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mute
04-19-2005, 08:55 PM
Villain is 50/25/2.

Didn't know what line I should be taking here. Anybody throwing in a check-raise somewhere?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 6/images/graemlins/club.gif.
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, <font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (4.33 SB) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 4/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 4/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.16 BB) K/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (6.16 BB) K/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8.16 BB

Pokey
04-19-2005, 09:01 PM
LAG raises 25% of the hands he sees, so neither a king nor an overpair is a guarantee for his hand. His aggression means that he's going to bet like this whether he's got you dead or not. In this case, you're in "way ahead / way behind" mode: if he's got a better pair, a K, a 9, or a 4, you're dead. All of these holdings are possible. If he's got anything else, you're way ahead.

I'm not sure you win 2/3 of these hands, so I don't really like a raise anywhere. I am sure you win enough times to make calling to the showdown profitable.

The only place where I MIGHT have raised this is pre-flop, since a pair heads-up against a LAG has some good value in it, but checking is also fully acceptable. Given that you checked pre-flop, I don't see any need to raise unless/until I improve to trips or better.

Nicely played.