[Colombo]

There seems to be no interest here, so im going to say what happened.

Basically, situations like this get me into alot of trouble, mainly in heads ups at end of tournaments, and they come up MANY times during a tournament (like if i raise from the button and the BB calls and leads flop)

Anyway, i just elected to call with my kings. My reasoning is that he probably doesn't have much, and if i raised he would only call with a K with a better kicker (because he raised p/f he would most likely have a better kicker)

So i just call.

The turn comes an A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and he leads out again, for about 2-2.5x the BB. Now im stuck. I have absolutely no idea of where i am in the hand, and my attempt to milk my opponent with top pair has gone awry. Right now I have no clue what to do, but elect to call.

The river comes a brick, and he leads out for 5x the BB. Right now, I'm guessing that he may have hit an ace on the turn, but you never know. Maybe he is trying to bluff because I havent shown strength. I make a crying call and he shows A3 for two pair.


These situations always confuse me, and they don't just occur in heads up play.

I am always nervous to raise someone on the flop with a marginal hand such as top pair no kicker. They wont call a raise with a hand that loses to me, so more often than not I will take the pot. however, if i call, I will extract more chips assuming he continues on the turn. So calling seems like the more profitable path, but then again, I get very little information of where I am in the hand. Also, calling gives free cards, which is a "sin." Argh, poker is hard.