A9, top pair, got turn check-raised

#1 10-03-2005, 06:11 AM

Party Poker (10 handed)

BB has normal TAG numbers, but only in like 25 hands.

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
7 folds, hero raises, 2 folds, SB calls, BB raises, 2 calls.

Flop: (9 SB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, BB bets, hero raises, SB folds, BB calls.

Turn: (6.5 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
BB checks, hero bets, BB raises, hero...

Easy fold, or is the pot big enough to call, and then fold the river unimproved? If I catch an A or a 9, I beat an overpair (except AA). A heart could bail me out also, if he doesn't have the flush (/-draw) himself.

Was just calling the flop and then raising the turn a better option?

Sorry if this is easy stuff; I'm going through a 150 BB downswing at the moment, so I don't think I can see things clearly right now.

thesharpie · #2 10-03-2005, 06:15 AM

Flop is a must raise. I call down since I have TPTK, the 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] sometimes bails me out, and he could be semibluffing, especially with a pair something like 9T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].

Nick C · #3 10-03-2005, 06:22 AM

In this somewhat big 3-way pot, I like raising the flop to try to push out whatever outs SB might have.

On the turn, your flush draw isn't the greatest in the world, but I wouldn't fold TPTK plus a flush draw in this now heads-up, semi-steal situation.

My plan would be to call again on the river unimproved, but if I'm unimproved, I won't be particularly optimistic.

vmacosta · #4 10-03-2005, 06:23 AM

"especially with a pair something like 9T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]."
Change that to TT [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] and it sounds more believable (he 3bet oop pf). I think its pretty damn close between calling down and folding so a read would be helpful.

thesharpie · #5 10-03-2005, 06:27 AM

Ah I missed the preflop action, I thought he called PF and was donking into the preflop raiser. Now I know that he could be semibluffing with no pair since his flop bet is automatic.