Another AK OOP Hand...

Malachii · #1 09-28-2005, 04:45 PM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em (NL$50) (10 handed) link

UTG+1 ($15.75)
MP1 ($58.10)
MP2 ($49.10)
MP3 ($51.35)
CO ($28.25)
Button ($57.70)
SB ($23.60)
BB ($16.95)
Hero ($49.45)

Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to $2.00, 3 folds, MP3 calls $2.00, 4 folds.

Flop: ($4.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $4.00, MP3 raises to $9.00, Hero calls $5.00.

Turn: ($22.75) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 bets $11.00, Hero calls $11.00.

River: ($44.75) 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $15.00, MP3 raises all in, Hero folds.
Final Pot: $99.75.

I had ~$12 left after he pushed on the river, so I'm getting a very good price. Standard?

Skuzzy · #2 09-28-2005, 04:52 PM

No reads I play it similarily. I'm slowing down after the flop reraise and the 1/2 pot bet on the turn suits me. Why not just push the river if you had only $12 left?

Mr. Sakuraba · #3 09-28-2005, 05:50 PM

I think you have to call this. Doubtful he has a set due to the preflop raise.On the rare occasion he does have kings, you screwed. But i think 7/10 times he doesnt have it. I say he has either AA, QQ,JJ, or AK. You only have 12 dollars left with a 100 dollar pot, I just dont see any reason to fold here

yvesaint · #4 09-28-2005, 05:55 PM

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Doubtful he has a set due to the preflop raise

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44/99 are very very possible, do you fold low-mid pockets to a 4xBB raise? even UTG raise?

Mr. Sakuraba · #5 09-29-2005, 09:21 AM

Yvesaint, dont take this the wrong way. Im still learning, so i have a question in regards to your earlier response. First of all , I do fold 44 to a 4x raise. Secondly, I thought a raise from utg usually indicated real strength? Again im not saying your wrong, im just trying to learn. You have far more experience than I, so school me.

Mr. Sakuraba · #6 09-29-2005, 09:26 AM

For the record, i dont think theres anything wrong with the flop call. The only two mistakes (imo of course) in this hand are : 1. Not betting out the turn and 2. Folding the river with the best odds you could hope for.

nWirb · #7 09-29-2005, 10:25 AM

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Yvesaint, dont take this the wrong way. Im still learning, so i have a question in regards to your earlier response. First of all , I do fold 44 to a 4x raise. Secondly, I thought a raise from utg usually indicated real strength? Again im not saying your wrong, im just trying to learn. You have far more experience than I, so school me.

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UTG raise is typically a big hand like AA-JJ AK, and since 95% of the players on this limit are uncapable to fold an overpair or TPTK you figure to take villians entire stack most of the time when you flop a set.
You are calling with the worst hand for the implied odds.

Malachii · #8 09-28-2005, 06:22 PM

Do you really think he's raising anything that can't beat a K on the river? No one is going to try to bluff me off my last $12 in a $100 pot.

Malachii · #9 09-28-2005, 06:25 PM

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Why not just push the river if you had only $12 left?

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Because I have no reason to think that I'm ahead. The reason for the river blocking bet is to set my own price for a showdown and save what's left of my stack.

ericlambi · #10 09-28-2005, 07:20 PM

This is the problem I have with TPTK or an overpair . . . by the time I figure out that I'm beat, the odds to call are usually so good that I just do it. I don't see how you can't call $12 to win >$80 here with TPTK and no flush/obvious straight. Do others feel folding is correct here?