MisterKing
12-07-2004, 05:50 PM
You don't see flops like this very often, and I have to admit I was less than perfectly prepared to play correctly as a result. My questions for you are: 1.) What's my flop action? and 2.) *IF* you get to the river and see it as I did, what's your move?
FWIW, the table was loose/aggressive, with pre-flop raising common, and 3-betting more common than at most 2/4 tables on Party. Hands as low as K7s were going for 3 bets at some points. The info I had on SB at the time of the hand was: VP$IP of 38, PFR% of 14. He had shown down some really miserable hands, but had also made some decent plays as well.
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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, UTG folds, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
Flop: (10.50 SB) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
My read on SB was that he could have any PP, Ax (with x=9 or higher), and potentially any two suited broadway cards. I also knew that he would take his hand, whatever it was, too far if overcards did come. So while I was likely to get paid well for an Ace or a Jack, in retrospect I could not count on either to be best, and could easily split the pot with these cards as well. Time to fold on the flop, right?
Turn: (6.75 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
Again, I think I'm spewing chips in a -EV fashion here. Split pot is very likely if I do catch my card. If I don't I'm probably screwed.
River: (9.75 BB) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, MP2 folds, Hero calls.
Thinking as I had been, I resolved to get paid off when my Jack hit. Afterall, I invested 1.5BB to draw to it. Was this a smart move given SB's PF 3-bet and the likelyhood of a split?
Final Pot: 16.75 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 16.75 BB, between Hero and BB.</font>
FWIW, the table was loose/aggressive, with pre-flop raising common, and 3-betting more common than at most 2/4 tables on Party. Hands as low as K7s were going for 3 bets at some points. The info I had on SB at the time of the hand was: VP$IP of 38, PFR% of 14. He had shown down some really miserable hands, but had also made some decent plays as well.
Party Poker 2/4 Hold'em (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
Preflop: Hero is MP3 with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
UTG calls, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, UTG folds, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
Flop: (10.50 SB) 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 3/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
My read on SB was that he could have any PP, Ax (with x=9 or higher), and potentially any two suited broadway cards. I also knew that he would take his hand, whatever it was, too far if overcards did come. So while I was likely to get paid well for an Ace or a Jack, in retrospect I could not count on either to be best, and could easily split the pot with these cards as well. Time to fold on the flop, right?
Turn: (6.75 BB) 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, Hero calls.
Again, I think I'm spewing chips in a -EV fashion here. Split pot is very likely if I do catch my card. If I don't I'm probably screwed.
River: (9.75 BB) J/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="blue">(3 players)</font>
<font color="CC3333">BB bets</font>, MP2 calls, <font color="CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, MP2 folds, Hero calls.
Thinking as I had been, I resolved to get paid off when my Jack hit. Afterall, I invested 1.5BB to draw to it. Was this a smart move given SB's PF 3-bet and the likelyhood of a split?
Final Pot: 16.75 BB
<font color="green">Main Pot: 16.75 BB, between Hero and BB.</font>