BeanGW
Saturday, April 30th, 2005, 5:09 PM
QUOTE (vaglvr)
Why did you bet out on the turn if you just called a raise off of the flop? You could have milked him for a lot more if you wouldn't have taken control on the turn...
Wow... criticism that I didn't bet enough, and criticism that I bet too much. I must really suck at poker if I can manage to do both things wrong. So I think I'm gonna quit playin altogether.
Yup, you are right... I could have milked him for a lot more. He only ended the hand dead broke. But, perhaps if I had loaned the guy some more money and then I'd taken that away... maybe then my play would actually be called decent. Probably not though.
No offense guys, but I was the one reading my opponent, putting him on a hand, and betting in the manner that I knew would get the most out of my solid hand.
For Absolute: My preflop raise may have been weak (it was 3x the BB which is my standard raise unless I've got A's or K's.) I'll give ya that I could have bet more there.
But, that said, had a couple of overcards hit on the flop, my 10's wouldn't have looked so hot. I was in early position, and I would have taken a shot at it post-flop no matter what fell. But keeping the pot somewhat lower preflop meant that I wouldn't have had to throw all my cash out there to bet the pot if the board was especially rough.
On the flop, I dunno where you get that $3 was the minimum bet here. I could have bet like .50 actually. And there was only like $4 in the pot post flop and I was first to act. So I was giving them 7:3 odds, which was fine by me if they thought that was OK to play on a draw.
On the turn, I actually expected another raise from my opponent, and I would have thrown it all out there at that point. His solid raise of $3 on the flop gave me a good read that he wasn't on any sort of draw.
Good golly, you guys are harsh. Gimme a break.