Getting bet into with marginal hands

J.R. · #1 06-23-2005, 05:06 PM

3 hands- kinda similar theme: one a river fold, one a call down, one a turn semi-bluff. Comments appreciated!

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Hand 1

Opponent is like 44/22/2.5./ 40 wtsd over 300 datamined hands. Only prior hand of note he raised utg+1, I 3-bet (AQ), he capped and lead all 3 streets into me on A high flop with QQ (I waited until river to raise, which was a Q- boo for me). I had been raising a lot and had folded when played back at by others but had also won some big pots getting no respect but who knows how much he paid attention. he was tenaciously pushing.

Turn/river combo of particular interest? fold turn or raise turn? call or maybe raise river? How to play turn if not lead into, I'm think check if a spade, bet if not.

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Preflop: Hero is UTG with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises, 2 folds, Button calls, 1 fold, BB calls.

Flop: (6.40 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, Button folds, BB calls.

Turn: (5.20 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero calls.

River: (7.20 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets, Hero folds

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Hand 2

Taggy opponent- 23/17/2.4 and playerview's check-raise stat of 10 over about 1.5K hands. Can I do anything else given no clubs hit? Is it a turn fold if no flush draw on flop?

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Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
2 folds, Hero raises, 1 fold, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero caps, SB calls.

Flop: (9 SB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB raises, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.50 BB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 10.50 BB

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Hand 3

21/14/1.9 opponent. My river bet blows (I play real bad sometimes, still working on keeping my head in the game at all times), but what of waiting until the turn- is that a transparent (and thus worthless) semi-bluff?

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Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises, SB 3-bets, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (7 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (4.50 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB bets, Hero raises, SB calls.

River: (8.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
SB checks, Hero bets, SB calls.

Final Pot: 10.50 BB