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ugly combo draw hand

first hand of a 33.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Hero (t800)
SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
2 folds, UTG+2 calls t15, 4 folds, Hero calls t15, SB completes, BB raises to t30, UTG+2 calls t15, Hero calls t15, SB folds.

Flop: (t105) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets t50, UTG+2 calls t50, Hero calls t50.

Turn: (t255) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets t250, UTG+2 folds, Hero??

Re: ugly combo draw hand

I would have potted the flop, mostly because a < half pot bet multiway generally means Villain has whiffed. (from my experience, we've had this discussion before) Given you called multiway you're announcing that you don't have a hand. (as did UTG) BB either has a monster or has recognized this and is betting with nothing. Unfortunately, you have no hand so you really have no business trying to figure out which one it is.

Re: ugly combo draw hand

Let it go.

You can probably get another 250 out of him on the river if you make your hand, maybe all of it if your gutshot hits. Less if it's like the K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] and he has TTish. Assuming you get 250, you're getting 3:1 effective odds on a 3:1 shot (12 outs, maybe can count aces). So three times you have an annoyingly short 470 stack, and once you have 1400. Not only can you find better spots for your money, but I don't like that distribution of results at all.

Kings

Re: ugly combo draw hand

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I would have potted the flop, mostly because a < half pot bet multiway generally means Villain has whiffed. (from my experience, we've had this discussion before) Given you called multiway you're announcing that you don't have a hand. (as did UTG) BB either has a monster or has recognized this and is betting with nothing. Unfortunately, you have no hand so you really have no business trying to figure out which one it is.

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i don't like raising the flop. if utg+2 has a 3, there is a 90+% chance he's smooth-calling, especially if he's loose enough to be in the pot with a 3 (yes, even with a flush draw out). if BB has a 3 (unlikely), then he'll probably reraise and i lose my chance to stack him. i don't think either player folds a 7. just calling the flop gives me a chance to keep the pot small and take a cheap look and try to bust someone.

the turn is much dicier. i called, but i don't know if it was the right play. there are 9 spades, 6 straight cards, and 3 aces that help my hand. it's sort of unclear how to figure for implied odds - i might river a 2 and stack him, or i might river a 2 and go broke against 77. if i have 15 outs then i'm 1/3 and i have express odds to call.

one problem is that if a spade hits, he should be able to fold a hand like 99 as there would then be pretty much he could beat (except maybe A7), and a 6 would put 3467 on the board, which he might also get away from. given that he raised pre-flop, i think it's pretty unlikely he has a 3, so i think the only time my flush/straight outs are not good are when he has 77 or something like TT and the T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] hits. it's definitely close, and the issue of not wanting to risk going broke early is in there, but i think calling is marginally correct.

here's the rest of the hand. anyone make a thin value bet at the end?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (10 handed) converter

MP3 (t800)
CO (t800)
Hero (t800)
SB (t800)
BB (t800)
UTG (t800)
UTG+1 (t800)
UTG+2 (t800)
MP1 (t800)
MP2 (t800)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
2 folds, UTG+2 calls t15, 4 folds, Hero calls t15, SB completes, BB raises to t30, UTG+2 calls t15, Hero calls t15, SB folds.

Flop: (t105) 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets t50, UTG+2 calls t50, Hero calls t50.

Turn: (t255) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets t250, UTG+2 folds, Hero calls t250.

River: (t755) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t755

Re: ugly combo draw hand

God I can't believe you checked the river behind!!!

What the hell did you have him on? It's exceedingly unlikely that he has a 4 or 3 or 77 (and if you thought he had 77 then you shouldn't have called the turn). You have nothing more to be afraid of here than on the turn, so make a value bet man! To me this is like checking the nuts behind on the river. Fire 250, 99 is still calling.

In my original post I didn't realize that you were double gutted with the flush draw, so now the turn call is fine. But you have GOT to bet the river if you get there. Got to. Gotta gotta.

Kings

Re: ugly combo draw hand

Hi schwza,

I'm really not concerned that either of these guys has a three. Sure, its possible UTG+2 may have one of the two A3s hands out there, but if he does, (or 34s 32s, whatever) his starting hand range is so ridiculously wide that its just statistically unlikely he would have either of the other 3s. Similarly, if he somehow ended up with a 3 here and smooth called the flop, he's probably the type of player that will smooth call the flop with whatever hand he called with pre-flop. Basically, he CAN have a 3, he can also have AA, I'm just not real worried about either.

I prefer raising because neither of these clowns have shown much interest in the pot, so I'll take it down a good percentage of the time right there. If I don't take it down in on the flop and hit my spade on the turn, my implied odds are great. If I whiff the turn, I probably get to see a free river.

Yes, I could get blown off the flop by a re-raise. This is the main argument for not raising, and its quite valid. I just don't see tha sort of situation playing out all that often, and I raise here often with a wide range of garbage.

And yes, I would bet the river. You have shown absolutely no aggression thus far in the hand so he won't be looking to C/R you here a good enough % of the time to make checking behind the correct play.

Re: ugly combo draw hand

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God I can't believe you checked the river behind!!!

What the hell did you have him on? It's exceedingly unlikely that he has a 4 or 3 or 77 (and if you thought he had 77 then you shouldn't have called the turn). You have nothing more to be afraid of here than on the turn, so make a value bet man! To me this is like checking the nuts behind on the river. Fire 250, 99 is still calling.

In my original post I didn't realize that you were double gutted with the flush draw, so now the turn call is fine. But you have GOT to bet the river if you get there. Got to. Gotta gotta.

Kings

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Agreed, BB raised preflop... you can't put him on a full house even with this board... you should have bet the river.

Re: ugly combo draw hand

I think you have to fold the turn. Never mind the marginal express odds, it's over 1/3 of your stack.

The river's a clear value bet, maybe even a push (because some people will call AK here.)

Re: ugly combo draw hand

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I think you have to fold the turn. Never mind the marginal express odds, it's over 1/3 of your stack.

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Well, the fact that it's 1/3 doesn't automatically make it a fold. If he were even money to get there, for example, he'd have to call. You're right though that if it's marginal you're better off not risking 1/3 of your stack, and that was my original thought. But look how many freaking outs he has! 9flush + 6straight = 15 clean outs, where he probably can get 250 from the 9 flush outs and all 720 from the 6 straight outs, plus 3 ace outs that are more than likely good and he can probably also get another 200 from. That makes a whopping 18 outs with a likely 250+ chip payoff, so 3+:1 odds on a 1.5:1 shot?? His hand is just so much better than I originally thought.

Kings

Re: ugly combo draw hand

Unless you put Villain on AK, Hero certainly doesn't have 15 clean outs. He most often has 14; the other one gets him stacked when Hero hits a flush and Villain rivers a boat.

When he does have 15 outs, he's not getting paid and will lose another half of his stack when an ace rivers. When he has all 18, 3 of those are not paying off most of the time, either.

I'd call 150 here but not 250.