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[TripleH68]

Back to basics.

Party Poker 3/6 Hold'em (10 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>...

<font color="blue">UTG+2 is a thinking TAG. 22/12/1.8. Easy 3-bet. </font>

<font color="#666666">6 folds</font>, <font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 caps</font>, Hero calls.

<font color="blue">Cap tells me what? His hand is in the upper range of his raising standards.
He knows I might make this play with any pp. AA,AK,KK,QQ,JJ or even TT? </font>

Flop: (9.33 SB) T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, Hero calls.

<font color="blue">If villain is ahead I do not want to be 3-bet here.
If villain is behind let's see him fire again on the turn. What will the turn bring? </font>

Turn: (5.66 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">UTG+2 bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>...

<font color="blue">Fold or raise? Maybe the cap means KK,QQ,JJ? Let's take a shot at him. I have a tight image.
Surely villain knows I have no problem laying down when I am beat. </font>

UTG+2 calls.

<font color="blue">He hesitated quite awhile before making this call. Was he looking through my stats?
Should I take this to mean I was correct and he holds KK-JJ. Surely any ace does not hesitate so long. </font>

River: (9.66 BB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
UTG+2 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>...

<font color="blue">I know he is a good player. Does calling the turn mean he is calling the river for sure? I think so and I believe this bet is -EV. </font>

Happy Thanksgiving. How did I do here?