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[Nate tha' Great]

5-handed 10/20. A regular who I have pegged as reasonably tight preflop and okay but not terrific postflop opens UTG. I have played against this guy a lot and he should have a pretty good idea how I play. It's folded around to me in the BB and I just call with J /images/graemlins/diamond.gif J /images/graemlins/club.gif.

The flop comes J /images/graemlins/heart.gif K /images/graemlins/diamond.gif 8 /images/graemlins/club.gif. I check, he bets, I raise, he 3-bets and I call.

The turn is 8 /images/graemlins/diamond.gif. I check, he bets, I raise, and he calls.

The river is 7 /images/graemlins/club.gif. I bet, he raises, I 3-bet, and he calls.

[Ulysses]

That's what I'm talkin' about!

Though, you raise enough preflop in that situation that you should just go ahead and raise. I don't mind a check there every once in a while, though.

[Nate tha' Great]

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That's what I'm talkin' about!

Though, you raise enough preflop in that situation that you should just go ahead and raise. I don't mind a check there every once in a while, though.

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I probably raise 80 or 85 percent of the time in that spot (heads up with a big hand in the BB). I thought that this was a good time for a change-up because (i) the oppenent "knows" that I would always raise that hand here; (ii) he's reasonably tight preflop, so I'm not giving up as much in terms of immediate equity; (iii) JJ isn't a bad hand for it, since you usually have a better idea of where you stand once the flop comes.

[1800GAMBLER]

Even though the natural way to think is 'he isn't playing junk so i'm not missing big equity here' there's a very select hands a good tight player will open limp with UTG, my guess is 2 of those you have huge equity against and he'll call you down anyhow, the other 2 if he hits he'll call you down/give you action anyhow regardless of your raise.

[Nate tha' Great]

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Even though the natural way to think is 'he isn't playing junk so i'm not missing big equity here' there's a very select hands a good tight player will open limp with UTG, my guess is 2 of those you have huge equity against and he'll call you down anyhow, the other 2 if he hits he'll call you down/give you action anyhow regardless of your raise.

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Sorry, my terimology was sloppy; by opens I mean open-raised.

[1800GAMBLER]

I spent 2 hours thinking about my post /images/graemlins/frown.gif

[Ulysses]

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by opens I mean open-raised.

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Geez. That changes everything. Doofus. Nicer hand.

[Vehn]

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It's folded around to me in the BB and I just call

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