45o in BB

Manzanita · #1 05-14-2003, 05:37 PM

jace,

You have an easy call preflop with 5 opponents in the hand.

Postflop I think that you played it OK but I personally would have bet out on the turn. There are multiple potential draws on the board and you should get callers. With some luck the button may raise, allowing you to 3-bet if so inclined.

Given the way that you played the turn I think that betting the river is preferable to going for a check-raise. Since no one called your bet it probably would have been checked around anyway, giving the same net result.

-- Manzanita

34TheTruth34 · #2 05-14-2003, 08:09 PM

You have an easy call preflop

I wouldn't say his preflop call is easy with 45. I'd say it borders on not so good. I don't know about the other players, but he's probably not going to outplay Tommy after the flop. I think I fold here most of the time, depending on game conditions.

Herb N. · #3 05-15-2003, 04:36 PM

Because of the way the turn was played I agree.You can't defend with 4/5o then get lucky and miss bets.this may have been the pot of the night,but if the button hadd't bet the turn, proubly there would be no bet/call on the river..HFPWC!

Manzanita · #4 05-15-2003, 05:24 PM

Perhaps I used the term "easy" too loosely here. Let me rephrase it and say that folding would be an error given the number of opponents and the BB's hand.

Granted that the button may be a superior player (which jace seems to recognize from the context of his post). Does this mean that you scrupulously avoid getting into pots with him? Obviously not. What it means is that you play carefully against him.

I think that the BB has a good hand to play against the button. You play if you flop 2-pair (or better) or an open-ended straight draw. Everything else can be folded immediately. Further, when the BB gets a favorable flop, the board is generally going to look pretty ragged to his opponents. This should make it easier for the BB to play well post-flop.

-- Manzanita