zram21
05-26-2005, 01:29 PM
I have taken stabs at short handed play in the past, but I have just recently started trying to make a serious push at improving my short handed game. I was hoping some of you could give me some pointers on playing over cards.
I am fairly comfortable playing over cards in a full ring game, but I am a bit lost in a 6 max game. Clearly hands like AK are going to be the best hand unimproved more often in a short handed game, but I am kind of at a loss as to how hard to push this. I'll give a specific example, but really it seems I play dozenz of these type of hands each session and they all play out in a similar fashion. FWIW I have been playing mostly the Party 1/2 game, but some Stars 2/4 as well.
In this hand Button is 64%/3% and is passive post-flop, the BB is 45%/12% and is slightly aggressive post-flop.
Preflop: Hero is CO with A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K /images/graemlins/club.gif
2 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.
Flop: (6.5 sb) 8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2 /images/graemlins/club.gif, Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, Button calls, BB folds.
Turn: (4.25 BB) 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.
River: (6.25 BB) T /images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.
Again I play hands like this over and over again. Is this SOP? Do you give up the turn? Fire again on the river? Check and fold the river? I am lost on the best way to play these. Any suggestions you have would be very appreciated.
I am fairly comfortable playing over cards in a full ring game, but I am a bit lost in a 6 max game. Clearly hands like AK are going to be the best hand unimproved more often in a short handed game, but I am kind of at a loss as to how hard to push this. I'll give a specific example, but really it seems I play dozenz of these type of hands each session and they all play out in a similar fashion. FWIW I have been playing mostly the Party 1/2 game, but some Stars 2/4 as well.
In this hand Button is 64%/3% and is passive post-flop, the BB is 45%/12% and is slightly aggressive post-flop.
Preflop: Hero is CO with A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif, K /images/graemlins/club.gif
2 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.
Flop: (6.5 sb) 8 /images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2 /images/graemlins/club.gif, Q /images/graemlins/heart.gif (3 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, Button calls, BB folds.
Turn: (4.25 BB) 4 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif (2 players)
Hero bets, Button calls.
River: (6.25 BB) T /images/graemlins/spade.gif (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero calls.
Again I play hands like this over and over again. Is this SOP? Do you give up the turn? Fire again on the river? Check and fold the river? I am lost on the best way to play these. Any suggestions you have would be very appreciated.