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Villain is TAGish and has appeared a bit tricky.

Party Poker 1.00/2.00 Hold'em <font color="#0000FF">(6 handed)</font> link

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
<font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#666666">4 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

Flop: (6.50 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.25 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, Hero checks.

River: (4.25 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 6.25 BB.

Anyone else play this one different?

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IMO the flop is standard. The turn is where things get interesting and I actually play these hands the same way a lot of the time against tricky opponents when I'm not comfortable folding to the turn c/r. If he has AK or 99 or 88 we allow him to draw to a 2 or 3 outer which kind of sucks. But we avoid getting checkraised, and often induce a river bluff.

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My feelings exactly.

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can you explain the turn check a bit more? i'm new [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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can you explain the turn check a bit more? i'm new [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]

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Check Tehox's reply. Basically, agasint a TAG like this it doesn't make sense that he would just stop betting after showing so much aggression, other than to go for a check-raise with a good made hand.

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I'm not a 6 max player, but I would certainly raise the flop. If he re-raises I'd put him on overpair, if he just calls I'd put him on overs.

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If his wenttosd is high I prefer betting since he might be just looking to get to showdown with AK or whatever and doesn't want to be put to a tough decision if he gets raised on this turn.

Actually I like betting regardless of his wenttosd as a good TAG isn't folding Ax since they're just asking to be bluffed off the best hand once they check, and if they call the turn they commit themselves to calling the river.

If you've seen him bet out AK in this situation, or pull some weird turn checkraises then I check too.

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Anyone else play this one different?

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I raise the flop, and if just called, bet the turn.

As played on the flop, I bet the turn.

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Why do you think a TAG would check AK here on the turn?

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I like it - standard WA/WB

villain will bet this river a huge percentage of the time on a bluff/for value