Askilus
12-20-2004, 06:48 PM
Hi,
I've been doing some reading lately and I have focused on "Small stakes Hold'em" written by Sklansky, Malmuth and Miller. One of the sections that I have concentrated on is the "Protect your hand"-section. Therefor I would appreciate comments on my thinking in the hand below, where I tried to apply this concept.
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Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.
<font color="green">I'm not sure if this is a good call or not. I was pretty sure that one of the blinds where going to call so I quess it's an ok call.</font>
Flop: (12 SB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, CO checks, Hero checks.
<font color="green">With no aggression what so ever and a ragged flop I figured that the chance of me having the best hand at the moment was pretty big. So, how do I protect my hand? I didn't think that betting into this big pot would induce enhough people to fold so I decided that it was best to wait for the turn. With a safe card I could bet/raise to protect my hand and with a scary card I could fold.</font>
Turn: (6 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG calls, MP1 folds, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.
<font color="green">Ok, i figured this card was pretty safe. It puts the straight on the table and a possible flush draw. But stil, it's a undercard to my top pair and I found it unlikely that someone would have 52, perhaps with the exception of BB who maybe could have called .5 with 52s. Anyhow, now I raised in an attempt to protect my hand, get people to fold (SB in this case, I didn't think that BB or UTG were going to fold) and maximize my chances to win this pot.</font>
River: (12 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.
<font color="green">J/images/graemlins/spade.gif is a overcard to my pair and makes the flush possible. Therefor I decided to check behind on this one.</font>
Final Pot: 12 BB
My main question is about my play on the flop and the turn. Did I use the "protect your hand"-concept right or wrong? How would you have played this flopped, low, top pair?
I've been doing some reading lately and I have focused on "Small stakes Hold'em" written by Sklansky, Malmuth and Miller. One of the sections that I have concentrated on is the "Protect your hand"-section. Therefor I would appreciate comments on my thinking in the hand below, where I tried to apply this concept.
Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
Preflop: Hero is Button with A/images/graemlins/club.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#CC3333">UTG raises</font>, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 folds, CO calls, Hero calls, SB calls, BB calls.
<font color="green">I'm not sure if this is a good call or not. I was pretty sure that one of the blinds where going to call so I quess it's an ok call.</font>
Flop: (12 SB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, MP1 checks, CO checks, Hero checks.
<font color="green">With no aggression what so ever and a ragged flop I figured that the chance of me having the best hand at the moment was pretty big. So, how do I protect my hand? I didn't think that betting into this big pot would induce enhough people to fold so I decided that it was best to wait for the turn. With a safe card I could bet/raise to protect my hand and with a scary card I could fold.</font>
Turn: (6 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, UTG calls, MP1 folds, CO folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.
<font color="green">Ok, i figured this card was pretty safe. It puts the straight on the table and a possible flush draw. But stil, it's a undercard to my top pair and I found it unlikely that someone would have 52, perhaps with the exception of BB who maybe could have called .5 with 52s. Anyhow, now I raised in an attempt to protect my hand, get people to fold (SB in this case, I didn't think that BB or UTG were going to fold) and maximize my chances to win this pot.</font>
River: (12 BB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks.
<font color="green">J/images/graemlins/spade.gif is a overcard to my pair and makes the flush possible. Therefor I decided to check behind on this one.</font>
Final Pot: 12 BB
My main question is about my play on the flop and the turn. Did I use the "protect your hand"-concept right or wrong? How would you have played this flopped, low, top pair?