15/30 Party Poker... Limp Reraise with Aces.

BeerMoney · #1 10-25-2005, 02:07 PM

I'm ok with the limp reraise here. My main question is what to do on the turn here. It doesn't seem that I'm really beating too many hands here. What should I have done? Did I totally butcher this?

Thanks, beer.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, Hero calls, MP1 raises, 6 folds, Hero 3-bets, MP1 calls.

Flop: (7.66 SB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, MP1 calls.

Turn: (4.83 BB) K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.83 BB) 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP1 bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 8.83 BB

#2 10-25-2005, 02:15 PM

I honestly believe there are some hands in limit hold'em that you are doomed to lose. This may be one of them.

Hands you can't beat:
10-10
9-9
K-K
A-Q
K-Q
Q-J
Q-10
Q-9
J-J
K-J
K-10
K-9
Lots of others, and any two hearts.

Other than that, I'm not good enough to tell you how you should have played this, other than I don't limp re-raise with AA in limit hold'em.

BeerMoney · #3 10-25-2005, 02:19 PM

Should i have bet the turn and folded to a raise?

#4 10-25-2005, 02:21 PM

I dont think you can give up the lead on the turn, and i probably wouldnt have, yes, it is a scary card, but when you give up, he has a chance to take it away from you, which he didn't, but i figure the only hand he's betting that you're beating on the turn is AK. I think if you do get raised on the turn, you can fold.

Bartholow · #5 10-25-2005, 02:42 PM

In general giving up the momentum on scary boards is a bad idea, but I don't totally hate it here. If you bet and fold to a raise, you are giving up some decent equity, especially if he only has 2 pair. Even vs. a set you have 6 outs. Any queen is bad news, and AQ horrible, but I think you'll get raised by more than this. It may depend on the player's standards for raising preflop after a limper; you didn't tell us anything about the player.

smurfitup · #6 10-25-2005, 03:23 PM

against an average player, i think bet-folding the turn is the standard move. any read on this guy's aggression?

BeerMoney · #7 10-27-2005, 12:11 PM

Opponent showed KQo, and took it down.

DeeJ · #8 10-27-2005, 12:16 PM

Why didn't you bet the turn? If he has a Queen he'll raise you and you can either call it down or fold. By checking into him he will either suspect the checkraise with a drawing hand and check behind, or will bluff you, or semibluff .... Either situation sucks.