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Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
I'm in the BB with K9s ... Five handed, folded to the button who raises. He'll do this with a wide range - any ace, any pair, any two broadway, maybe more...
I call. Flop is AAK, rainbow. I opt to check-call down, but when he bets the river I realize there's almost no chance I have the best hand - with no draws, he's got to realize I have something, almost certainly a king. In general, how bad is this play of calling down? Should I muck this pre-flop? Turn-river went 2-2... |
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
You made no turn raise, the standard blah blah boring trip aces play, so he can assume you're on a K or a pocket pair. Just call down, especially if he's going to aggressively value bet. Folding this preflop is criminal.
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
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You made no turn raise, the standard blah blah boring trip aces play, so he can assume you're on a K or a pocket pair. Just call down, especially if he's going to aggressively value bet. Folding this preflop is criminal. [/ QUOTE ] I'm not disagreeing, but can he bet the river with a hand I beat? Maybe I just feel silly calling down and seeing boats. |
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
I think you should either check/fold or bet/fold the river, and I like bet/fold since it tends to get you to showdown. You're right that he's almost never bluffing and probably never value betting a worse hand on the river (MAYBE a worse K) so check/calling sucks. I would rather bet and hope he calls with a worse K or makes a bad call (after a bad turn bet) with a PP. I've seen much worse out of tags I thought were solid.
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
So is the general consensus, however, that I wasn't wrong to see the river?
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
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So is the general consensus, however, that I wasn't wrong to see the river? [/ QUOTE ] Yes. Surf |
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
Betcall is good on the river. No way he raises you with a worse hand.
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
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Betcall is good on the river. No way he raises you with a worse hand. [/ QUOTE ] Those two statements contradict each other. You mean bet/fold instead of bet/call? |
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
you never know he might just have a smaller pair and think the only way he can win is the bet all the way,
id call him down, or else what about raising flop to get a cheap showdown? hmmmm naw you might just fold a smaller pair then, dunno you could raise flop if he reraises fold, if he calls, check turn and call river? but if he is bluffing then a flop riase might fold him so you lose money there, i think callign down is best here, |
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Re: Calling down TAGs - losing strategy?
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[ QUOTE ] Betcall is good on the river. No way he raises you with a worse hand. [/ QUOTE ] Those two statements contradict each other. You mean bet/fold instead of bet/call? [/ QUOTE ] Yeah brain fart. I meant betfold. THanks. |
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