bluewilde
07-10-2005, 06:24 PM
about "dark tunnel" bets, and not making them? This seems to be a hand where I forgot about the "not" part:
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
UTG (t940)
UTG+1 (t640)
MP1 (t750)
MP2 (t1695)
Hero (t775)
Button (t525)
SB (t1740)
BB (t935)
Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls t105.
Flop: (t277.50) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t140</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t700</font>, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t1117.50
This was the first hand I played. If I limp, I encourage even more limpers and there's a good chance we end up with a 5 or 6-handed pot. So the raise was meant to thin the field. When the flop is checked to me, I really have no idea as to the relative stregth of my hand. The chance he has an ace makes me want to check, but the chance he's on a draw makes me feel like I need to bet. So I just sort of close my eyes and throw money at the pot. He comes over the top and I have to let it go. This player has been super agressive, so I can see him having holdings as weak as JJ or a flush draw. But the check reraise all-in feels too much like him saying, "look how clever I am, trapping the preflop raiser with my invincible top pair" /images/graemlins/confused.gif
So I assume I need to just check behind on the flop. My question is, if I don't know where I stand in a hand, should I be inclined to check behind aggressive players and bet into tighter, weaker ones? I feel like the raise might have been a good move against a different opponent, but not Sir Bets-A-Lot. Is a half-pot bet too weak either way? I liked it cause it seemed big enough to take it down if MP2 has nothing, but small enough that I can fold to an aggressive reraise. Bad thinking? Thanks,
Blue
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (8 handed) converter (http://www.selachian.com/tools/bisonconverter/hhconverter.cgi)
UTG (t940)
UTG+1 (t640)
MP1 (t750)
MP2 (t1695)
Hero (t775)
Button (t525)
SB (t1740)
BB (t935)
Preflop: Hero is CO with Q/images/graemlins/club.gif, Q/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP2 calls t15, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t120</font>, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, UTG+1 folds, MP2 calls t105.
Flop: (t277.50) A/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif, 5/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets t140</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP2 raises to t700</font>, Hero folds.
Final Pot: t1117.50
This was the first hand I played. If I limp, I encourage even more limpers and there's a good chance we end up with a 5 or 6-handed pot. So the raise was meant to thin the field. When the flop is checked to me, I really have no idea as to the relative stregth of my hand. The chance he has an ace makes me want to check, but the chance he's on a draw makes me feel like I need to bet. So I just sort of close my eyes and throw money at the pot. He comes over the top and I have to let it go. This player has been super agressive, so I can see him having holdings as weak as JJ or a flush draw. But the check reraise all-in feels too much like him saying, "look how clever I am, trapping the preflop raiser with my invincible top pair" /images/graemlins/confused.gif
So I assume I need to just check behind on the flop. My question is, if I don't know where I stand in a hand, should I be inclined to check behind aggressive players and bet into tighter, weaker ones? I feel like the raise might have been a good move against a different opponent, but not Sir Bets-A-Lot. Is a half-pot bet too weak either way? I liked it cause it seemed big enough to take it down if MP2 has nothing, but small enough that I can fold to an aggressive reraise. Bad thinking? Thanks,
Blue