should i stop betting a boat?

SkiGuyGT · #1 01-28-2005, 07:22 PM

I figured I had the best hand and button must have AQ KQ or whatnot. Should I have slowed down at all?

Party Poker 5/10 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 1 fold, Hero calls, 2 folds, Button raises, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (8.40 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button bets, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, BB folds, UTG folds, Hero caps, Button calls.

Turn: (9.20 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, Button caps, Hero calls.

River: (17.20 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, Button raises, Hero 3-bets, Button calls.

Final Pot: 23.20 BB

AceHighone · #2 01-28-2005, 07:43 PM

Don't slow down. This is a prime spot to pick-off that AQ hand. If he has QQ TT or QT, so be it. You will have the best hand more than 50% of the time so why stop.

jonnyv · #3 01-28-2005, 08:57 PM

I cap it here. More times than not he will have aq-kq or even q-rag.

private joker · #4 01-28-2005, 09:39 PM

I would have slowed down on the river and just called his raise. He capped the turn, you bet into him on the river, and he still raised. Looks like TT.

jskills · #5 01-28-2005, 09:45 PM

No way you can stop. No reason too - the only hand he's raising preflop with is QQ. If you're beat by the quads, well what the hell. Odds are you're way ahead.

SkiGuyGT · #6 01-29-2005, 02:13 AM

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No way you can stop. No reason too - the only hand he's raising preflop with is QQ.

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You don't think he would raise TT?

adamstewart · #7 01-29-2005, 02:49 AM

Fold preflop?

(What was the texture of the table like?)

Adam

SkiGuyGT · #8 01-29-2005, 04:09 AM

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Fold preflop?

(What was the texture of the table like?)

Adam

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VPIP was about 28.

I need to work on folding my 22-66 more. Is this usually a fold from MP? I don't really know when I should be folding or playing smalls preflop.

adamstewart · #9 01-29-2005, 11:41 AM

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Fold preflop?

(What was the texture of the table like?)

Adam

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VPIP was about 28.

I need to work on folding my 22-66 more. Is this usually a fold from MP? I don't really know when I should be folding or playing smalls preflop.

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I actually haven't played the 5/10 in a while. But in your situation above, I think I'd one at least 2 limpers in front of me before calling with 44 in MP. (Unless you felt strongly that limpers would come in behind you and NOT raise - That's why I asked the texture of the table).

Adam

Nick C · #10 01-29-2005, 03:02 AM

I agree with Private Joker. At some point you have to worry it's TT instead of AQ/KQ. QQ is of course a minor concern too, but TT is what would concern me most, and I'd start to worry about it seriously when I got capped on the turn. Your turn 3-bet said you aren't scared of trips, and Villain capped anyway (though I guess he could just think he has your trips outkicked).

Private Joker's bet-call river plan sounds good to me.

Anyway, though, if Villain did have TT, his failure to cap the river surprises me.