Jason Hand that tells me I have a lot to learn

[HoldingFolding]

Below is a hand Jason posted to the Party 1/4 million thread. PPs below JJ kill me, I never know how to play them and with this flop and river I would have been out of the hand in a heartbeat - if I'd ever actually got in it. Jason, can you explain the thought process when you played it?

***** Hand History for Game 804718552 *****
Table Quarter Million Guaranteed(40685) Table #30 (Real Money)
Seat 4 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: poki11 ( $5014 )
Seat 2: n40xxx ( $3124 )
Seat 3: Hoss_TBF ( $3320 )
Seat 4: tjp21 ( $3258 )
Seat 5: Aces4242 ( $6713 )
Seat 6: strassa2 ( $5695 )
Seat 7: the49bomber ( $1216 )
Seat 8: Fire_God ( $1060 )
Seat 9: Goingfishin1 ( $2295 )
Seat 10: habs4ever ( $7543 )
Trny:5007894 Level:7
Blinds (100/200)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to strassa2 [ 9d 9s ]
the49bomber folds.
Fire_God folds.
Goingfishin1 folds.
habs4ever folds.
poki11 folds.
n40xxx folds.
Hoss_TBF folds.
tjp21 folds.
Aces4242 raises [400].
strassa2 calls [300].
** Dealing Flop ** [ 5d, Kh, Ts ]
Aces4242 bets [500].
strassa2 raises [1500].
Aces4242 calls [1000].
** Dealing Turn ** [ Ac ]
Aces4242 checks.
strassa2 is all-In.
Aces4242 folds.
strassa2 does not show cards.
strassa2 wins 7695 chips

[Jason Strasser]

Sure.

1) I thought he was full of it.

2) I was very certain the ace was not something he wanted to see.

It was risky, but every now and then I choose to make a stand when it comes to something like this, and my opponent was not pot committed. It's just a bluff where I felt like I could get my opponent to fold a better hand.

-Jason


Note: This sometimes gets me in trouble /images/graemlins/laugh.gif

[SossMan]

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Note: This sometimes gets me in trouble

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No worries: River=9

[durron597]

Here's my thing about this hand. While I love the turn push, I really don't like the flop play. The turn A saved this hand for you, IMO; I can't see him laying down many hands to your flop raise; there was 1000 in the pot coming into the flop, and with the 500 he bets he only needs to call 1000 more so he's getting 3:1 on the call. Was that intentional?

I feel like the preflop "steal" raise and the flop bet screams K-weak kicker, so you're drawing to 2 9's, 4 Aces to make a good bluff, and otherwise you have to convince him you have a set or two pair or something to convince him that his K is no good.

What would you have done if a baby card came on the turn, and he checked to you?

[William]

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[Jason Strasser]

I'd probably still push if he checked to me, as I did not read him for a king. The ace did save me, but this opponent was very aggressive. I had a read going into this hand.

I do agree thought that a reraise PF is probably a better way to play this hand.

-Jason