How do you play this?

[EricW]

Blinds are quite sizable here. What is the correct play on all streets?


#Game No : 2497825069
***** Hand History for Game 2497825069 *****
NL Texas Hold'em $20 Buy-in + $2 Entry Fee Trny:14648477 Level:5 Blinds(75/150) - Monday, August 08, 01:54:23 EDT 2005
Table Table 14521 (Real Money)
Seat 3 is the button
Total number of players : 5
Seat 2: TopFSUNole ( $400 )
Seat 3: Bigden85 ( $2580 )
Seat 5: CrZySxYCaO ( $570 )
Seat 7: Hero( $1475 )
Seat 8: skairzo ( $2975 )
Trny:14648477 Level:5
Blinds(75/150)
** Dealing down cards **
Dealt to Hero [ Jc 6c ]
skairzo folds.
TopFSUNole folds.
Bigden85 calls [150].
>You have options at Table 14103 Table!.
CrZySxYCaO calls [75].
Hero checks.
** Dealing Flop ** [ 3d, Jh, 5d ]
CrZySxYCaO checks.
Hero?????

[ChuckNorris]

Bet 2/3 pot on the flop, fold to a raise and pretty much go to check/fold mode on later streets if called, unless they're some kind of a crazy calling station or you hit 2-pair or something.

[psyduck]

Bet 2/3 pot, like T300. I think you can also fold to a push (?) from big stack

edit: Damn Chuck that was fast. We think alike too [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img]

[ChipLeader]

I prefer a half pot bet, 250.
The shortstack is your main target. The bigstack likely wont want to mess with you with two shorties out there and this doesnt look like a bluff to me. If he raises youre beat and you can fold to him. If the shortstack pushes you have an easy call for just 250 more, but on those times when the bigstack gets involved youre keeping the pot small which is precisely what you want to do here.

[ChuckNorris]

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I prefer a half pot bet, 250.

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Well, I prefer a slightly larger bet (actually now that I think about it, I think I'd bet more than 2/3, 350-400 sounds more like it) on a coordinated flop with two opponents. If button calls your 1/2 pot bet, they're more likely to be on a draw or some other weaker holding than if you bet more strongly. You don't want to offer them a tempting chance to win the pot on later streets or give them anything near good odds for flush-and-or-straight-draws/overcards/whatnot.

[ChipLeader]

The bigstack limped a hand which could be anything, but probably isnt. It will be given a standard, loose range of calling:
Ax suited
Two face cards
A low-mid PP
maybe a suited connector

Of these hands, bigstack wont be raising unless he caught. When he's caught, our J with a 5 kicker will be good about 10% of the time, that 10% is when hes raising a midpair and i dont think he would make that play here. He could be calling with many hands i supposed but i dont think hes folding to 300 but calling for 250, and i want to keep the pot small against him with the two other players so close to done. I dont think you have the stack to bet 400 and then turtle up on the turn since almost every card in the deck scares you. I say make your bet, try and take it here and if you meet resistance from the shortstack go for it, if its from the bigstack pick a better time.

[lastchance]

Well, some people tend to bet this flop with a flush draw, 66+, overcards, and just hands in general. Then again, these people don't limp preflop with t150 blinds either.

So, I think your ranges are right, but it clearly isn't a good idea to bet only if you've caught here.

So, t250, folding to a raise, shoving most turns, I think.

Id raise to about 300 and see what the actoin is. I probebly woulndt fold this hand.

[ChuckNorris]

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Id raise to about 300 and see what the actoin is. I probebly woulndt fold this hand.

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Please tell me that you don't intend to miniraise preflop to 300 but instead bet 300 on the flop [img]/images/graemlins/tongue.gif[/img]
And why couldn't you fold this hand with button and you having decent stacks? I'd instafold this if button so much as raises their eyebrows..

[freemoney]

c/r that [censored] like every single day