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Old 12-28-2005, 06:57 PM
Stealthy Stealthy is offline
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Default Re: quick question from a 6-max noob. . .

Firing on the flop and turn UI is pretty standard heads up with just overs but 3 betting a raise is usually spewing. Most guys who raise a bet at 6 Max will have something that they are happy to show down and that is usually a pair. On your better days you might find a raise coming in from another player sitting on overs and your AK beats his AQ. By all means call him down if you think this is the case but 3 betting when you are likely behind can get expensive. Even if all your overs are clean and you have position, you will very often have a guy leading the turn after your 3 bet ruining any attempt at a cheap show-down.

Against a lot of players you can play overs for the weak draw that they are and this often means folding to a single flop bet or on the turn UI. Reads and the board cards come into it a great deal though and you will often be correct to call down with ace high but only experience will tell you when it is right to do so and when you can give it up gracefully.

Playing the river OOP when you have led the flop and turn and have gotten called on both is one the tougher decisions in SH limit. Your check on the end looks weak to your opponent and he/she can value bet any pair confidently. As this is the case they will also sometimes bet with their nothing hoping you will fold. Again reads and the board play an important role in whether to call or not. Generally on a board of.

7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I will check/fold. There are just too many ways for my opponent to have a strong made hand or at least a pair. Even without the flush maker on the end I will lean towards a check/fold unless my opponent always bets when checked to and sometimes even then. On a board of

4 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 7 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] T [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

I tend to check/call as there are less ways that my opponent could have made a hand and he/she will, often enough to be profitable, have a hand like QJ or 89 or a weaker ace that I beat. Hope this helps a little.
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