Not a question of IF but WHEN...

Harv72b · #1 07-20-2005, 04:32 PM

I feel like this should have been an easy fold at some point, but where? MP1 is a LAGtastic dolt with zero postflop skills, who absolutely loves to bluff; flop, turn, river, scare card, brick, it doesn't matter. I've been isolating on him a lot, so my 3-bet preflop won't gain as much respect as it should. CO is way loose, VPIP > 60 over 150+ hands, but is not a total idiot postflop. He is capable of folding crap at some point in the hand. SB I only have ~30 hands on, but he has seemed very TAG up to this point.

Regarding MP1's turn bet: As much as he likes to bluff, I would've been worried if he hadn't bet the turn when SB checked it. His bet there could mean anything down to and including jack high. I thought about raising to try & isolate again, but CO's flop call/cap worried me--it didn't necessarily mean a set or straight, but it meant he had enough of a hand that he probably wasn't folding before showdown. Note that "enough of a hand" could mean top pair.

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Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (9 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP2 with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, 1 fold, MP1 raises, Hero 3-bets, 1 fold, CO calls, 1 fold, SB caps, 1 fold, UTG folds, MP1 calls, Hero calls, CO calls.

Flop: (18 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets, MP1 calls, Hero raises, CO calls, SB 3-bets, MP1 calls, Hero calls, CO caps, SB calls, MP1 calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (17 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, MP1 bets, Hero calls, CO calls, SB calls.

River: (21 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, MP1 bets, Hero calls, CO calls, SB calls.

Final Pot: 25 BB