Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, Button calls, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, Hero checks.

Flop: (2.50 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, Button calls.

Turn: (2.25 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Button 3-bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: (8.25 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">Button bets</font>, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.25 BB

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

why did you check the turn?

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

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why did you check the turn?

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I thought he was going to bet (he did) and wanted to raise hoping to make him fold.

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

Why do you want him to fold if you think you have the best hand here? Check-raising is good to get more money in the pot now while you are ahead, not for making a weaker hand fold. You should still bet out the turn.

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

I'm wondering why you didn't cap this turn. Maybe I'm just too LAGgy heads-up/shorthanded (my stats hold this out), but I could see someone going bananas HU with a paired ace (also with the first half of the runner-runner flush?) I honestly think you have him reverse dominiated.

I probably cap this turn, bet out, and only slow down if he's still raising me. But that might be the maniac in me talking.

-K

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

I really don't understand this hand at all. Not check/raising the river seems pretty weak to me (betting the river is lame though). Do you see why?

<font color="white">By betting the river he will call with worse hands and usually raise with better hands. So you are in a lose two or win one situation. By check/raising he will almost never 3-bet since you figure to have a flush. So you figure to either win two when ahead and lose two when behind.</font>

Brad

Re: Heads up slow playing .. ?
 

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and wanted to raise hoping to make him fold.

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That's [censored] terrible. I never raise in hold'em HU with two pair hoping to make someone fold.