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housenuts

10-05-2004, 01:12 AM

i'm doing something fundamentally wrong with my game right now. i think i'm just playing on tilt. do you have to shut down after the flop raise? do you even raise the flop? my opponent was playing fairly aggressive.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP (t1727)
Button (t1265)
SB (t4920)
Hero (t3835)
UTG (t1753)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 8/images/graemlins/spade.gif, Q/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
UTG folds, MP folds, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t300) 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/club.gif (2 players)
SB bets t300, Hero raises to t900, SB calls t600.

Turn: (t2100) 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets t750, SB calls t750.

River: (t3600) J/images/graemlins/heart.gif (2 players)
SB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t3600

Results in white below: 
SB has Ac 8d (two pair, eights and threes).
Hero has 8s Qh (two pair, eights and threes).
Outcome: SB wins t3600.

SmileyEH

10-05-2004, 01:38 AM

I would check behind on the turn, and call a reasonable bet on the river.

-SmileyEH

housenuts

10-05-2004, 01:59 AM

so just call the flop? i raised because he had been playing aggressive and i definitely thought my top pair was good. the reason i didn't check the turn is because i thought that would show weakness and he would easily steal the pot on the river. maybe i'm right out of 'er

rjb03

10-05-2004, 07:38 AM

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so just call the flop? i raised because he had been playing aggressive and i definitely thought my top pair was good. the reason i didn't check the turn is because i thought that would show weakness and he would easily steal the pot on the river. maybe i'm right out of 'er

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Doesn't look too aggressive here.

housenuts

10-05-2004, 01:53 PM

you don't think it's aggressive when he bets the flop on rainbow rags? i had to think my TP3K was good.