Benoit
11-21-2005, 02:24 AM
I had just sat down less then an orbit ago, but I had already noticed that is was a tight table. It was the first time I had seen MP1 raise so for all I knew he had AKs or AA/KK.
In retrospect, I was going to play for one bet, but I might have killed my implied odds by calling this raise. On the flop should I have just called his 3-bet, hoping this would convince him he is still ahead? Sacrificing one SB for the chance at an extra BB when he leads out on the turn? I guess online I hate not knowing where I'm at, so if sacrificing the chance at an extra BB will help me know where I'm at, then so be it. Is this the wrong way of thinking?
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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 (poster) calls, Hero calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls.
Flop: (10.40 SB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP1 calls.
Turn: (9.20 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls.
River: (11.20 BB) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls.
Final Pot: 13.20 BB
In retrospect, I was going to play for one bet, but I might have killed my implied odds by calling this raise. On the flop should I have just called his 3-bet, hoping this would convince him he is still ahead? Sacrificing one SB for the chance at an extra BB when he leads out on the turn? I guess online I hate not knowing where I'm at, so if sacrificing the chance at an extra BB will help me know where I'm at, then so be it. Is this the wrong way of thinking?
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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 2/images/graemlins/heart.gif, 2/images/graemlins/diamond.gif. MP2 posts a blind of $0.25.
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 raises</font>, MP2 (poster) calls, Hero calls, CO calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, BB calls.
Flop: (10.40 SB) J/images/graemlins/spade.gif, 2/images/graemlins/spade.gif, T/images/graemlins/spade.gif <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 bets</font>, MP2 folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, CO folds, BB folds, <font color="#CC3333">MP1 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero caps</font>, MP1 calls.
Turn: (9.20 BB) T/images/graemlins/heart.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls.
River: (11.20 BB) K/images/graemlins/club.gif <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, MP1 calls.
Final Pot: 13.20 BB