[durron597]

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bsiu, I'm not quite sure what other plan of action you're suggesting preflop. He raised 4xBB, which seems fairly reasonable. He got reraised to 10xBB, nearly a fifth of his stack. If our hero pushes all in here, he's only going to get called by the hand that beats him, AA. Reraising to $12 is fine in my book. Anything higher than that and ALL weaker hands will fold.


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What are you suggesting he do? Flatcall? Bet half his stack then fold when his A hits? Pushin is easily the correct decision. Besides, this is NL25; AK/QQ/JJ will almost certainly call, as will AQ a lot of the time and AJ some of the time. Though that flop sucks for all three of those hands, but at least you got the money in when you were ahead.

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This is a very rare and dangerous flop. Plans need to be flexible enough to change. I think committing half your stack preflop gives enough flexbility to get the money with the best, and still be able to get out on a rare scare flop like this. To summarize... preflop goot.


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No it isn't. An A flops often enough that only getting in half your stack preflop is a bad play. You're also giving odds for a hand like AQs to call with a flopped flush draw with only the half pot bet. You have to push in to protect your hand and get your chips in with the best of it.

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Flop: It's hard to give advice on this because I don't know how the villain will act.


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It's hard to give advice on this because you didn't push preflop and now you have a tough decision to make. Pushing preflop prevents that tough decision.

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Fortunately, you have position, so you can get a somewhat decent read. If he pushes into me, I vomit a little in my mouth then hit the fold button.


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Good job. You just folded half your stack away.

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Look at the possible reraise then call hands that beat you: slowplayed AA, AQ, AJ, QQ, JJ, AK. The only hand I can possibly see you winning against is an awfully played KQ or TT. Neither of these are very likely has they wouldn't warrant a PF reraise. I look to check it down to the river. Any decent bet on the flop or turn and I fold. If he doesn't bet until the river, I MIGHT be willing to make a call if I feel he's trying to buy the pot.

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This happened to be one of the worst possible flops; but as you said yourself such a flop is very rare, and that's why you want to get your chips in the middle with the best of it. When he calls you preflop, and this flop comes, you say "oh well, I played +EV poker", rebuy, and get him next time.