good, bad, ugly??

joop · #1 08-29-2005, 09:39 PM

UTG is 73/12/1.5
Not many hands on MP.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG raises, MP calls, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, UTG calls, MP calls.

Flop: (10.33 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG bets, MP calls, Hero raises, UTG calls, MP calls.

Turn: (8.16 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets, Hero raises

Edit: Forgot to mention, MP would be all-in calling my raise.

gamblore99 · #2 08-29-2005, 09:54 PM

I can't see any other way to play it.

joop · #3 08-29-2005, 09:59 PM

What if he wasn't shortstacked?

mister · #4 08-29-2005, 10:13 PM

Sorry I'm so not used to playing short handed, just getting back into it. Is the turn raise designed to make the 3rd guy fold and possibly buy us some outs ? If he leads the turn, we're not hoping to make him fold there with a raise are we ? I just always seem to run into a guy holding 33 there, or one of the board cards, and I could use some explanation on that raise, thx.

joop · #5 08-29-2005, 10:26 PM

Yes, that was pretty much my logic. Make UTG fold any overcards or hopefully any pocket pair by facing him with 2 bets on the turn. I don't think MP has a 2 to be calling UTG's preflop raise, I think more likely he has two big suited cards which my AQ can beat, hopefully he doesn't have a PP.

mister · #6 08-29-2005, 10:28 PM

So you think it's +EV to make this play 100% of the time ?

joop · #7 08-29-2005, 10:32 PM

Well, I don't know, that's why I posted it [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img] I think I like it when MP is shortstacked, but I'm not 100% sure about if he wasn't, so would like more input. Maybe it's standard, but it's the first time I've made this play.