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How do you play an overpair, and why?
I don't know how many times I've had this situation, but it must be one of the most common in poker - you raise with two big cards - say AK - and completely miss the flop.
An ep limp-caller bets out. How do you play this, and why? If it helps, lets say you have a weak read on the ep, showing he's loose-aggresive, and the other two players are in the blinds. There's nothing exceptional about either of them. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
run, don't walk, to your nearest bookstore, and pick up your very own copy of Small Stakes Hold'em by Ed Miller.
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
Also you may want to change your thread title to OVERCARDS instead of OVERPAIR, as they are a lot different.
To answer your question in reference to AK specifically: AGGRESSIVELY. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
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Also you may want to change your thread title to OVERCARDS instead of OVERPAIR, as they are a lot different. To answer your question in reference to AK specifically: AGGRESSIVELY. [/ QUOTE ] Yes, over-cards. Sorry. I take it you would raise the EP, then. Is that because you think you have the best hand, or for another reason? |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
[quote Is that because you think you have the best hand, or for another reason?
[/ QUOTE ] Yes. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
Note: that should be overCARDS, not overpair. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]
Note to Ed: I was asking what you would do, not for book recommendations. If you think it's a stupid question, please note nobody forced you to click the thread. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
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Note: that should be overCARDS, not overpair. [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img] Note to Ed: I was asking what you would do, not for book recommendations. If you think it's a stupid question, please note nobody forced you to click the thread. [/ QUOTE ] It is not that it is a stupid question; it is just that it is woefully incomplete. How coordinated is the board? How many (and what) high cards does the board have? Do we have any backdoor draws? How about those blinds? What would they call the PFR with? Will they lay down a pair for 2-bets? Will they fold for one bet with nothing? You call the ep aggressive. Does that mean he would bet (into the PFR) with nothing? with just a draw? with any part of the board? I've got to go with edtost; go get SSH. It has several pages on EXACTLY THIS TOPIC. All that said, I would raise in the situation you describe most of the time. I would do so because I have a fair chance at having the best hand (and want to protect it) and because I want to eliminate any backdoor draws (and hopefully middle/bottom pairs) on those occasions when I do not. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
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It has several pages on EXACTLY THIS TOPIC. [/ QUOTE ] an entire section, even. and you're missing out on lots of other good stuff by not reading it. |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
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It is not that it is a stupid question; it is just that it is woefully incomplete. How coordinated is the board? How many (and what) high cards does the board have? Do we have any backdoor draws? How about those blinds? What would they call the PFR with? Will they lay down a pair for 2-bets? Will they fold for one bet with nothing? You call the ep aggressive. Does that mean he would bet (into the PFR) with nothing? with just a draw? with any part of the board? [/ QUOTE ] And, of course, the most important piece of information (which Ed harps on over and over in SSH): How B I G is the pot? |
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Re: How do you play an overpair, and why?
actually, while not perfectly clear, it would seem that there are 9 SBs in the pot after the limper bets
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