Hero ($330)
Villain ($300)
Villain is LAG player who will always bet at a pot when he has position. When he raises preflop, he always follows through with a bet or a raise if someone bets into him. When he gets re-raised, he often folds. He enjoys to play hands like suited one-gappers aggressively, while he tries almost always to set traps with AA-KK.
1/2NL
SB, BB post
Folds to button, button calls
SB calls
Hero is BB with (2c 7c)
Hero checks
3-way flop ($6)
6c 5c 8d
SB checks
Hero bets $6
Button calls $6
SB raises to $20
Hero calls $14
Button re-raises to $70
SB folds
Hero thinks, and calls.
2-way Turn ($166)
6c 5c 8d [10d]
Hero goes all-in ($258)
Full Version: Questionable Play
I think you should just push on the flop rather than call and open push a blank.
Here's the deal.
Your bluff on the turn will get called literally like 157.2% of the time if the villain holds any kind of made hand (as he's representing) becuase the T could not have possibly helped your hand.
On the flop, if you call and then reraise, it is a super strong move that looks like a set. Make a move on the flop becuae this move on the turn is destined for failure (meaning you're getting called), I can feel it.
Your bluff on the turn will get called literally like 157.2% of the time if the villain holds any kind of made hand (as he's representing) becuase the T could not have possibly helped your hand.
On the flop, if you call and then reraise, it is a super strong move that looks like a set. Make a move on the flop becuae this move on the turn is destined for failure (meaning you're getting called), I can feel it.
Wow. This is almost always getting called. I can't imagine the button not turning over a straight or, at worst, a set. The 10 certainly didn't help you as 7-9 is already a straight. I think this is a suicide bluff.
EDIT: I posted my response first. AK copied the concept and somehow moved his answer ahead of mine.
EDIT: I posted my response first. AK copied the concept and somehow moved his answer ahead of mine.
QUOTE (Naismith @ Friday, April 13th, 2007, 9:35 AM) 
EDIT: I posted my response first. AK copied the concept and somehow moved his answer ahead of mine.
Someday, maybe I will take on apprentices and you can be first on the list. Until then, my secrets are my own.
I just posted this in omaha but I feel it is equally relevant here (although it is written from the perspective of the made hand):
If you call the flop, you are only hitting about 1/3 of the time on the turn, and your draws are not well disguised. I am not sure you are getting paid too much if you hit, so your implied odds are low.
As it is, you have a chance to get a lot of money in on the flop where your equity is likely no lower than about 40%.
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With a made hand you want to get a reasonable about in on the flop, with enough left over to either get away from it on a bad turn or make the incomplete draws pay the full amount on the turn. Here the pot is very small, so you want to build it up.
If the draws have very low implied odds, it can actually be correct for them to fold, even if they are a favourite on the flop.
If you allow the draw to see a very cheap turn card then pot odds alone dictates that the draw prefers this. Alternatively, if in raising you allow the draw to get a large % of their stack in, they can simply repot and claim all showdown equity they have in the pot.
A large draw wants to either get a small amount or a very large amount in on the flop if it has limited implied odds. By definition, the made hand wants to be able to make the draw pay a poor price on all remaining streets so wants a more middling amount in on the flop.
If the draws have very low implied odds, it can actually be correct for them to fold, even if they are a favourite on the flop.
If you allow the draw to see a very cheap turn card then pot odds alone dictates that the draw prefers this. Alternatively, if in raising you allow the draw to get a large % of their stack in, they can simply repot and claim all showdown equity they have in the pot.
A large draw wants to either get a small amount or a very large amount in on the flop if it has limited implied odds. By definition, the made hand wants to be able to make the draw pay a poor price on all remaining streets so wants a more middling amount in on the flop.
If you call the flop, you are only hitting about 1/3 of the time on the turn, and your draws are not well disguised. I am not sure you are getting paid too much if you hit, so your implied odds are low.
As it is, you have a chance to get a lot of money in on the flop where your equity is likely no lower than about 40%.
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