kelvin474
01-11-2005, 01:40 AM
This is Party $25 NL 6max (.5 BB). I am the button. The SB is 70%VPIP and will call a pot bet on the flop almost all the time. I have $75 behind and he has $85.
Limper to me, I have A /images/graemlins/heart.gifK /images/graemlins/heart.gif and raise to $7, since this guy is likely to call out of position against a 14xBB raise, with a worse hand, such as suited OR connected OR face cards OR any pair. With any pair, I could see that possibly if he can stack me when he hits a set. But I digress. BB and Limper fold, Headsup to the flop of:
K /images/graemlins/spade.gifJ /images/graemlins/heart.gif2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif ($15)
I'd hit it!!
Villain checks, I pot, villain calls after some hesitation.
Turn: T /images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($45)
Villain checks, I push, he mucks.
I don't like my play now. At the time i was thinking scared that I wanted to shove him off some draw before i got beat or he hit a kicker or something.
Now, I think this is a situation where if I bet a decent size and he checkraises, I am def. behind, but i have 13 nut outs so i will have to call. I think the push overbet is going to make him fold hands that are worse, and he's going to call with the 2-pairs and sets. I should bet something that lets him call with stuff like KQ. KQ has to hit an Ace or 9 to win, and it can't be a heart. It has 6 outs against me so I would love for it to call half-pot bet. That may not save me much if he hits with an Ace on river since if he pushes the river i could still be ahead of a weaker 2-pair and would have to call this particular opponent. However, when he missed the river, I could probably get the rest of my stack in against him on the river with a bet, assuming his hand has showdown value.
Is this the right way to think, that there isn't anything he could have that needs the protection a push provides, that I should try something like half-pot here instead?
I keep thinking of this stuff after the hand is over. Reading posts to learn. Reading Reuben and Ciaffone too. Starting on Party 6max 25NL okay? I play 5-10 6max and 2-4 and 3-6 full in limit but not enough hands for the BB/100 #s to prove I am winning with very high confidence. The other stats and my reviews of the hands suggest I am a winning player at these limits however.
Limper to me, I have A /images/graemlins/heart.gifK /images/graemlins/heart.gif and raise to $7, since this guy is likely to call out of position against a 14xBB raise, with a worse hand, such as suited OR connected OR face cards OR any pair. With any pair, I could see that possibly if he can stack me when he hits a set. But I digress. BB and Limper fold, Headsup to the flop of:
K /images/graemlins/spade.gifJ /images/graemlins/heart.gif2 /images/graemlins/heart.gif ($15)
I'd hit it!!
Villain checks, I pot, villain calls after some hesitation.
Turn: T /images/graemlins/diamond.gif ($45)
Villain checks, I push, he mucks.
I don't like my play now. At the time i was thinking scared that I wanted to shove him off some draw before i got beat or he hit a kicker or something.
Now, I think this is a situation where if I bet a decent size and he checkraises, I am def. behind, but i have 13 nut outs so i will have to call. I think the push overbet is going to make him fold hands that are worse, and he's going to call with the 2-pairs and sets. I should bet something that lets him call with stuff like KQ. KQ has to hit an Ace or 9 to win, and it can't be a heart. It has 6 outs against me so I would love for it to call half-pot bet. That may not save me much if he hits with an Ace on river since if he pushes the river i could still be ahead of a weaker 2-pair and would have to call this particular opponent. However, when he missed the river, I could probably get the rest of my stack in against him on the river with a bet, assuming his hand has showdown value.
Is this the right way to think, that there isn't anything he could have that needs the protection a push provides, that I should try something like half-pot here instead?
I keep thinking of this stuff after the hand is over. Reading posts to learn. Reading Reuben and Ciaffone too. Starting on Party 6max 25NL okay? I play 5-10 6max and 2-4 and 3-6 full in limit but not enough hands for the BB/100 #s to prove I am winning with very high confidence. The other stats and my reviews of the hands suggest I am a winning player at these limits however.