400-800 hand 7-handed

[fsuplayer]

preflop seems terrible given your game description.

[DcifrThs]

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the game is 7-handed $400-$800 I'm playing with 5 players who are pretty decent and one player who is a little too loose, limps to much CC threebets two much after limping in ect.

I limp utg with 89s, next player folds to a very good player as far as I know who raises loose player folds to blinds, blinds who fold I call.

Flop comes 566 one sspade I know at this point that he will bet so I check he bets I call.

Turn is a 7 I bet he raises I threebet he calls. River is a jack I check, he bets I raises foldsthinks for 5 seconds then for one more bet!

After the hand I don't show but I do tell him I had the 89ss He says that he folded 1010, if he threebet the river I would have to just call and fear JJ.

What do u guys think, responses welcome.

Best of luck!

Shawn "Lightning" Keller

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at 400-800...thats a raise utg if you're playin that hand at all. and id rather have 76s thatn 98s b/c the hands i make when i would raise 76s are less likely to hit my opponents if they call or reraise. the ten and or jack would likely hit them.

otherwise, i'd fold preflop...

rest of the hand looks fine. flop id check if he looks like he's betting or raising...or maybe c'r if you think you can set something up for later...but the call is fine.

on the turn i like the bet.

on the river i think you must bet 100% after the action on the turn...you wanna risk him checking behind? that $800 will pay for your accomodations for a week ... dont just toss it away.

-Barron

[DcifrThs]

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also limping utg there with 98s is a significant mistake and will needlessly burn up chips, even if done only occasionally. that said, when it does get raised behind you, which it inevitably most times, the correct play is to reraise preflop and represent one of the few hands you should be limping utg with: namely AA, KK, and AKs.


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never woulda thought of it mike...excellent.

as i said in my post i'd have raised if i decided to play...but a limp reraise after its raised behind is an amazing way to cover that initial mistake

-Barron

[slavic]

that said, when it does get raised behind you, which it inevitably most times, the correct play is to reraise preflop and represent one of the few hands you should be limping utg with: namely AA, KK, and AKs.

Mike - This game is bigger than I have played by a factor of 4 but I was wondering about this. I'm more likely to limp AA,KK,AKs here so I was wondering how wrong it would be to limp a few other hands. I still think 98s is too weak to do this with, but if I limp and you put me on a premium hand I have problems.

I've only run across this a few times, but certainly if I play much higher it will be more frequent an issue.

Thanks,
slavic

[James282]

Where'd you play this hand? Just curious.
-James

[mikelow]

Agreed--scary to play those up front.

If you're ever gonna play suited connectors up front (for deception only) you have come in with a raise.

Never limp!

[astroglide]

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Never limp!

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common and crappy advice

[Justin A]

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After the hand I don't show but I do tell him I had the 89ss

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Why did you tell him this?

[Philuva]

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What do u guys think, responses welcome.


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I think you should CR bluff the river more often.

[Philuva]

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You may have as many as 110 or 12 outs on the flop.

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I usually play my 110 out hands a little faster on the flop.