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Jim Shears

03-10-2005, 12:35 PM

No reads on CO. Game is typical .25/.50 loose, lots of calling stations.

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Preflop: Hero is Button with K/images/graemlins/club.gif, A/images/graemlins/heart.gif.
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 calls, 3 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, SB calls, BB calls, UTG+1 folds, UTG+2 calls, CO calls.

Flop: (11 SB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG+2 checks, CO checks, Hero bets, SB folds, BB calls, UTG+2 calls, CO calls.

Turn: (7.50 BB) A/images/graemlins/spade.gif (4 players)
BB checks, UTG+2 checks, CO checks, Hero bets, BB calls, UTG+2 folds, CO raises, Hero 3-bets, BB calls, CO calls.

What does a check raise like this mean? It doesn't seem geared towards thinning the field. Should I have just called?

River: (16.50 BB) J/images/graemlins/diamond.gif (3 players)
BB checks, CO checks, Hero bets, BB folds, CO calls.

CO checks to me again. Should I have just checked?

Final Pot: 18.50 BB

Bodhi

03-10-2005, 12:56 PM

Believe it or not, I think you are still ahead here on the turn. Good 3-bet. A lot of the time the CO has an Ace with a kicker worse than yours. If he really had a strong hand (at least 2 pair) he would have capped it.

Of course you should bet the river.

Nice hand.

olavfo

03-10-2005, 01:09 PM

CO's turn raise most probably means he has an ace-rag. You correctly 3-bet his ass and bet the river. Now listen to his screams.

olavfo

wyoak

03-10-2005, 01:18 PM

I would've played it the same way.

did he turn over A6?

parappa

03-10-2005, 01:36 PM

I've read the other replies one this one, but I don't 3-bet the turn. My .25/.50 opponents aren't check-raising me with ace/rag here, I don't think. I call the turn, check behind on the river and expect to lose.

crownjules

03-10-2005, 01:42 PM

I had a very similar hand last night, although at Party 1/2 and with AQo, and it played out almost the same way this hand did (except he capped on the turn after my 3-bet). Not saying that every time the situation arises it'll be the case, but he had two pair on the turn. Luckily, I made a higher two pair on the river.

So having learned my lesson, I would have called the C/R and check/called the river UI.

gvibes

03-10-2005, 01:46 PM

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I've read the other replies one this one, but I don't 3-bet the turn. My .25/.50 opponents aren't check-raising me with ace/rag here, I don't think. I call the turn, check behind on the river and expect to lose.

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I usually just call down in this situation, assuming that I was reverse-dominated, and and am now losing to 2-pair. I'm pretty sure it's a leak.

callydrias

03-10-2005, 01:46 PM

I play it the same way. I think you have the better hand on the river more than 50% of the time so you can bet for value.