Party 3/6 27s Hand

[bobbyi]

Standard?

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $3. Hero posts a blind of $3.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, MP2 (poster) checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero (poster) raises</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, BB calls, MP2 folds.

Flop: (7.33 SB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4.66 BB) 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

River: (6.66 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.66 BB

[Harv72b]

I'd have to know that the players behind me are very tight before I try a steal with 72s.

The flip side is, as your first hand at the table, this one is bound to increase your action when you actually showdown. /images/graemlins/grin.gif

[JoshuaD]

I don't like the PF raise at all. Most of the time you won't be able to issolate the poster (your best case scenario), and if you do you're something like a 6:4 dog.

Check preflop, don't bet the flop.

River and turn are fine.

[bobbyi]

[ QUOTE ]
I don't like the PF raise at all. Most of the time you won't be able to issolate the poster (your best case scenario)

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That's not the best case scenario. The best case is that my $3 raise steals the $10 in blind money out there. If I can do that about 1/4 of the time, the raise is automatically profitable. I can't do it that often, but that's okay because I can sometimes win the hand when we actually do get a flop.

[JoshuaD]

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That's not the best case scenario. The best case is that my $3 raise steals the $10 in blind money out there. If I can do that about 1/4 of the time, the raise is automatically profitable. I can't do it that often, but that's okay because I can sometimes win the hand when we actually do get a flop.

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You're right. I didn't realize how inoften you had to successfully steal for it to be immediately profitable. Just be careful not to bluff off your stack needlessly postflop, or it becomes unprofitable.

[Fnord]

I make similar raises pre-flop, but dang with 72s that check button starts to look really good. The problem is that the loosness of a good table kinda defeats this strat. They know you're full of [censored] and it makes call-happy opponents hate hitting the fold button even more. Although showing down something like this starts out your table image on the right foot.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)

Preflop: Fnord is MP1 with 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 7/images/graemlins/club.gif. Fnord posts a blind of $3.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Fnord (poster) raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, CO calls, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>.

Flop: (5.33 SB) 8/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Fnord bets</font>, CO calls.

Turn: (3.66 BB) 7/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Fnord bets</font>, CO calls.

River: (5.66 BB) 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Fnord bets</font>, CO calls.

Final Pot: 7.66 BB

Results in white below: <font color="#FFFFFF">
Fnord has 6d 7c (straight, eight high).
CO has 8h Ac (one pair, eights).
Outcome: Fnord wins 7.66 BB. </font>