My first trifecta down the drain...

wuarhg · #1 08-21-2005, 10:21 PM

Party Poker 20/40 Hold'em (5 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP with 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, Hero calls, Button raises, 1 fold, BB calls, UTG calls, Hero calls.

Flop: (8.50 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, Button bets, BB calls, UTG folds, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, BB folds, Hero calls.

Turn: (7.75 BB) Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, Hero calls.

River: (13.75 BB) 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, Button bets, Hero raises, Button 3-bets, Hero calls.

Final Pot: 19.75 BB

Results in white below: 
Hero has 2h 2d (full house, twos full of queens).
Button has Jh Qh (full house, queens full of jacks).
Outcome: Button wins 19.75 BB.

Nick C · #2 08-21-2005, 10:33 PM

Hmm. I think I would have just bet-called the river.

I'm not very sentimental about trifectas, though.

I'm worried about JJ in addition to the actual QJ. Button doesn't seem too troubled by your flop and turn checkraises. And AQ is 8 combos, while JJ/QJ is 9 combos.

KQ throws in another 8 combos you beat, I realize, and I don't know 20/40 at all.

Ah, the hell with it. I'm probably wrong.

Nice hand.

wuarhg · #3 08-21-2005, 10:40 PM

On the turn, I think the button thinks I have trips, so if I would just donk the river he would just often call and give me 1bb because he thinks I hit a full house, but if I checkraise the river instead he is definately going to pay off with AQ,KQ,QTs(prob. raises Q9s sometimes pf. here) and maybe even 3-bet out of spite or just believing he still has the best hand.

Nick C · #4 08-21-2005, 10:55 PM

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On the turn, I think the button thinks I have trips, so if I would just donk the river he would just often call and give me 1bb because he thinks I hit a full house, but if I checkraise the river instead he is definately going to pay off with AQ,KQ,QTs(prob. raises Q9s sometimes pf. here) and maybe even 3-bet out of spite or just believing he still has the best hand.

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I think I've run into some raises of this type (it's hard to know the motivation, which is why I say "I think" I've run into such raises), which is part of the reason I hesitate to take raise-fold lines, especially heads-up on the river.