Playing on a paired board.. - Page 2

prrthd · #11 01-13-2005, 06:10 PM

I have a question, would it be bad to cap it on the flop and then fold if the villain leads out?

lostinthought · #12 01-13-2005, 07:37 PM

What does that accomplish? Does it insure that he has me beat?

The other posters seem to be suggesting that this is established by his 3 bet on the flop.

Buck_65 · #13 01-13-2005, 07:42 PM

I'm folding the turn without a specific read, but this is fine if villain gets out of line too often.

robertsonjohn · #14 01-13-2005, 08:13 PM

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I have a question, would it be bad to cap it on the flop and then fold if the villain leads out?

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This doesn't do anything for you. If he leads out, you fold. If he doesn't lead out and then you check, he knows you don't have the nine either and then he leads out on the river. If he doesn't lead out and then you bet, he's going to call you down. Either way, your money is going in the pot to someone who probably has you outkicked if he doesn't have a nine.

robertsonjohn · #15 01-13-2005, 08:19 PM

To immediately contradict myself, I guess on further thought, it saves you 1/2 a BB if he doesn't have the nine (or in the unlikely chance that he has a nine but thinks you may have made a boat), leading him to decide to check to you on the turn.

Everyone made a fairly compelling argument that folding after the 3-bet is probably best, but next in line is probably capping as it saves you 1/2 a bet if beat, and carries the very slight possibility of picking up the pot if he fears your nine so much that he folds (although I can't imagine anyone not calling down after 3-betting).