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cmwck
07-24-2005, 06:09 AM
BB is tight, UTG+1 is an unknown (50% vpip after 10 hands FWIW)

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Preflop: Hero is SB with J/images/graemlins/heart.gif, Q/images/graemlins/diamond.gif.
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls.

What do you think of this isolation raise? Raising will (hopefully) get me heads up, plus give me the initiative.

Flop: (5 SB) 9/images/graemlins/club.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 3/images/graemlins/diamond.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, UTG+1 calls.

Pretty disjointed flop, so I'm guessing he doesn't like what he sees. Figure I should pick this up &gt; 15% of the time.

Turn: (3.50 BB) T/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero bets?

Now I've got the OESD. Overcards could be good as well. I'll win this over 20% of the time. Throw in another 5% of fold equity, and we have a profitable semi-bluff, right?

thesharpie
07-24-2005, 06:11 AM
Preflop I'm not too struck on, I like to be in position with a hand like this to raise. Not bad though. Postflop is perfect.

Edit: If you have a read UTG+1 is fairly weak then I like raising preflop.