sthief09
07-16-2004, 03:17 AM
I was playing at the 2+2 table before and I got into a discussion with a few people. I did something and they all hated it. At first I defended it, but now I feel like I'm probably just wrong.
Chris Daddy Cool open raised from the Button. I called with QJs in the SB.
my reasons for this were that (1) I didn't want to muck because he was raising a bit light (2) I didn't want to 3-bet with Q-high out of position
now I should've mucked because he plays very well postflop, but I wanted to play the hand, because folding isn't fun, and also because the BB was tight, but I chose to ignore that too.
so my question is, assuming you're intent on playing the hand, which is better? cold-call to invite the blinds in and check raise any flop you hit, or 3-bet and bet out?
I think the only hands I'd attempt this with are QJs, JTs, and T9s.
I'm mainly asking this in general, not really having to do with Chris specifically. Is there ever a time to cold-call in the SB headsup? I keep thinking about it, and my general philosophy is to make my opponent have to catch. given the way I played it, I would be folding the flop about 70% of the time, and often when I didn't, I'd be stuck overplaying a draw.
Chris Daddy Cool open raised from the Button. I called with QJs in the SB.
my reasons for this were that (1) I didn't want to muck because he was raising a bit light (2) I didn't want to 3-bet with Q-high out of position
now I should've mucked because he plays very well postflop, but I wanted to play the hand, because folding isn't fun, and also because the BB was tight, but I chose to ignore that too.
so my question is, assuming you're intent on playing the hand, which is better? cold-call to invite the blinds in and check raise any flop you hit, or 3-bet and bet out?
I think the only hands I'd attempt this with are QJs, JTs, and T9s.
I'm mainly asking this in general, not really having to do with Chris specifically. Is there ever a time to cold-call in the SB headsup? I keep thinking about it, and my general philosophy is to make my opponent have to catch. given the way I played it, I would be folding the flop about 70% of the time, and often when I didn't, I'd be stuck overplaying a draw.