Chr
01-29-2003, 10:01 AM
PLHE 1/2 on PokerStars. Very passive table with very few preflop raises. I'm in small blind with a stack of 180 looking at Th9h.
All fold to button who calls $2. I raise to $5. BB calls (he covers me), button folds.
Pot=$12
Flop: Js 7d 4c
I take it that BB didn't hit and bet the pot, hoping he will take me for a big pair and fold. Plan: If he calls i check-fold turn unless i hit my gutshot. If he raise i fold.
BB calls
Pot : 36
Turn: 8s
Whew!! I hit a nice hidden str8. He simply can't read me for it. I decide to keep on showing a big pair, hoping BB hit trips or has a big pair. So... I bet the pot again. And ..... nice nice nice BB raise to 72. I go all-in. BB call. I expect to see a str8 in BBs hand now.
Well....... He had 44.
I find BBs play very bad. Guess he tried to trap me, but with buttom set i find it too dangerous not to raise the flop. When he raise the turn, its too late - he has to call for rest of his stack. With his play he will never lay down buttom set. I admit its not often it has to be done, but why play in a way that makes it impossible.
As i see it his raise on the turn will maybe get a call from a lesser hand, but never a call on the river for rest of the stack. On the other hand, the way BB played, he is already committing all his money when he is beat.
Any comments appreciated.
By the way..... not that i find it important, but board paired on river. So he was the smart guy this time.
All fold to button who calls $2. I raise to $5. BB calls (he covers me), button folds.
Pot=$12
Flop: Js 7d 4c
I take it that BB didn't hit and bet the pot, hoping he will take me for a big pair and fold. Plan: If he calls i check-fold turn unless i hit my gutshot. If he raise i fold.
BB calls
Pot : 36
Turn: 8s
Whew!! I hit a nice hidden str8. He simply can't read me for it. I decide to keep on showing a big pair, hoping BB hit trips or has a big pair. So... I bet the pot again. And ..... nice nice nice BB raise to 72. I go all-in. BB call. I expect to see a str8 in BBs hand now.
Well....... He had 44.
I find BBs play very bad. Guess he tried to trap me, but with buttom set i find it too dangerous not to raise the flop. When he raise the turn, its too late - he has to call for rest of his stack. With his play he will never lay down buttom set. I admit its not often it has to be done, but why play in a way that makes it impossible.
As i see it his raise on the turn will maybe get a call from a lesser hand, but never a call on the river for rest of the stack. On the other hand, the way BB played, he is already committing all his money when he is beat.
Any comments appreciated.
By the way..... not that i find it important, but board paired on river. So he was the smart guy this time.