NNH
09-17-2004, 01:01 AM
Hello all,
This is my first of hopefully quite a few posts in this forum. I'm mostly an SNG player, and have decided to give NL ring games a shot. I'm going to start at the Stars .10/.25 game and work my way up from there. Started w/ $50 yesterday. Wish me luck.
Here's a hand that I have some questions about. A little background... I have been at the table for about an hour and built up a nice stack. Button has not been at table for long, but has been pretty tight so far. I've been bullying the table since it got down to about 4 players since I had a nice chip lead. It's been heads up between me and button for about 15 hands. He caught on to my blind stealing and has reraised me a few hands now.
So here's the hand in question...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (2 handed)
Button ($9.05)
Hero ($30)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Button posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero calls $0.15, Button (poster) checks.
Flop: ($0.50) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets $0.5</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to $1</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $23.25</font>, Button calls $7.80 (All-In).
Turn: ($32.55) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($32.55) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $32.55
Here's my thinking. Small semi-bluff on the flop. He raises min, so I'm thinking he has part of flop, but likely not a great hand at all. Maybe 2nd button, or Jx. I decide to push hoping for a fold, but still having outs in case of a call.
What do you put Button on?
What's a better line for this hand?
Thanks in advance.
This is my first of hopefully quite a few posts in this forum. I'm mostly an SNG player, and have decided to give NL ring games a shot. I'm going to start at the Stars .10/.25 game and work my way up from there. Started w/ $50 yesterday. Wish me luck.
Here's a hand that I have some questions about. A little background... I have been at the table for about an hour and built up a nice stack. Button has not been at table for long, but has been pretty tight so far. I've been bullying the table since it got down to about 4 players since I had a nice chip lead. It's been heads up between me and button for about 15 hands. He caught on to my blind stealing and has reraised me a few hands now.
So here's the hand in question...
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (2 handed)
Button ($9.05)
Hero ($30)
Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif. Button posts a blind of $0.25.
Hero calls $0.15, Button (poster) checks.
Flop: ($0.50) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 9/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">Hero bets $0.5</font>, <font color="CC3333">Button raises to $1</font>, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises to $23.25</font>, Button calls $7.80 (All-In).
Turn: ($32.55) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
River: ($32.55) 8/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(2 players, 1 all-in)</font>
Final Pot: $32.55
Here's my thinking. Small semi-bluff on the flop. He raises min, so I'm thinking he has part of flop, but likely not a great hand at all. Maybe 2nd button, or Jx. I decide to push hoping for a fold, but still having outs in case of a call.
What do you put Button on?
What's a better line for this hand?
Thanks in advance.