Hand Help 2

TomRowe · #1 04-25-2005, 02:10 AM

On this hand post-flop I am sitting on TP, crappy kicker. That is what slowed me down. I was thinking that he might have an Ace with medium kicker and that was why he called my 2xBB bet (I had been alternating 2-5xBB earlier) instead of raising.

Honestly, I had no read on the guy ... another part of my game I have to work on.

Any way I could have played this differently to keeping him from drawing out on me?

Thanks.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (5 handed) converter

UTG (t3175)
MP (t6100)
Button (t95)
SB (t2025)
Hero (t2105)

Preflop: Hero is BB with 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t150, 1 fold, Button calls t95 (All-In), SB completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (t545) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players, 1 all-in)
SB checks, Hero bets t300, UTG calls t300, SB folds.

Turn: (t1145) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, UTG checks.

River: (t1145) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players, 1 all-in)
Hero checks, UTG bets t300, Hero calls t300.

Final Pot: t1745

Results in white below: 
UTG has 3h Kh (flush, ace high).
Button has Ac Js (one pair, aces).
Hero has 2c Ad (one pair, aces).
Outcome: UTG wins t1745.

Nottom · #2 04-25-2005, 02:24 AM

This is the problem with a hand like A-rag. When you flop an A you can't play it as agressively as you'd like.

Obviously, you COULD push the turn and likely get him to fold his draw, but you run the risk of dumping all you chips to a bigger kicker.

Maulik · #3 04-25-2005, 02:27 AM

you've got to decide if you're comfortable dumping your chisp as mentioned. Here, my thinking is, its likely an A broadway kicker would have raised, and an Ax kicker may be the other blind. I'm pushing the turn, since I'm not getting played back on the flop.