AA on the button L1

Turk · #1 06-10-2005, 06:12 AM

Party $22

No reads on anyone.

How is my play here on all streets?
After the cold call the second king looked pretty ugly & the river worse.
Should I have bet out here on the turn or is that wreckless? If I do and am raised back, what then?
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t15 (9 handed) converter

UTG (t700)
UTG+1 (t740)
MP1 (t1185)
MP2 (t785)
MP3 (t1245)
CO (t845)
Hero (t730)
SB (t925)
BB (t845)

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, MP1 calls t15, MP2 calls t15, 2 folds, Hero raises to t65, 2 folds, MP1 calls t50, MP2 calls t50.

Flop: (t220) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
MP1 bets t15, MP2 calls t15, Hero raises to t250, MP1 folds, MP2 calls t235.

Turn: (t735) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

River: (t735) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP2 checks, Hero checks.

Final Pot: t735

Sidekick · #2 06-10-2005, 10:29 AM

Preflop: I'm raising this to 90-150. Most likely 100. The 65 bet is too small IMO with 2 limpers in front of you. Standard raise with 2 limpers would be 75, but at level 1 many players just don't give any credit to a raise of less than 100.

Flop: I like this bet. Any draws now have crap odds and anyone trying to improve cheaply no longer can.

Turn: I don't like the K hitting, but it doesn't necessarily help villain. I would bet 200. Villain might well fold if he's chasing the straight, hoping to improve his middle pair or even if he's got two pair (7s and 6s). If he calls then I check on the river unless I spike my A. If villain comes back over the top, then I reluctantly let the hand go and hope I can come back with my remaining 230 or so chips.

The problem is that villain could be on a number of hands considering the preflop and flop action. I see players call off their entire stacks in situations like this with hands like pocket 88-JJ all the time, even hands like AT.

I can't fault your line here, but I think I would bet the turn to find out if villain has the K or is still fishing to make his hand.

Kristian · #3 06-10-2005, 10:43 AM

4BB bet preflop is too small.

Turn is a tough decision, since you almost have to push if you want to bet it at all. I can live with the check.

River, his 2nd check makes me think he is not holding much at all, so I make a small bet for him to call with a worse hand.