big slick at party 0.5/1

reprazent · #1 10-18-2004, 11:54 AM

I am pretty new at playing and I just experienced this play yesterday. Where did I go wrong?

Party Poker 0.5/1 Hold'em (8 handed)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Hero 3-bets, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, UTG+1 caps, Hero calls.

Flop: (9.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG+1 calls.

River: (15.75 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG+1 calls.

Final Pot: 23.75 BB

reprazent · #2 10-18-2004, 12:00 PM

UTG+1 had rockets btw.

/Nick

VTDuffman · #3 10-18-2004, 12:00 PM

Without any reads, it's kinda tough...

If it were me, with just overcards (I guess and a str8 draw), I call on the flop. When the ace comes, I like the raise, but when he 3-bets I'm guessing he's holding AA, because JJ-KK would (in theory) have gotten scared when a pre-flop raiser raises when an A comes on the turn.

I also call the turn and see what he had. He's obviously not scared off by the raising, so what exactly were you accomplishing by doing so?

davelin · #4 10-18-2004, 12:06 PM

The cap on the turn and the raise/cap on the river were excessive. It's hard to put your opponent on AA but KK will usually back off when an ace hits the board.

Shaun G · #5 10-18-2004, 12:06 PM

Without a read on the opponent, I can't say what they would be capping with pre-flop, so I'll assume some level of skill.

I'm figuring you were up against a top pocket pair and may have been dominated from the start.

Flop: You're heads up with over cards and a backdoor nut flush draw. Don't know if I'd play the raise b/c you're not going to get the odds for some of your draws.

Turn: You hit one of your out cards, but it still may have not been enough, if your opponent was holding pocket AA. Don't know if I would have gone with the cap. You've only got top pair with 4-straight on the board. (Although I doubt your opponent was capping PF with A5s or 55).

River: I would have simply called and saved/missed a few bets b/c he has been driving a strong hand the whole time.

Shaun

Bez · #6 10-18-2004, 12:08 PM

In the future don't post the result straight away, it may effect the answers given.

Bez · #7 10-18-2004, 12:10 PM

I'd call the turn 3-bet and call the river. He's shown a whole lot of aggression here. In fact, he bet every possible time he could.

reprazent · #8 10-18-2004, 12:15 PM

Yeah, I kinda figured that, I went a little overboard there and I misread his hand. Didn't consider AA before river which was stupid. But thanks a lot for the feedback, really helped..

/Nick

CountDuckula · #9 10-18-2004, 12:15 PM

That looks awfully familiar.... Was that me with the rockets (I would have been playing under the handle "VonGoosewing")? I'm at work right now, so I don't have access to the HH, but I seem to remember a hand a lot like that.

If it was me, I was playing very aggressively to drive out any draws (I would've hated it if someone with a 5 or a couple of [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]s were left standing after the flop...). If I were you, I might have slowed down a bit with AK, thinking I just might be up against rockets, as you were.

-Mike

afk · #10 10-18-2004, 01:30 PM

Don't raise the flop. Just call.