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Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t150 (7 handed)
converter BB (t1760) UTG (t2645) MP1 (t1310) MP2 (t995) CO (t1805) Hero (t4715) SB (t1770) Preflop: Hero is Button with 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. <font color="#666666">3 folds</font>, CO calls t150, Hero calls t150, SB completes, BB checks. Flop: (t600) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font> <font color="#CC3333">SB bets t150</font>, BB calls t150, <font color="#CC3333">CO raises to t1655</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to t3160</font>, SB folds, BB folds. How do you judge the FLOP play? Read: Villian is solid. |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?l
It's not awful, but CO could easily be on a better flush draw. It's probably better to use your big stack to bully people around and steal blinds, not potentially lose half of it on a drawing hand
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
Looks good to me. You'll often have 14 outs twice, with a nice overlay from dead chips in the middle.
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?l
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It's not awful, but CO could easily be on a better flush draw. It's probably better to use your big stack to bully people around and steal blinds, not potentially lose half of it on a drawing hand [/ QUOTE ] With your pair, you're ahead of any other flush draw. |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?l
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[ QUOTE ] It's not awful, but CO could easily be on a better flush draw. It's probably better to use your big stack to bully people around and steal blinds, not potentially lose half of it on a drawing hand [/ QUOTE ] With your pair, you're ahead of any other flush draw. [/ QUOTE ] I probably wouldn't have called if I didn't consider that possibility there... Curious piney....does your answer change if the guy SHOWS top pair? |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?l
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[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] It's not awful, but CO could easily be on a better flush draw. It's probably better to use your big stack to bully people around and steal blinds, not potentially lose half of it on a drawing hand [/ QUOTE ] With your pair, you're ahead of any other flush draw. [/ QUOTE ] I probably wouldn't have called if I didn't consider that possibility there... Curious piney....does your answer change if the guy SHOWS top pair? [/ QUOTE ] My answer does not change. Even if Villain has 98, which kills three of Hero's outs, there is still enough dead money in the middle to justify the call. |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
I would think that your stack is big enough that taking this risk (most likely a coin flip) is unnecessary.
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
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I would think that your stack is big enough that taking this risk (most likely a coin flip) is unnecessary. [/ QUOTE ] My stack is big enough when I have all the chips, and it's a coin flip with a huge overlay. |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
1655 to call, Villain's 1655 + 900 in dead money.
That 1.55:1 2:1 to make a Flush Also have outs to a set, two pair or runner runner straight. Pair could even be good if Villain is on a draw with overcards. I don't think Villain flopped a set, as a middle pair would've raised and been happy to steal the blinds. Same for a hand like A9. I'm guessing he slowplayed a big pair and freaked when he saw all the draws on the flop or he's on a draw himself and is semi-bluffing? My gut instince was to fold until I started adding stuff up. With your chiplead, I say Call. The pot odds are good enough to hitting an out or finding out that he's stealing with crap. |
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Re: Leak Check: Easy Call or Big Leak?
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[ QUOTE ] I would think that your stack is big enough that taking this risk (most likely a coin flip) is unnecessary. [/ QUOTE ] My stack is big enough when I have all the chips, and it's a coin flip with a huge overlay. [/ QUOTE ] This is exactly why I called....defintely I'd call in a cash game in a heartbeat in this spot... Didn't know if I was leaking big-time here - 'cuz right now I'll call almost every time in this spot. (esp with this chip stack) I'm not swayed though. Ultimately, its a +EV play. Can't pass this up w/the overlay. I'm with you on this one Pineapple- thanks for the help. Curius: under what table condition Piney would you fold there? Say you were outclassed at the table and would have a hard time re-accumulating chips if you lost this flip... |
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