Villian with obvious set

[iceman5]

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No. Original poster said that it was obvious to him Kirderf had a set. That means he knows he is behind in the hand. He has no folding equity. So pushing is essentially the same as calling an all in. Either way, your chips are going in the middle, and you are behind in the hand. Anybody who is willing to do this cannot be a good player.

That's the same as someone asking to deal a flop 50 times for $100 each with your hole cards staying the same. Only you get KQo and he gets AJo. This is a losing bet, why would you take it just to gamble?


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I guess I dont have a problem with pushing my chips in with a strong hand and outs, one to the NUTS flsh.

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That's not the matter at hand. Hero is behind and he knows it. If you have no problem getting your chips in the middle as an underdog, you cannot be a very good player.

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I pushed in knowing full well that he had a set. There is very little or no folding equity.

The pot was $250. I bet $150 and he raised to $420 making the pot $820. Now is decision time.

I have $1040 left. If I push all in Im risking $1040 to win $1860. 1:8-1 on my money. Im slightly less than a 2-1 dog.

Its very close and by no means a horrible play. Of course its a gamble, but I didnt want to fold and I think just calling is really bad.

I very rarely gamble like this and put my chips in the middle without being a big favorite (or at least mistakenly think Im a big favorite), but I chose to gamble this time.

Its not like I called an all in with nothing but a gutshot or something. Oh wait, that happenend to me twice last night and they hit it both times. [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]