88

[The Truth]

party 15-30

You have black eights and it is folded to you mp1. you raise, and an unknown 3 bets you in the cutoff. Blinds fold.

Your action and plan for the rest of the hand.

[rigoletto]

cap and lead any flop!

[Thomsen]

flop is 3 2 7 no flushdraw - u lead and get raised...wadda u do ?

[flawless_victory]

call. checkraise most flops.

[lil feller]

there are volumes of discussion waiting to be had regarding the two posts above mine, they couldn't be more different.

lf

[Brainwalter]

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there are volumes of discussion waiting to be had regarding the two posts above mine, they couldn't be more different.

lf

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Not by the logic of this month's "When your opponent will always bet" article, which seems to apply here.

[philnewall]

That article is retarded.

[LarsVegas]

The approach is actually stirringly similar, both saying that they ain't done betting and raising with 88, once cutoff 3bets their mp1 open-raise.

Me? I wonder if I am turning into Andy Fox here. There are times when I do not want to cap/lead or call/checkraise, and although 99-88 is better than AJ or ATs here, why not surprise them with these "big pairs" played more cautiously sometimes?

I think capping 88 here is streching it somehow.

Then again, it's Party and I haven't really done as well as I would have liked on my journeys there lately.

lars

[Turning Stone Pro]

Here's my play, keep in mind I'm a lunatic . . .

I call the PF 3 bet. Then, I check-raise the flop if two of the three cards are less than a 10. If two of the cards are 10 through A, then I check-call the flop and see what happens on the turn.

I have to give the PF 3-bettor credit for overcards, so I want to see that 66.666666% of the flop are not big cards before proceeding agressively.

TSP

[spoohunter]

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Here's my play, keep in mind I'm a lunatic . . .

I call the PF 3 bet. Then, I check-raise the flop if two of the three cards are less than a 10. If two of the cards are 10 through A, then I check-call the flop and see what happens on the turn.

I have to give the PF 3-bettor credit for overcards, so I want to see that 66.666666% of the flop are not big cards before proceeding agressively.

TSP

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This is pretty close to how I play it.