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Old 09-19-2005, 05:52 AM
Chris Daddy Cool Chris Daddy Cool is offline
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Default 25/50 SH A9 two pair

3 handed 25/50 on ub

i've played with villian plenty before, though i dont really seem to have a read on him. he's not bad, but i don't find him particularly "great". i'm playing fairly well and my only recent history with him was a river checkraise bluff that he called down maybe 5 minutes earlier.

villian has 6k, i have him covered with about 8k.

he pot sizes the button. sb folds. i call with A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] HU for 375 bucks.

flop: A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

I check. He bets 200. I checkraise to 600. He thinks and calls. HU, 1575 in the pot.

Turn: J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I check. He bets 400. I think about checkraising again, but I decide he's probably going to fold AK/AQ,AT this time, so I call intending to auto-pot-size bet any non-spade trying to represent a missed flush draw. HU for about 2400.

River: 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I pot size it to 2400. He goes in the tank and then pushes his stack.

Thoughts?
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:02 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

I hate the turn check-call.

Who's the player, btw? Given the way the hand played out, it REALLY seems like he has AJ.

Is he a chronic all-in bluffer? If not, this really feels like a fold on the river.
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:05 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

I would prefer c/call flop, c/r turn. Or if you c/r flop, make it for more money so it looks like a draw and you can induce a 3 bet from a big ace.
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:05 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

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I would prefer c/call flop, c/r turn. Or if you c/r flop, make it for more money so it looks like a draw and you can induce a 3 bet from a big ace.

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Agree completely.
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:55 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

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I would prefer c/call flop, c/r turn. Or if you c/r flop, make it for more money so it looks like a draw and you can induce a 3 bet from a big ace.

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My first thought after the hand was to checkraise more on the flop.

Given that I didn't do that and took the checkcall/checkraise line, if I checkraised the turn and then was faced against a push, i'm faced with teh same decision as before, except is my choice easier or harder? and is it a fold or a call?
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Old 09-19-2005, 07:14 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

I think your decision is far more difficult after the jack appears. Is that what you're asking? If you c/r turn and he 3 bets, then I think it's a pretty clear fold. On the river, it is a more difficult decision. After the jack shows, I think I like a check call on the river a lot better than a lead - but I suck at value betting, so that may be a bit weak tight.
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Old 09-19-2005, 07:30 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

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I would prefer c/call flop, c/r turn. Or if you c/r flop, make it for more money so it looks like a draw and you can induce a 3 bet from a big ace.

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My first thought after the hand was to checkraise more on the flop.

Given that I didn't do that and took the checkcall/checkraise line, if I checkraised the turn and then was faced against a push, i'm faced with teh same decision as before, except is my choice easier or harder? and is it a fold or a call?

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any idea if he is shoving lesser 2 pair hands like a5 and a2? looks like a really rough spot regardless
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:10 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

I don't understand how you are playing 3 handed 25/50NL without a read on this guy.
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:13 AM
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I don't understand how you are playing 3 handed 25/50NL without a read on this guy.

[/ QUOTE ]what?

before you play in a poker game, you investigate all the players?
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Old 09-19-2005, 06:18 AM
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Default Re: 25/50 SH A9 two pair

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I don't understand how you are playing 3 handed 25/50NL without a read on this guy.

[/ QUOTE ]what?

before you play in a poker game, you investigate all the players?

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3 handed 25/50 on ub

i've played with villian plenty before, though i dont really seem to have a read on him.

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