Party 15/30 - top set on ragged flop, when to show power?

QuikSand · #1 01-16-2005, 09:43 PM

Hand I had today at Party 15/30 – have two questions.

Party Poker 15/30 Hold'em (7 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is CO with 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero raises, Button calls, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: (8.66 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB bets, UTG raises, Hero calls, Button calls, BB 3-bets, UTG calls, Hero caps, Button folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Turn: (11.33 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB calls, UTG calls.

River: (14.33 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets, BB raises, UTG folds, Hero 3-bets, BB caps, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 22.33 BB

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Questions –

#1 – How is my line on this flop? I clearly have mighty power with top set and a ragged flop, it’s bet and raised into me – my first thought was to smooth call the two bets and reveal my true strength on the turn. However, after a third bet, I felt like there was sufficient strength out there to go ahead and cap it. Did I give away too much about the power I was sitting on with this call-reraise move?

#2 – I like what I see on the board, until the river checkraise. I’m trying to think what he’d have here … only a A5, 56, or spade flush beats me, of course – so what can he have? I was thinking he had a lesser set when he made it three bets on the flop. Now, he caps it – and I fear I might be beat. Any problem with my reraise at the end?