10-16-2001, 05:19 PM
I'm playing 3-6 with a kill. The game is pretty good, not too much raising, usually at least 4 players, no mainacs, can't complain. It's a kill pot and the killer is in the BB. Three limp into the pot and I limp on the button with Tc9c. The SB, a pretty solid player, raises. Everyone calls, 6 players.
The flop is Q Q J rainbow with one club. Open-ender and backdoor flush draw, but the board is paired. The SB bets and all but one call to me. I raise it to try for a free card, and to perhaps represent a queen if the SB has kings, aces, or AK. No such luck, the SB reraises. Only one player drops and the rest call, including me. I'm not so sure this was a good flop raise on my part, comments?
The turn is the Kd, no flush possible. It is checked to me, so I bet my straight (no free cards). The SB calls and everyone else folds. What should I have done if the SB had check-raised me? I would say reraise, because unless he has AT (doubtful), then by check-raising me, he would be trying to drive people out, which probably means he doesn't have the full house, or he would want them to stay in.
The river is the As. The SB checks, I check.
Now here's the thing: had the SB been almost all-in, and only had 1$ left, I could have just about folded this huge pot to a 1$ bet. What does the SB have? I'll tell you what he has. He could only have one thing, a full house. Whether it's kings full, aces full, or queens full, I KNEW what he had. He actually complemented me on being smart enough to check, as obvioiusly he was planning to check-raise me. While many players WOULD have bet, I knew better. I knew that he had to have a full house, and it was almost certainly queens full of aces, with AQs in the hole (which is exactly what he had).
Comments welcome.
Dave in Cali
The flop is Q Q J rainbow with one club. Open-ender and backdoor flush draw, but the board is paired. The SB bets and all but one call to me. I raise it to try for a free card, and to perhaps represent a queen if the SB has kings, aces, or AK. No such luck, the SB reraises. Only one player drops and the rest call, including me. I'm not so sure this was a good flop raise on my part, comments?
The turn is the Kd, no flush possible. It is checked to me, so I bet my straight (no free cards). The SB calls and everyone else folds. What should I have done if the SB had check-raised me? I would say reraise, because unless he has AT (doubtful), then by check-raising me, he would be trying to drive people out, which probably means he doesn't have the full house, or he would want them to stay in.
The river is the As. The SB checks, I check.
Now here's the thing: had the SB been almost all-in, and only had 1$ left, I could have just about folded this huge pot to a 1$ bet. What does the SB have? I'll tell you what he has. He could only have one thing, a full house. Whether it's kings full, aces full, or queens full, I KNEW what he had. He actually complemented me on being smart enough to check, as obvioiusly he was planning to check-raise me. While many players WOULD have bet, I knew better. I knew that he had to have a full house, and it was almost certainly queens full of aces, with AQs in the hole (which is exactly what he had).
Comments welcome.
Dave in Cali