Sarge85
01-07-2004, 02:17 PM
This hand is causing some debate with friends...please weigh in accordingly:
Poker Room $1/$2
I’m on the button with A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
4 limpers in the pot (odd by PokerRoom standards) (5 SB’s $5.00 in the pot)
Flop comes 8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/heart.gif (I think, rank not important here…)
Now here is where the hand gets interesting. – we have 5 people in the hand.
SB Checks – BB bets, EP Raises, LP Calls, - Action to me….What’s your play here?
I Re-Raised – Razy? Yes Razy! – But here’s my thinking….. There are 10 SB’s in the pot, giving my currently 2:12 odds (1:6) and I win this hand 1:2 (33% of the time). So this would be a very easy call. I can anticipate that at the very least, the orginal bettor will call EP raise, so actually I can anticipate 2:13 (1:6ish) pot odds. Now if I re-raise, I’m still certain that the other bettors will call, and I’m drawing to the nut hand that will win about 33% of the time. So pot odds would be 3:20 (almost 1:7), plus I can semi disguise my hand here as well, and who knows maybe get to the river for free if I miss my draw. I will close the action on the next round as well. IF I’m not closing the action, AND I’m not drawing to the nut flush, then the raise is a bad call, if the board had been paired, this would be a TERRIBLE re-raise because I could already be drawing dead. Note – if this was heads up it would also be a bad raise. The only reason I like the re-raise is that I’m trapping hands that could be drawing dead if I hit my flush. Back to the action:
SB Folded, BB Folds, EP calls LP Caps EP and Me call. – (21SB’s in the pot $21.00)
Turn (don’t remember, non-diamond) EP Checks, LP bets, I call, EP Calls (14.5 BBs - $29.00)
River – non diamond
I missed my hand and folded I had no other part of the board
Comments
(Note-I recreated the hand this morning after discussion with some friends, and am not super good figuring pot odds, I hope I got the numbers correct)
Poker Room $1/$2
I’m on the button with A /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 9 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif
4 limpers in the pot (odd by PokerRoom standards) (5 SB’s $5.00 in the pot)
Flop comes 8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 2 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/heart.gif (I think, rank not important here…)
Now here is where the hand gets interesting. – we have 5 people in the hand.
SB Checks – BB bets, EP Raises, LP Calls, - Action to me….What’s your play here?
I Re-Raised – Razy? Yes Razy! – But here’s my thinking….. There are 10 SB’s in the pot, giving my currently 2:12 odds (1:6) and I win this hand 1:2 (33% of the time). So this would be a very easy call. I can anticipate that at the very least, the orginal bettor will call EP raise, so actually I can anticipate 2:13 (1:6ish) pot odds. Now if I re-raise, I’m still certain that the other bettors will call, and I’m drawing to the nut hand that will win about 33% of the time. So pot odds would be 3:20 (almost 1:7), plus I can semi disguise my hand here as well, and who knows maybe get to the river for free if I miss my draw. I will close the action on the next round as well. IF I’m not closing the action, AND I’m not drawing to the nut flush, then the raise is a bad call, if the board had been paired, this would be a TERRIBLE re-raise because I could already be drawing dead. Note – if this was heads up it would also be a bad raise. The only reason I like the re-raise is that I’m trapping hands that could be drawing dead if I hit my flush. Back to the action:
SB Folded, BB Folds, EP calls LP Caps EP and Me call. – (21SB’s in the pot $21.00)
Turn (don’t remember, non-diamond) EP Checks, LP bets, I call, EP Calls (14.5 BBs - $29.00)
River – non diamond
I missed my hand and folded I had no other part of the board
Comments
(Note-I recreated the hand this morning after discussion with some friends, and am not super good figuring pot odds, I hope I got the numbers correct)