Schwartzy61
10-26-2005, 07:04 PM
6-max is all the rage these days but I'm still hanging out at $1/$2 full ring...
Preflop, this has been a pretty loose table and very passive. Limping with a small pocket pair in this spot has not been a problem and there were routinely 5 guys to the flop.
The Villain in this case had been realtively passive postflop. His numbers were 34.74/9.47/0.92 after 95 hands. His aggression numbers were consistent street to street. What I had seen from him to this point was betting top pair good kicker or overpair on the flop and continuing on the turn even if a draw hit. I've also seen him call to the river on many occasions with A high, on one such occasion he called down to the river with the nut flush draw and called a bet on the river when his draw was busted. He had actually lost quite a lot calling to the river with A high even on draw heavy boards. I had this hand near the end of my session...
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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.
Turn: (3 BB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, SB folds, BB folds.
Checked through the flop and now what amounts to a blank hits. I bet making sure someone with a flush draw now doesn't get a free card. What I am wondering is if pocket 6's are too low in this case to try this play, seeing as how I only beat A high and someone calling down with the 5? Is the pot too small to even bother?
River: (5 BB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.
Final Pot: 7 BB
River double pairs board. Just me and the guy that has no qualms calling down with A-high. I bet with the best hand? Is the pot again too small to worry about trying to maximize my value here?
I didn't have to worry about it here after he just called, but what do I do if he raises? Bet/call seemed like the best line because he hadn't bet to this point which seemed to mean no ten, but he is still rather passive postflop and generally a raise from a player like that means you're screwed.
This isn't the most interesting hand but something I am having trouble reviewing, thanks for your help guys...
Preflop, this has been a pretty loose table and very passive. Limping with a small pocket pair in this spot has not been a problem and there were routinely 5 guys to the flop.
The Villain in this case had been realtively passive postflop. His numbers were 34.74/9.47/0.92 after 95 hands. His aggression numbers were consistent street to street. What I had seen from him to this point was betting top pair good kicker or overpair on the flop and continuing on the turn even if a draw hit. I've also seen him call to the river on many occasions with A high, on one such occasion he called down to the river with the nut flush draw and called a bet on the river when his draw was busted. He had actually lost quite a lot calling to the river with A high even on draw heavy boards. I had this hand near the end of my session...
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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 6/images/graemlins/spade.gif.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB completes, BB checks.
Flop: (6 SB) 5/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/club.gif, 3/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.
Turn: (3 BB) 3/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(6 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, SB folds, BB folds.
Checked through the flop and now what amounts to a blank hits. I bet making sure someone with a flush draw now doesn't get a free card. What I am wondering is if pocket 6's are too low in this case to try this play, seeing as how I only beat A high and someone calling down with the 5? Is the pot too small to even bother?
River: (5 BB) T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP3 calls.
Final Pot: 7 BB
River double pairs board. Just me and the guy that has no qualms calling down with A-high. I bet with the best hand? Is the pot again too small to worry about trying to maximize my value here?
I didn't have to worry about it here after he just called, but what do I do if he raises? Bet/call seemed like the best line because he hadn't bet to this point which seemed to mean no ten, but he is still rather passive postflop and generally a raise from a player like that means you're screwed.
This isn't the most interesting hand but something I am having trouble reviewing, thanks for your help guys...