Jesse Richman
02-17-2003, 02:36 PM
Haven't posted in a long long time, but I'm trying to get back to it, and this situation had me thinking.
What is your default play when a weak, predictable opponent bets into you on the river heads-up with what you have read as a busted flush draw and you hold an Ace-high?
Generally I'll call them down, however in an 8 hour session this weekend, I had four times where I did this only to be shown that while my read was correct, my opponent had made a baby pair on the river. Obviously, this got me thinking that maybe I should be raising instead of calling in these situations. Of course, the downside is that if my read is off and my opponent does have a made hand it's cost me an extra bet (I don't think I'd have much trouble throwing away my Ace-high to a reraise in these situations). Those few lost bets, however, would seem to be more than compensated for by the occasional large pot picked up when it works.
Obviously, this thinking was seriously influenced by one session, which tends to be bad practice; it may be simply that this one session was particularly abberant. Still, I'd love some feedback.
What is your default play when a weak, predictable opponent bets into you on the river heads-up with what you have read as a busted flush draw and you hold an Ace-high?
Generally I'll call them down, however in an 8 hour session this weekend, I had four times where I did this only to be shown that while my read was correct, my opponent had made a baby pair on the river. Obviously, this got me thinking that maybe I should be raising instead of calling in these situations. Of course, the downside is that if my read is off and my opponent does have a made hand it's cost me an extra bet (I don't think I'd have much trouble throwing away my Ace-high to a reraise in these situations). Those few lost bets, however, would seem to be more than compensated for by the occasional large pot picked up when it works.
Obviously, this thinking was seriously influenced by one session, which tends to be bad practice; it may be simply that this one session was particularly abberant. Still, I'd love some feedback.