Flop Bet Checkup
 

Party 10/20 Full

Assume the reads here are the player in the SB is decent as far as tightness and aggression goes, and the players who limped are slightly looser and average as far as postflop aggression goes.

Hand 1:

Some folds, EP limp, more folds, CO limp, SB completes, I check in the BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

Flop: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(4 SB)</font>
SB checks, I bet

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Hand 2:

Some folds, MP limp, more folds, SB completes, I check in the BB with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].

Flop: 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="blue">(3 SB)</font>

SB checks, I bet

Thoughts?

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

1. Standard.
2. I mix this up, but yeah a bet here some of the time is good.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

hand 1 i like. hand 2 can you explain? 2 overs, backdoor flush and gutshot. i heard that its 0 EV plus fold equity but i may be mistaken.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

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hand 2 can you explain? 2 overs, backdoor flush and gutshot. i heard that its 0 EV plus fold equity but i may be mistaken.

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Among other things, Shania.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

I like both.

In hand 1 I would be slightly cautious since that 9, and the middle-ish coordination of the board is in the range of a lot of "slightly loose" pre-flop limps.

In hand 2, I think you take this down fairly often, and your hand is worth at least 6-8 outs if someone has a piece of the board.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

The flop bet in hand 2 is great about 40% of the time.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

Both are pretty standard.

Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

Hand 1: Yes. You probably have the best hand, the small pot should discourage most draws, and if you're behind you should have 5 clean outs.

Hand 2: Probably. You're probably not ahead here, but with all your outs it's probably a good spot for the semi-bluff with this small pot?

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Both are pretty standard.

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Re: Flop Bet Checkup
 

Hand 1 yes.

Hand 2 is a spot where I've stopped betting because I get stupid in small pots and so have suspending myself from chasing them for a while.