AKo vs. dream opponent

perfectm · #1 03-01-2005, 03:01 PM

Poker room .25-.50 NL (apologies for the converter not working)

Seat 1: BB ($51.80 in chips)

Seat 3: UTG ($55.30 in chips)

Seat 4: Hero [K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]] ($34.85 in chips)

Seat 5: UTG+2 ($69.55 in chips)

Seat 6: LP ($30 in chips)

Seat 7: CO ($88.05 in chips)

Seat 8: Button ($48.50 in chips)

Seat 10: SB ($8.20 in chips)

PRE-FLOP
UTG calls $0.50, Hero bets $2, UTG+2 calls $2, 1 folds, CO calls $2, 3 folds, UTG calls $1.50.

FLOP [board cards K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
UTG checks, hero bets $11, 2 folds, UTG calls $11.

TURN [board cards K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ]
UTG checks, hero bets $15, UTG calls $15.

RIVER [board cards K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img],9 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ]
UTG checks, hero bets $6.85 and is all-in, UTG calls $6.85.

SHOWDOWN
hero shows [ K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img],A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ]
utg shows [ 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img],7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ]
hero wins $71.45.

djoyce003 · #2 03-01-2005, 03:40 PM

why not go ahead and push the turn? It's only $6 more into a really large pot.....you want to give the draws as bad of odds as is possible....why let him save even $6 if he has a busted draw.

TrailofTears · #3 03-01-2005, 03:55 PM

Yeah, I concur. Push that turn.

perfectm · #4 03-01-2005, 04:23 PM

I was under the impression I wanted to keep the bet about 2/3 - 3/4 the size of the pot to not give a flush draw the proper odds to call.

Not like it would have saved me that much if the diamond had fallen on the river.

djoyce003 · #5 03-01-2005, 04:29 PM

by my math the pot is 30 on the turn..you bet 15, that's half the pot, not 2/3's. Pushing would have actually made it 2/3's or so.

perfectm · #6 03-01-2005, 04:36 PM

Good point. Should have pushed.

Spekkio · #7 03-01-2005, 04:47 PM

The more you push, the lower his pot odds will be (ie the closer to betting 50% of the pot for an 15% chance to hit).