Notorious G.O.B.
05-23-2005, 03:16 AM
I've been playing five card draw lately on Paradise, and I'd like to hear some comments on the following situations:
Value betting post draw: Say you raise from the button, first in, with a pair. The BB calls, and draws three. After not improving on the draw, what is the worst hand you'd value bet with, assuming the BB checks to you? Kings? Queens? Aces?
Open raising and being reraised: What do you do when you've raise from the cutoff with 10 10, and get popped by the small blind? How about when you raise UTG with KK, and get called in one spot, and popped by the button? JJ, second in, same situation? How about 8's up? I'm used to playing hold'em, but realistically speaking, I think I should be folding more predraw when I get reraised.
Defending against possible bluffs: It seems like I'm folding a lot postdraw when I get bet into. What strategies do you guys use to avoid getting run over? How do you play a pair of aces, when you open raise from the button, the bb calls, draws three, you don't improve, and the BB leads into you after the draw? How about queens? I realize it all depends on the player, of course. How do you play against pat hands in various situations, to protect yourself from being snowed? Most of the time, I fold when someone stands pat, even if I'm getting 7 or 8 to 1, unless I've seen the guy bluffing a lot of pots, or something smells fishy.
Defending Blinds: What kind of standards do you guys use in defending your blinds? I think Caro says to defend with about as good a hand as the raiser will raise with, but it's pretty hard to play 55 against a button who will raise with no hand worse than 55.
Also, how do you play your hands post draw, when the potential stealer leads into you? Say you call the button's raise with 88, he draws three and leads into you after you check. What do you do? What if he drew 1, from the small blind?
Opening requirements: What opening standards do you play by? I believe Caro's minimum are KK UTG, 99 in cutoff, 55 on button, and SB. Weisenburg has it as KK UTG, Jacks in cutoff, 99 with 2 overs on button, and 77 from SB. What kind of compromise do you arrive on? How do you play against limpers? What are your standards for reraising or coldcalling? Do you reraise the cutoff with 7's up, from the button? How about aces?
SB play: What kind of hands do you limp with on the small blind, against limpers? How about heads up against the BB?
Post draw play: How do you play two big pair, when you bet and are raised? How about trips, against a one card draw who limped? One card draw who raised? Let's say you raise with Queens up, and get several customers. How do you play when a 3 card draw bets into you from early position? How about a one card draw? What if someone overcalls?
Thanks for your help, I apologize for the sporadic readability.
Value betting post draw: Say you raise from the button, first in, with a pair. The BB calls, and draws three. After not improving on the draw, what is the worst hand you'd value bet with, assuming the BB checks to you? Kings? Queens? Aces?
Open raising and being reraised: What do you do when you've raise from the cutoff with 10 10, and get popped by the small blind? How about when you raise UTG with KK, and get called in one spot, and popped by the button? JJ, second in, same situation? How about 8's up? I'm used to playing hold'em, but realistically speaking, I think I should be folding more predraw when I get reraised.
Defending against possible bluffs: It seems like I'm folding a lot postdraw when I get bet into. What strategies do you guys use to avoid getting run over? How do you play a pair of aces, when you open raise from the button, the bb calls, draws three, you don't improve, and the BB leads into you after the draw? How about queens? I realize it all depends on the player, of course. How do you play against pat hands in various situations, to protect yourself from being snowed? Most of the time, I fold when someone stands pat, even if I'm getting 7 or 8 to 1, unless I've seen the guy bluffing a lot of pots, or something smells fishy.
Defending Blinds: What kind of standards do you guys use in defending your blinds? I think Caro says to defend with about as good a hand as the raiser will raise with, but it's pretty hard to play 55 against a button who will raise with no hand worse than 55.
Also, how do you play your hands post draw, when the potential stealer leads into you? Say you call the button's raise with 88, he draws three and leads into you after you check. What do you do? What if he drew 1, from the small blind?
Opening requirements: What opening standards do you play by? I believe Caro's minimum are KK UTG, 99 in cutoff, 55 on button, and SB. Weisenburg has it as KK UTG, Jacks in cutoff, 99 with 2 overs on button, and 77 from SB. What kind of compromise do you arrive on? How do you play against limpers? What are your standards for reraising or coldcalling? Do you reraise the cutoff with 7's up, from the button? How about aces?
SB play: What kind of hands do you limp with on the small blind, against limpers? How about heads up against the BB?
Post draw play: How do you play two big pair, when you bet and are raised? How about trips, against a one card draw who limped? One card draw who raised? Let's say you raise with Queens up, and get several customers. How do you play when a 3 card draw bets into you from early position? How about a one card draw? What if someone overcalls?
Thanks for your help, I apologize for the sporadic readability.