overpocket and straight draw

Newt_Buggs · #1 04-23-2005, 03:38 AM

$30 buy in
***** Hand History for Game 1936919653 *****
15/30 TourneyTexasHTGameTable (NL) (Tournament 11544685) - Sat Apr 23 01:17:32 EDT 2005
Table Table 11645 (Real Money) -- Seat 10 is the button
Total number of players : 10
Seat 1: xsmokyux (1260)
Seat 2: NewtBuggs (800)
Seat 3: bababooey2k (685)
Seat 4: larsendj (465)
Seat 5: MACNINJA1 (800)
Seat 6: baby6irl43 (785)
Seat 7: Joseph093 (800)
Seat 8: fastcash5000 (785)
Seat 9: HIGHLNDR (790)
Seat 10: MatthewS513 (830)
xsmokyux posts small blind (10)
NewtBuggs posts big blind (15)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to NewtBuggs [ 8s, 8h ]
bababooey2k folds.
larsendj calls (15)
MACNINJA1 folds.
baby6irl43 calls (15)
Joseph093 folds.
fastcash5000 calls (15)
HIGHLNDR folds.
MatthewS513 calls (15)
xsmokyux calls (5)
NewtBuggs checks.
** Dealing Flop ** : [ 6c, 7s, 5h ]
xsmokyux checks.
NewtBuggs bets (90)
larsendj folds.
baby6irl43 calls (90)
fastcash5000 folds.
MatthewS513 folds.
xsmokyux calls (90)
** Dealing Turn ** : [ Qs ]
xsmokyux checks.
NewtBuggs bets (120)
baby6irl43 calls (120)
xsmokyux folds.
** Dealing River ** : [ 2h ]
NewtBuggs checks.
baby6irl43 bets (560)
baby6irl43 is all-In.
NewtBuggs folds.

I really did not know how to play this hand at any street. Would you have checked or bet the flop? What about the continuation bet on the turn? Would you save your chips and show a lot of weakness by checking the river too?

DasLeben · #2 04-23-2005, 04:57 AM

IMO, when the queen falls on the turn, I'd go ahead and see if I can't check it down. You really don't have a ton of chips to throw around, and the blinds are low enough to where you don't need to get yourself into trouble quite yet.

Phil Van Sexton · #3 04-23-2005, 06:32 PM

I'd probably check-raise the flop. If the pot were big when it got back me (more than 200), I'd just push.

The problem with betting 90 into all these limpers is that a few are going to call you. With this flop, they either got a piece, a draw, or 2 overcards. Things will get messy for you if a scare card falls on turn. A,K,Q,J,T,7,6,5...all bad.