chopchoi
06-28-2005, 07:21 PM
I've started playing limit MTT's recently. I've played 3 so far, and all 3 have ended the same way: My stack is average or better early, then the bets go up, I catch a set, bet it hard, and it gets cracked, leaving me short stacked with high blinds. Well, enough bitching. I know there's nothing I can do about that.
Anyway, most recently I had about 2,700 chips, and my set of 7's got cracked when an A came on the turn, giving my opponent a bigger set. I showed my cards after the hand. I lost 1,100 chips there.
From what I could tell my opponent that hand was pretty tight. She moved to the table about a round and a half before, and hadn't played a hand until then.
A few hands later I open raise with AQo, and the same opponent 3-bets me. I wonder, does she have a hand, or is she just messing with me because she thinks I'm afraid of her after she cracked my set? the flop is all rags, I check and call her bet. The turn is another rag. I think about betting into her, or maybe check-raise bluffing, but I don't know. If she has something, I'll be out. If I fold here, I'll still have 900 chips, and have a chance at a comeback. I fold.
A few hands later, I raise with 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif, and she calls. The flop is ace high, 3 hearts. I think about going for the check-raise, but then I think checking might look suspicious to her after I raised and she just called. If I bet, maybe she'll raise me. So I bet and she folds.
Anyway, seeing as how, after she cracked my set, she played both times I raised, but didn't play any other hands, do you think she was thinking she could screw with me, or was it just a bizarre coincidence that she just happened to catch hands when I did.
Also, in light of the prior hand, shold I have been more aggressive with my AQ?
Anyway, most recently I had about 2,700 chips, and my set of 7's got cracked when an A came on the turn, giving my opponent a bigger set. I showed my cards after the hand. I lost 1,100 chips there.
From what I could tell my opponent that hand was pretty tight. She moved to the table about a round and a half before, and hadn't played a hand until then.
A few hands later I open raise with AQo, and the same opponent 3-bets me. I wonder, does she have a hand, or is she just messing with me because she thinks I'm afraid of her after she cracked my set? the flop is all rags, I check and call her bet. The turn is another rag. I think about betting into her, or maybe check-raise bluffing, but I don't know. If she has something, I'll be out. If I fold here, I'll still have 900 chips, and have a chance at a comeback. I fold.
A few hands later, I raise with 8 /images/graemlins/heart.gif9 /images/graemlins/heart.gif, and she calls. The flop is ace high, 3 hearts. I think about going for the check-raise, but then I think checking might look suspicious to her after I raised and she just called. If I bet, maybe she'll raise me. So I bet and she folds.
Anyway, seeing as how, after she cracked my set, she played both times I raised, but didn't play any other hands, do you think she was thinking she could screw with me, or was it just a bizarre coincidence that she just happened to catch hands when I did.
Also, in light of the prior hand, shold I have been more aggressive with my AQ?