, though.Turn is 2d.CO checks. Hero...? Link to post Share on other sites
Peak01 0 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 I bet again. Probably around 3/4 pot this time. Link to post Share on other sites
Acid_Knight 2 Posted October 27, 2006 Share Posted October 27, 2006 Okay, hero bets 75.UTG folds.CO goes into the tank. He asks if the dealer can count the pot. The dealer says no, so he asks to spread the pot. I tell him that it's 165. He calls.Based on my read of the CO, I thought the whole counting the pot thing was just an act and not your typical trying-to-figure-out-drawing-odds count. Not positive, though.Turn is 2d.CO checks. Hero...?Go all in. Any reasonable bet that you make will commit you to the pot. You can't check call or do anything goofy like that. Your chips are going in, so you might as well get them in here. He might be the gambling type who'll call on a draw. If he has 99, well, you're just gonna go broke.Another benefit of going all in is that if he folds, you don't have to show your piece of garbage that you reraised with. I think that this is the right play here. Shut him out and move onto the next hand. Link to post Share on other sites
No_Neck 0 Posted October 28, 2006 Share Posted October 28, 2006 the question is did he smooth call you with a set or with an overpair? There are a ton of draws so you have to bet but any reasonable bet is going to post commit you, but with your read you didn't think he was on a draw. Your hand can really beat a draw and an over pair. Will he call off his stack with an over pair on the turn? Link to post Share on other sites
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