Flopping nut straight with heavy betting action on flop

Verdi · #1 05-23-2005, 05:48 PM

I couldn't believe the action on this hand. Was I right to push to protect myself from the flush or should I have made a pot size bet instead?

(biggest $25NL pot for me...)

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter

BB ($24.85)
UTG ($38.82)
UTG+1 ($11.45)
UTG+2 ($24.8)
MP1 ($9.4)
MP2 ($21.1)
MP3 ($12.1)
CO ($59.65)
Hero ($50.49)
SB ($40.08)

Preflop: Hero is Button with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1.
6 folds, CO calls $0.25, Hero calls $0.25, SB (poster) completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($1) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets $1, BB raises to $3, CO raises to $10, Hero calls $50.24 (All-In), SB calls $38.83 (All-In), BB folds, CO calls $40.24.

Turn: ($144.31) A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

River: ($144.31) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (3 players, 2 all-in)

Final Pot: $144.31

swolfe · #2 05-23-2005, 05:57 PM

perfect

kongo_totte · #3 05-23-2005, 06:02 PM

Raise or fold pre-flop.

swolfe · #4 05-23-2005, 07:12 PM

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Raise or fold pre-flop.

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i disagree. after an LP open limper, limping here is fine. all three options are fine really...

webmonarch · #5 05-23-2005, 10:49 PM

I also think limping is the best play. Raising with KT is a little sloppy, IMO. I don't fold it in this situation, and MAYBE I raise if the villain is painfully loose.

edge · #6 05-23-2005, 10:53 PM

Raising or limping is good preflop. Folding is bad. You don't really have any other way to play it on the flop, since your hand is very vulnerable and the current nuts.

Verdi · #7 05-24-2005, 02:51 AM

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Raising or limping is good preflop. Folding is bad. You don't really have any other way to play it on the flop, since your hand is very vulnerable and the current nuts.

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As it turned out both of the others had 10 8 for the lower straight. It was not in spades either so I was in no danger at all. But I guess normally one of the others have something like a set and the other have a flush draw or something.

Were they right in callin my all in with the low straight btw? I've done something similar. Flopped a straight with Q8 from the BB and the villain had KQ. I couldn't get away either. Probably next time though.