Protecting Top 2 Pair on a 3-FL board.
 

To be honest I was more worried about the board flush, but I guess a set beats top two pair as well [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

Did I protect this wrong? And just for curiousity, should Jeffro503 have bet bigger to protect his set?

Variance took my in the back room yesterday for a quickie. Today its breaking my kneecaps for asking for another one. <sigh>

BTW, i know the PF call was wrong. I want to discuss the postflop. TY.

***** Hand History for Game 2401698178 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $30 Buy-in + $3 Entry Fee Trny:14136770 Level:3 Blinds(25/50) - Thursday, July 21, 21:02:41 EDT 2005
Table Table 11647 (Real Money)
Seat 6 is the button
Total number of players : 6
Seat 1: Jeffro503 ( $1213 )
Seat 3: choppin24s ( $530 )
Seat 4: Aceagent31 ( $1445 )
Seat 6: cartes ( $1170 )
Seat 7: HERO ( $810 )
Seat 8: jbilodeau28 ( $2832 )
Trny:14136770 Level:3
Blinds(25/50)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to HERO [ As Jc ]
Jeffro503 raises [100].
choppin24s folds.
Aceagent31 folds.
cartes calls [100].
HERO calls [75].
jbilodeau28 calls [50].
** Dealing Flop ** [ Jh, Ah, 9h ]
HERO checks.
jbilodeau28 checks.
Jeffro503 bets [225].
cartes folds.
HERO is all-In [710]
jbilodeau28 folds.
Jeffro503 calls [485].
** Dealing Turn ** [ 2d ]
** Dealing River ** [ 5s ]
Jeffro503 shows [ 9s, 9c ] three of a kind, nines.
HERO shows [ As, Jc ] two pairs, aces and jacks.
Jeffro503 wins 1820 chips from the main pot with three of a kind, nines.
HERO finished in sixth place.

Re: Protecting Top 2 Pair on a 3-FL board.
 

The preflop call wasn't horrible IMO. He only made a small raise.

As for post flop... ooh, that's tough. He was pretty dumb to call you there. His big bet out gave you a good reason to push. If he flopped a flush there's no way he bets out that much at you. So you have a good reason to think he's on a semi-bluff with like A-X with one heart, or a pocket pair with one heart.


Still though, even if you knew with 100% certainty that he was playing a 4-flush draw, there's a decent chance he makes it (plus, he could also be playing a K-Q with one heart for a straight and flush draw). That early in the tournament, I would probably lay it down and live to fight another day. I wouldn't be happy about it though.