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Old 10-06-2005, 09:58 PM
rikz rikz is offline
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Default Re: How to fold overpairs? Help me learn!

The 'ole check-min-raise is a pretty popular set tactic against an aggressive pre-flop raiser. If a totally passive post-flop player check-minraises from EP after just calling preflop, then maybe you can fold there. You're only out the preflop raise and continuation bet, and a guy with 0.75 Total Post-Fold Aggression factor just doesn't check-minraise from EP into the preflop raiser without something really good.

Against most tight preflop/aggressive post-flop villains (rocks like 12%/4%/3.0), you're probably beaten here too.

Against cautious, smart, aggressive but not overly aggressive players who don't overplay TPTK, then you can call the min-raise, give a free card if he check to you on the turn, and call villain's "value bet" on the river. If he bets 1/2 pot or more again on the turn, you should probably fold, unless it's a micro bet, that you can call. If he's drawing, he paid for it with the min-raise. Probably have to fold to an obvious scare card on the river if he bets big. That's the price of giving the free card to exercise some pot control.

Against LAGs, TAGs who bluff and semi-bluff with an optimal frequency, and maniacs, you probably just push versus the min-re-raise and pay off his set if he caught it. Against these guys, they will be drawing or playing a weaker hand often enough to make this play at least neutral EV and they will be less inclined to try and run over you in later hands. This is probably even more true at 6-max than full ring, I would think.

So, as another poster said, since this is read dependent, then work on you reads. In the absence of reads, get Poker Ace HUD or something and use some notes to at least make educated guesses on general behavior patterns.
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