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[Ray B]

I’m new to fourm so hello everyone. Here a hand I played today at Commerce Casino 9/18. I been playing for a while but took off for 3 years, but I kept up by studying my books. I'm ready to jump back into the action so please give me some feed back on this hand.

9/18 Great game. 5 player per hand few raises.

Three limpers I’m in the cut off and call with Ah Jd I’m not crazy about this hand, but I believe I can play it for full value against this field. The button and small blind call. The BB raises. The BB is a typical weak player calls to much, but I haven’t seen him raise in two hours. He’s up about two racks and is feeling good. Every one calls.

FLOP: Ad 8s 4h

BB bet everyone calls I raise. It’s called around and the BB reraises everyone calls. At this point I don’t like my hand. I fold, but after I folded I really didn’t feel good about it. How would you have played this hand,

[Garland]

Hi Ray B,

Welcome to the board.

First most people would prefer to raise preflop. Why? It helps to eliminate blinds by not letting random hands in cheap as they are often difficult to put on hands. Also, you can "buy" the button, which would be to your great advantage throughout the hand. That's not to say limping with AJo doesn't have merit (maybe in mid-position after a limper or two), but if you're so close to the button anyways, you might as well raise.

After the flop, your raise of BB was fine as it tells him you have a good A. Once he pops you back, I wouldn't like your hand either, but you should call his raise to see if you can improve your hand with another J or perhaps an A. By this time, you are definitely getting the odds to continue and should close the betting, see the turn and go on from there.

Garland

[Dynasty]

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After the flop, your raise of BB was fine as it tells him you have a good A.

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Why is it fine to tell your opponent what your hand is?

[Garland]

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Why is it fine to tell your opponent what your hand is?

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Because you would want to find out from BB if he can beat a good A before the expensive streets. Of course you don't explicitly say you have a good A as you can have a myriad of hands here worth raising.

Garland

[Ed Miller]

How big was the pot when you folded?

[SpaceAce]

Wait, did you fold top pair for one more bet on the flop? I may be misunderstanding, did you fold to the three-bet or did you fold on the turn when you didn't improve?

Anyway, I would have raised this pre-flop.

SpaceAce

[Mikey]

"Of course you don't explicitly say you have a good A as you can have a myriad of hands here worth raising."

what myriad of hands, the flop is A 8 4r.

[Ray B]

I folded Top pair for one more bet on the flop.

[nummerfire]

As far as I can see there is about 27 small bets in the pot with you closing the action.

You are draving nearly dead to sets, but if the J is an out you get 27:1 on your call and the chance of spiking a j on the next hand is 3:47 (1:16).

There is even some chance your hand is best so folding seems wrong unless your are totally convinced the BB has AA.

Kim

[SpaceAce]

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I folded Top pair for one more bet on the flop.

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Oh, no, I don't like that at all. I would not be so quick to give any of your opponents credit for a set just yet and there is a lot of money in that pot.

SpaceAce