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[benhoug]

.25/.50 NL 2-7 TD on Stars.

I'm not crazy about playing NL TD (I'd rather play fixed limit) but there weren't any games going on at that level, so I played NL.

In position I'm dealt 23577. I raise to 1.5 and BB calls. We take the flop HU (3.25 in pot).

He draws 2, I draw 1. I draw another 3. I still love my hand b/c not only do I have 2 more draws to the nuts, but I've discarded 2 very valuable cards.

To my surprise BB leads out w/ a bet just under pot-sized ($3). I raised to $10, pot-commiting myself.

Here is where the hand gets kind of interesting. BB types his hand into the chat box, and asks the rest of the table if he should call. He had something like 36789 - so a VERY ROUGH 9.

Eventually he moves in for the last of my chips and I called. Of course I bricked out on my last 2 draws and ended up w/ an A-high. The funny thing is he ended up breaking his 9 on the last draw and ended up w/ a Q.

Not much interesting strat here. I prob should have just moved in instead of raising. Just wanted to point out exactly how poorly people play this game.

[Vman96]

Knowing effective stacks would be nice here. Youre the fave against this guy so getting the rest of the money in isn't a problem. But depending on the scenario, you may want to push because you might be better off winning $6.25 outright in the pot outright. This is a net gain of $4.75 minus rake. So +$4.45. It depends on how big of a fave you are here and how big your effective stacks are. If he would stand pat and you drew and held an 8 or better, you would be only a 1 - (34/46)(29/45) = 52.37% favorite to win. With the rake, thats barely an even proposition. Definitely jam here and get him to fold if possible.