A strange hand.... (NC)
 

Opponent is a strong, if tight, player with stats of 13/6 over 250 hands.

Cryptologic 1.00/2.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(10 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">5 folds</font>, MP3 calls, <font color="#666666">1 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, MP3 calls.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
MP3 folds.

Final Pot: 2.75 BB.

After the fold, I naturally thank him and ask why he folded.

He says "because I couldn't call your bet"

I say "oh i was going to check"-

He replies "no you weren't.. unless PT is lying to me"

Re: A strange hand....
 

He's right and wrong. Right, you were going to make a continuation bet. Wrong, he should never check out of a hand no matter what.

Re: A strange hand....
 

Put *NC* in the title.

You said you were going to check?

I would bet the flop if checked too. We raised PF, there's a king, he's tight, and him folding is our best chance to take this pot. We're beat by hands like 77 and 88 and we need to give them the chance to fold against this scary flop. 5 sb's, 1 bet to win it.

Re: A strange hand....
 

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Put *NC* in the title.

You said you were going to check?

I would bet the flop if checked too. We raised PF, there's a king, he's tight, and him folding is our best chance to take this pot. We're beat by hands like 77 and 88 and we need to give them the chance to fold against this scary flop. 5 sb's, 1 bet to win it.

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Who said I was telling the truth? I'm a bad man. Actually, I was going to bet if checked, and fold if he bet.

Re: A strange hand....
 

Okay good [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

In that case, I think your lie sucks! You should reinforce his poor plays, not correct them! Tell him "well yeah I was going to bet, I had KQ" or something like that.

Re: A strange hand....
 

Well it was not unreasonable for him to expect a continuation bet from you on that flop.

A bet when checked to on a flop that you could very easily have hit (after a preflop raise) will often win the pot HU.

It does make you wonder what his hand was though, as he seems to have totally missed that flop. Perhaps he had an underpair such as 77 or 88, and felt that it was just too likely that he was up against a higher pair.

When he was talking about PT, he probably meant that he thought that you were a tight agressive player, who wouldnt raise preflop without a decent hand (and someone who doesnt play passively).

Re: A strange hand....
 

Always say: good fold in situations like that... make em feellike they did the right thing