MarkGritter
03-10-2005, 03:20 PM
Pacific 0.50/1.00, 10 handed.
Reads: MP3 is very loose, has seen nearly every flop in the last two orbits.
Preflop: Hero has K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif in the big blind. CO posts 1 SB.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO checks, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif (6 SB, 6 players)
I have top pair, but an extremely vulnerable one on this coordinated board. There are lots of turn cards I would hate, so reverse implied odds suggests I should fold to flop action, but...
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, <font color="red">MP3 bets</font>, CO folds, SB folds, <font color="red">Hero raises</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 calls.
The raise seemed obvious--- protect my hand, clear out overcards and gutshots. I'm not sure what would have been best if CO and/or SB had called instead.
Turn: J/images/graemlins/spade.gif (5 BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero calls.
River: 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif (7 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 calls.
Final pot: 9BB
I don't like my river bet. The 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif is a huge scare card, although the draws it completes are both unlikely. This seems like a "won't call unless he has a better hand" situation. OTOH, maybe that argues for bet/fold since I don't want to let a worse hand check it down.
Reads: MP3 is very loose, has seen nearly every flop in the last two orbits.
Preflop: Hero has K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 8/images/graemlins/club.gif in the big blind. CO posts 1 SB.
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, UTG+2 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO checks, Button folds, SB completes, Hero checks.
Flop: 7/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 8/images/graemlins/heart.gif (6 SB, 6 players)
I have top pair, but an extremely vulnerable one on this coordinated board. There are lots of turn cards I would hate, so reverse implied odds suggests I should fold to flop action, but...
SB checks, Hero checks, MP1 checks, <font color="red">MP3 bets</font>, CO folds, SB folds, <font color="red">Hero raises</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP1 folds, MP3 calls.
The raise seemed obvious--- protect my hand, clear out overcards and gutshots. I'm not sure what would have been best if CO and/or SB had called instead.
Turn: J/images/graemlins/spade.gif (5 BB, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero calls.
River: 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif (7 BB, 2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 calls.
Final pot: 9BB
I don't like my river bet. The 9/images/graemlins/spade.gif is a huge scare card, although the draws it completes are both unlikely. This seems like a "won't call unless he has a better hand" situation. OTOH, maybe that argues for bet/fold since I don't want to let a worse hand check it down.