$200+15
 

No reads, 3rd hand.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) http://216.119.70.224/converter/hhconverter.pl

UTG (t915)
Hero (t1000)
MP1 (t1185)
MP2 (t1000)
MP3 (t1160)
CO (t900)
Button (t945)
SB (t985)
BB (t1910)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t15, MP1 calls t15, <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button raises to t50</font>, SB calls t40, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero calls t35, MP1 calls t35.

Flop: (t212.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero should do what and why?

Ty,

David

Re: $200+15
 

Hero check/folds. If hero thinks otherwise curtains will tell him why.

Phill

Re: $200+15
 

go on, say why [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Re: $200+15
 

Since you limped with it I would check fold.

Either you play this hand for a set or you try to win unimproved with it. Either way is ok. By limping with it you are playing it hoping for a set. I personally like to try winning with it so I will raise to 45. After raising you take the lead and you can be more confident on the buttons hand. If he reraises you preflop then muck he has you beat with jj-qq-kk-aa and once in a while AK. (AK will usually just call a raise here). If he calls preflop then you bet half the pot and you can safely fold to a reraise or check fold the turn to another call.

Re: $200+15
 

Those 215 seem to be a cakewalk if they are as predictable as you make them to be.

Re: $200+15
 

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If he calls preflop then you bet half the pot and you can safely fold to a reraise or check fold the turn to another call.

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i think betting half the pot always looks weak. prefer to do more than that.

David

Re: $200+15
 

You can't make a steal/continuation bet if you limped...you missed your set so you gotta jet.

Re: $200+15
 

Well, seeing as i am a skeptical bugger I am always wary of the button raise. However, it seems to me like he was doing the old i am on the button with position, so lets take command of the pot raise (if i thought this why not re raise? cause i want to keep the pot small and use skill to take it). More and more i see people doing this move.

The flop is fairly ragged and rainbow with one high card being a J - would he raise with AJ? With only one higher card why not make a bet representing AJ or a set. This will let me know where I stand and i am happy to fold to a reraise.... Thoughts please..

David

Re: $200+15
 

"Those 215 seem to be a cakewalk if they are as predictable as you make them to be."

You are good I can see you understand that this hand is not rocket science. Now do you want to elaborate on your thoughts or post some strategy with that comment?

Re: $200+15
 

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You can't make a steal/continuation bet if you limped...you missed your set so you gotta jet.

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more of a speculation bet.

David