Turn action w/ TPTK

jsnipes28 · #1 07-09-2005, 02:59 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $1 BB (6 max, 6 handed) converter

Button ($77.35)
SB ($39.15)
BB ($128.35)
Hero ($99)
MP ($59.8)
CO ($58.3)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero raises to $4, MP calls $4, 1 fold, Button calls $4, 1 fold, BB calls $3.

Flop: ($16.50) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $10, MP folds, Button calls $10, BB folds.

Turn: ($36.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $15, Button calls $15.

River: ($66.50) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $25, Button raises to $48.35 (All-In), Hero calls $23.35.

Final Pot: $163.20

I underbet the turn thinking pot control so i wouldn't get too carried away w/ TPTK. I also figured that it was enough to extract from a weaker ace as well as get a raise from a 2 pair or set. When he didnt raise the turn i was pretty sure he had a weaker ace. So after he pushed all in i assumed he had hit, but at that point i felt i had to call, or did i?
Suggestions on all streets welcome. What line would you have taken?
Thanks

unlucky513 · #2 07-09-2005, 03:03 PM

i think you played the hand fine.. the only thing i can see doing differently is betting more on the turn. i'd bet more in the range of $25ish here.

hope he didnt have A8/AT

jsnipes28 · #3 07-09-2005, 03:07 PM

Villain flips AT for 2 pair on the river. At that point it was another $20 to see, so i suppose i dont have to win very often there to make that a profitable call.

Student Caine · #4 07-09-2005, 03:14 PM

I don't play 6-Handed much, but I have to imagine that you aren't dropping this hand, especially with the pot odds for that last $20. My guess is that you are up against AT, *maybe* A8 (without a read on the villain). A set is also a possibility.

In any event, the turn bet is tough - I don't think that a weaker Ace folds to a pot size bet, and it certainly won't fold to the smaller bet you put out there. I understand what you mean by hoping you get raised on the turn by two pair or a set, but without a read on the villain I like to make a stronger bet (3/4 - Full Pot).