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PhatTBoll · #1 08-01-2004, 11:51 PM

Party Poker 0.50/1 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is UTG with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
Hero raises, 4 folds, MP3 calls, 1 fold, Button calls, 2 folds,

Flop: (7.50 SB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, MP3 raises, Button folds, Hero 3-bets, MP3 caps, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 8.75 BB
Main Pot: 7.75 BB, won by MP3.
Pot 2: 1 BB, returned to MP3.

Sidekick · #2 08-02-2004, 01:17 AM

I would be interested in whether you had any read on MP3 here. If MP3 is a tight conservative player then I probably play it just the way you did.

If I don't have any read on MP3, or if I think MP3 is loose aggressive, then I would call on the turn figuring that MP3 is betting top pair or a flush draw. Then depending on the river card either check and then call or bet if I make my set.

My rationale for betting this way is that MP3 was not raising pre-flop. While some folks like to limp in with monster hands, most won't.

But my way might be a bit too aggressive.

PhatTBoll · #3 08-02-2004, 01:24 AM

If I had a solid read I have forgotten it. He wasn't a maniac, so just assume a typical player.

SteveY · #4 08-02-2004, 01:24 AM

This is a weird hand because MP3 could have so many hands, stuff like A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] come into mind, but he could also have a set.

At first I thought bet the turn, fold to a raise, but some people are aggressive enough to push stuff like Ad7d here.

I think you'd at least have to have a read on MP3's preflop play here in order to decide if he has you beat. What kinds of hands would he coldcall a UTG raise with?

PhatTBoll · #5 08-02-2004, 01:27 AM

A lot of players at this level will coldcall a preflop raise with a mid- or low pocket pair. This and his action on the flop had me thinking set. I didn't think 2 more big bets would be worth it to find out.