30/60 set of 7s big 3 way pot.

[elindauer]

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you don't think there is anyway utg+1 has AK?

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I've played a lot of poker and seen people do all kinds of goofy things, so I would never say that there is no way anybody has anything. If he has AK though, he is a very poor hand reader. You have made it clear you have a set, and not only a set, but a set that's bigger than the one you actually have. If he's still raising two pair when you are screaming set, he's not very good.

If I give this opponent any respect, I slow down much earlier than you did. If he shows me AK, I make a note and consider putting in another raise next time.

Good luck.
Eric

[elindauer]

Hi djk,

I like your thought process in this hand. You put them on a range and acted accordingly. All you need to do now is et a bit better about giving some uncertainty to your hand ranges. You want to combine your preflop read with your postflop read to get a more accurate view of what they hold.

In this hand, preflop he says "I don't have AA". Postflop he says "I can beat a set of queens". Now, maybe you think he's full of [censored] when he says this postflop, but he's raising in a spot where he can't possibly think he'll win the pot without a showdown. That's powerful information that he's telling the truth.

So you have conflicting indications that you have to handle. Which is more likely? He doesn't understand that I have a set? He played AA in a tricky way? He has JTs?

As you play more hands with this guy, you start to know the answert to this question. It becomes another part of your read. Your question fundamentally is what our default guess should be here. Short answer: when your preflop read and postflop read conflict, tend to go with the latter.

Good luck.
Eric

PokerTracker is like 1BB to you. I would suggest picking it up for sure [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

[djk123]

i agree and i would buy it if it were available in a store not online because i cant buy it online for certain reasons...