Did i handle the ladies correctly?

Robfish · #1 10-13-2005, 06:16 PM

I would probably normally re raise pre flop but was planning to check raise the flop if no Ace or King.

Was that the wrong way to play it and was i right to fold this?

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.50 BB (9 handed) converter

UTG ($57.25)
UTG+1 ($50)
MP1 ($57.45)
MP2 ($65.15)
MP3 ($50.30)
CO ($37.70)
Button ($49.25)
SB ($26.25)
Hero ($50.20)

Preflop: Hero is BB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 raises to $1.25, 5 folds, SB calls $1, Hero calls $0.75.

Flop: ($3.75) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 bets $1, SB raises to $3, Hero raises to $7.5, UTG+1 folds, SB raises to $25, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $37.25

Robfish · #2 10-14-2005, 04:21 AM

Can anyone help me. Was i right to fold here or should i have pushed?

What hands do you put villian on here?

#3 10-14-2005, 04:37 AM

This play screams strength in my opinion. You 3 bet with a check raise and he continues on undaunted. The hands I put villain on are JJ-88, 22, 98s and 98o. I think you would see 99, 88, 98 or 22 more frequently than you would see JJ or TT. What hands can he play this strongly that you have beat? Unless he is an extreme LAG, I think you made a good fold here.

TreyOfLight · #4 10-14-2005, 05:26 AM

Against a 50BB stack and getting 2:1 on a board where lots of draws could push, I call here. AA/KK seem unlikely, and you aren't totally dead against 89.

This hand plays itself if you 3-bet preflop. Slowplay (like most fancy plays) is best reserved for when you have position in a 2-way pot.

Robfish · #5 10-14-2005, 06:11 AM

I would have thought thought if he was semi bluffing with a flush/straight draw he would have raised more to try to pick up the pot on the flop

The raise seems small to me like he has a strong hand and wants some action, then when he see's me raise he probably thinks i am committed and so he pushes. I definitely think he has a strong hand and is more then a 2:1 favourite over my queens.

Thanks for the comments. I think i should have raised pre flop given the extra player in the pot as you suggest

orange · #6 10-14-2005, 06:54 AM

Re-raise PF.

Don't mini-c/r. If your going to make a raise, make it $10-$12ish, call the push (you will be more committed than you are now).

As played, I don't mind calling SB's 50BB stack here.

Robfish · #7 10-14-2005, 07:17 AM

What hands would you put villian on here Orange?

Do you think he will have a draw here enough of the time to make the call correct?

I made a smallish re raise to partly try to find out if i was ahead and presumed i wasnt when he re raise back all in. Maybe i gave villian too much credit and should have called?

orange · #8 10-14-2005, 08:31 AM

I think PPs 10s-Aces play this way. AJ [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (or something of the sort), 99,88,22. Maybe A9 if he is a LAG.

Reads help.