[lemonPeel]

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Ok first things first. The LAG player limps from the button and bets only 200 when checked to. That's odd. What do you make of his play here?

Without putting thought into the question above, checkraise all-in on the flop. There are a lot of bad turn cards for your hand that will leave you with a tough decision on the turn, especially since you have only...actually how much do you have? Your numbers are a bit off. Assuming you have 1300 to start the hand, your checkraise all-in on the turn would be 1000, not 900. Not that it makes a difference though. Whatever your stack is exactly, it will be very difficult to get away from your hand on the turn should a scare card come. Moreover, it will be more difficult to -get- action from an inferior hand should something like the Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] hit on the turn. You need to maximize your fold equity and/or give him a chance to make a big mistake.

-Diplomat

p.s. what I have written might sound a bit...contradictory, but it makes sense in my flu-clouded brain.

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He bet 200 into a 300 dollar pot into two tight opponents in position. Seems kind of like one of those "do any of you guys want this pot?" kind of bets. Pushing all in over the top of it would really answer that question for him, though.


Yeah, with such a small stack, I should of just pushed all in on the flop for 900 more to try and win the 500 already in the pot, but I thought he might fold if I pushed on the flop. He was an aggressive betting type, but even the most aggressive types won't call unless they actually had something. So I waited til the turn to evaluate because if he had some sort of draw and I pushed on the flop, I'd be a 2 to 1 favorite, but if a blank comes on the turn and I pushed I'd be a 4.5 to 1 favorite if he had a draw that is.