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_Kevin_

10-02-2004, 11:45 AM

Everyone at the table was fairly loose (and aggressive after the flop, not much preflop raising, except by me). People were raising on nothing but draws after the flop. On the flop, I wanted to make the draws pay to stay in. I'm not sure how I should have played this after that. Should I have slowed down before the river (if so, based on what thought process) or should I have pushed like I did thinking I had the best hand? Should I have bet the river?

Thanks,

--Kevin

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed)

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises, CO folds, Button calls, SB calls, BB 3-bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls, Hero caps, Button calls, SB calls, BB calls, UTG calls, UTG+2 calls, MP2 calls.

Flop: (28 SB) 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 9/images/graemlins/heart.gif (7 players)
SB checks, BB bets, UTG calls, UTG+2 folds, MP2 calls, Hero raises, Button folds, SB calls, BB 3-bets, UTG folds, MP2 folds, Hero caps, SB calls, BB calls.

Turn: (21 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif (3 players)
SB checks, BB bets, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls.

River: (27 BB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif (3 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, SB calls, BB calls.

Final Pot: 30 BB

Piiop

10-02-2004, 11:52 AM

Well played.

You would like to force out players on straight draws, however your position relative to the other raiser makes that basically impossible. Since the BB 3-bet preflop, he probably has KK-JJ, so there's no need to slow down against him. If one of the other opponents had started raising, then you might have wanted to slow down.