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thesharpie
08-22-2005, 08:23 AM
Should I be calling the minraise and see a flop? Once he reraises I should be folding even though I'm getting 3-1 right? He's gotta have AA KK or QQ?

***** Hand History for Game 2577538369 *****
15/30 Tourney Texas Hold'em Game Table (NL) (Tournament 15060008) - Mon Aug 22 07:49:08 EDT 2005
Table Table 35031 (Real Money) -- Seat 2 is the button
Total number of players : 9
Seat 1: humbleman2 (690)
Seat 2: RBF16 (969)
Seat 3: GENEKNOWS (1728)
Seat 4: tehshar (800)
Seat 5: bubblesbill (670)
Seat 6: hugueso16 (800)
Seat 7: theepro (798)
Seat 8: tugboat2311 (775)
Seat 9: laundry (770)
GENEKNOWS posts small blind (10)
tehshar posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to tehshar [ Ad, Ks ]
bubblesbill raises (30) to 30
hugueso16 folds.
theepro folds.
tugboat2311 folds.
laundry folds.
humbleman2 folds.
RBF16 calls (30)
GENEKNOWS folds.
tehshar raises (160) to 175
bubblesbill raises (345) to 375
RBF16 folds.
tehshar calls (200)
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 7c, 8h, Ts ]
tehshar checks.
bubblesbill bets (295)
bubblesbill is all-In.
tehshar folds.
Creating Main Pot with $1085 with bubblesbill
** Summary **
Main Pot: 1085
Board: [ 7c 8h Ts ]
humbleman2 balance 690, didn't bet (folded)
RBF16 balance 939, lost 30 (folded)
GENEKNOWS balance 1718, lost 10 (folded)
tehshar balance 425, lost 375 (folded)
bubblesbill balance 1085, bet 670, collected 1085, net +415
hugueso16 balance 800, didn't bet (folded)
theepro balance 798, didn't bet (folded)
tugboat2311 balance 775, didn't bet (folded)
laundry balance 770, didn't bet (folded)

downtown
08-22-2005, 10:54 AM
I hate those stupid small reraises. What level is this? I would push the second min-raise. I know it seems like AA or KK, but in my experience, Ax and 22+ is just as likely when there are still lots of donks around. If he has AA or KK so be it, fire up a new one. Also I *may* even be a weak-tight batch and call considering I'm OOP for the rest of the hand and recently I've realized my advantage comes later in the match.

08-22-2005, 11:12 AM
I think that the re-raise was absolutely the right move, though raising twice the pot was maybe a little heavy. Min raises usually indicate inexperienced players or weak hands, though usually both. I'll use it occasionally though, such as when I'm UTG with a monster at a tight/passive table, and I don't want to fold everybody, and I wouldn't mind looking weak. villain's re-raise suggests to me that he knows he's got a live one, as he's raising you just enough to give you decent odds to call. A read would help immensely here, but I'm tempted to fold A-Ko pre-flop after that second raise. I'm a slight dog against a pair QQ or lower, and I'm obliterated by KK or AA. My only hope is A-Q or A-J, and villain is playing that pretty irrationally if that's what he has. Very unlikely that I'm in a good place here, and there's little dead money in the pot to make it worth my while to go heads up. I'm out pre-flop.

Post-flop, we're getting 3.7:1 with two cards to come, so we do have odds to draw to our overcards, but that's assuming six clean outs, which is unrealistic. You've still got 425 at a low level, and therefore still got a chance. Fold on the flop.

tigerite
08-22-2005, 11:32 AM
I wouldn't re-raise AK in this situation. I'd just call the 30 and see the flop.

downtown
08-22-2005, 11:54 AM
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I wouldn't re-raise AK in this situation. I'd just call the 30 and see the flop.

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To clarify the end of my post above, I meant I would call the 30 and see the flop, not call the reraise.