$5 NL - AA - Slowplay

#1 12-20-2005, 10:24 AM

I've got a pretty tight image, a lot my pre-flop raises were going uncalled, so I wanted to get some action out of this one.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em (NL$5) (8 handed) link

MP3 ($4.16)
CO ($11.00)
Button ($9.53)
SB ($1.00)
Hero ($9.63)
UTG ($13.76)
MP1 ($4.96)
MP2 ($4.39)

Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.04, 3 folds, CO calls $0.04, Button calls $0.04, SB calls $0.02, Hero raises to $0.06, UTG calls $0.06, CO calls $0.06, Button calls $0.06, 1 folds.

Flop: ($0.44) 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero bets $0.20, UTG folds, CO raises to $0.40, Button calls $0.40, Hero raises to $0.80, CO calls $0.60, Button calls $0.60.

Turn: ($3.44) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, CO checks, Button bets $8.00, Hero raises all-in ($8.53), CO folds, Button raises all-in ($0.43).

River: ($20.40) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $20.40.

beavens · #2 12-20-2005, 10:27 AM

seems good.

4_2_it · #3 12-20-2005, 10:38 AM

Don't min raise 4 bet the flop. Make it $1.50. Why did you check the turn? Make at least a 2/3 pot bet. It would be a disaster to see that turn checked through.

#4 12-20-2005, 10:43 AM

I felt as if I would get a bet on the turn, with the way the hand was played. What if the bet was smaller from the button, say $3 or so. Would I check-raise here or just call and bet the river?

Maulik · #5 12-20-2005, 10:47 AM

bigscore,

make a real raise on the flop $2 to build the pot.

on the turn lead.

4_2_it · #6 12-20-2005, 10:49 AM

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I felt as if I would get a bet on the turn, with the way the hand was played. What if the bet was smaller from the button, say $3 or so. Would I check-raise here or just call and bet the river?

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The board has no flush or obvious straight draws so you could check-call the turn as long as your plan was to bomb the river. The keys are to make sure that betting will occur on every street, not to give free cards and over charge draws. I haven't played the micros in awhile so your play might be optimal for the maniacs there.

#7 12-20-2005, 10:51 AM

Yeah there are some definite crazies there, so I figured a big bet was coming anyway.

Thanks for the help all [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

#8 12-20-2005, 02:18 PM

I don't get it. The flop says $.44 yet there are 4 people seeing it who paid 6 cents PF?

It says you raised TO .06

Does it mean you raised BY 6 cents? To 10? Cuz that makes sense.

If not, then minraising PF after 3 players is just silly.

Raising to 10 is a bit better but still probably not as good. Gotta love villains huge overbet on the turn A. lol.

Good luck.

aces_dad · #9 12-20-2005, 02:32 PM

I'd lead the flop for more like PSB than 1/2 PSB. If you're going to 3bet it make it larger than a minraise.

You need to lead this turn, your flop 3 bet slowed down the flop raiser and IMO you got fortunate button opened up the betting again. Unless you had a read button would do this I don't like relying on someone else to bet your hand here, when given the stack sizes value bets on the turn and then river would have gotten button's stack without relying on him making a bet. You may have also gotten CO along for the ride as well - he's the most likely to call you down given the action so far.