[Godfather80]

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Game is 10-20 NL, 4 handed. Villain in the BB has $2600. You have him covered.

Preflop

Folded to you in the SB. You make it $75 to go in the SB with K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. Villain calls.

Flop

K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]3 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

How would you play the flop against the following players? What would you do if reraised? What is your plan if the turn is a brick? Assume in all cases that you have the image of an aggressive (but not crazy) player.

Scenario 1

Villain is generally tight preflop. He tends to reach a "decision point" early in hands and does not fold a made hand very often on the turn or the river unless the board is very scary. He is generally sensitive to pot odds, etc. He is capable of bluffing and playing aggressively if he senses weakness. He is a winning player.



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Assume you bet the pot on the flop and Villain calls.

Pot size is now $480. You each have $2360 behind. Turn card is 3 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. Now what? One thing to consider is whether this card is a brick.

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The call of our flop bet by the Scenario 1 Villain doesn't worry me very much. He's hit something on the flop and is looking to take another card off.

His hand range does NOT include trips as KK and TT are unlikely both from preflop action and our hole cards. 33 probably would have raised the flop (plus, given the turn card, 33 is unlikely).

So, after Villain's flop call, Villain's hand range includes: flush draws - A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]; straight draws - any QJ; straight flush draws - Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (although, Villain probably would have raised with this on the flop) and J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]; and combo pair + draws - A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]T, KQ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (again though, Villain probably would have raised the flop with this holding).

I don't think this type of player would call with just a pair and no redraw on the flop because I think he'd probably raise or fold (he likes to "reach a decision point early").

The 3 on the turn is NOT really a worrisome card because so few hands in Villain's range are helped by a 3. The only hand that he might play preflop that contains a 3 is A3s. Given the flop, A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] probably would have raised. The only other hand that worries us with the 3 on the turn is a slowplayed A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]A because villain now has a higher two pair, but this would be a very slowplayed AA.

Therefore, Hero needs to lead the turn because he very probably still has the best hand and in order to charge the potential draws that villain has. Hero should lead out for $400.

If Hero is raised, I'll start getting nervous about A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] and A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]A.