Proofrock
07-06-2005, 07:54 PM
1/2 (200 max buy-in) at TStone.
Hero( ~400) is UTG, solid table image.
MP1( ~200) is a tightish and on the passive side, predictable after the flop (only bets/raises 2 pair or better).
MP2( ~500) is a smart, experienced, thinking player.
Action: Hero raises $12 (standard) with AA. MP1 calls, MP2 raises to $42, folds around to hero. Hero stares at MP2 for a few moments, then raises $100 more, MP1 folds, MP2 folds after thinking for a bit.
My thoughts at the time: I have aces, woohoo! I'm getting raised, woohoo! He probably has KK or QQ and will call anything that isn't outrageous -- $100 more should be the right amount to isolate MP2.
My thoughts later: I have a solid table image, and as such a thinking player must figure I will only 3bet with AA or KK. If MP2 has KK or QQ, and he figures me for AA or KK, he folds (stacks aren't deep enough for set value).
I wanted to isolate MP2 (I assume MP1 would stay in for $30 more, but this may well be false -- it is a large reraise relative to his stack, no?), but now that I think of it, I'm not sure why -- since MP1 is predictable and easy to read, it can't hurt to have him along, can it?
So anyway, here are my questions:
(1) Should I try to isolate MP2?
(2) If I want to isolate MP2, how should I proceed?
(3) If I flat call and the flop looks safe, how should I proceed if MP1 called preflop? if it's heads up?
I recognize this is a player dependent question, but I have no other read than MP2 is solid, experienced, thinking player who can get away from big hands.
Hero( ~400) is UTG, solid table image.
MP1( ~200) is a tightish and on the passive side, predictable after the flop (only bets/raises 2 pair or better).
MP2( ~500) is a smart, experienced, thinking player.
Action: Hero raises $12 (standard) with AA. MP1 calls, MP2 raises to $42, folds around to hero. Hero stares at MP2 for a few moments, then raises $100 more, MP1 folds, MP2 folds after thinking for a bit.
My thoughts at the time: I have aces, woohoo! I'm getting raised, woohoo! He probably has KK or QQ and will call anything that isn't outrageous -- $100 more should be the right amount to isolate MP2.
My thoughts later: I have a solid table image, and as such a thinking player must figure I will only 3bet with AA or KK. If MP2 has KK or QQ, and he figures me for AA or KK, he folds (stacks aren't deep enough for set value).
I wanted to isolate MP2 (I assume MP1 would stay in for $30 more, but this may well be false -- it is a large reraise relative to his stack, no?), but now that I think of it, I'm not sure why -- since MP1 is predictable and easy to read, it can't hurt to have him along, can it?
So anyway, here are my questions:
(1) Should I try to isolate MP2?
(2) If I want to isolate MP2, how should I proceed?
(3) If I flat call and the flop looks safe, how should I proceed if MP1 called preflop? if it's heads up?
I recognize this is a player dependent question, but I have no other read than MP2 is solid, experienced, thinking player who can get away from big hands.