straight hits on monotone flop

#1 12-03-2005, 07:19 PM

Home game, $20NL, .25/50 blinds
Villain notes: Villain's all-in's are typically made hands, and are usually at LEAST 2 pair-trips or better. Villain certainly has at least a spade here.

Hero has about $30
Villain has about $30 as well.

Hero(MP2) is dealt:
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and limps in ... 3 limpers

Flop: ($2ish)
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Hero leads for $2
MP3 folds
Villain raises all-in.

Hero folds.

Standard?

Here's what 2dimes says against other reasonable hands:

Vs. made flush - almost 0 to win
Vs. A/K flush draw w/ overcards - 61% for me to win
Vs. A/K flush draw w/ pair - 60% for me to win
Vs. set - 34% for me to win
Vs. 2 pair - 77% for me to win
Vs. Lower straight - near 100 for me to win

How do you play this with short or really deep stacks?

Reef · #2 12-03-2005, 07:37 PM

I think you're either a little ahead of a set, drawing dead, he has a freeroll on the flush draw, or A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]x. I don't think it's horrible to fold here.

Hattifnatt · #3 12-03-2005, 07:54 PM

I would call.

#4 12-03-2005, 08:09 PM

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I would call.

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Could you elaborate more on why you'd call here?

Here are the reasons I folded:
(1) small pot (only $4 in before his push)
(2) player is pretty honest with his cards.

Not really relevant, but villain showed the made Queen-high flush after the hand.

Hattifnatt · #5 12-03-2005, 08:10 PM

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I would call.

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Could you elaborate more on why you'd call here?

Here are the reasons I folded:
(1) small pot (only $4 in before his push)
(2) player is pretty honest with his cards.

Not really relevant, but villain showed the made Queen-high flush after the hand.

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Because most people even them who only push with good hands here will not push with a flush.