A3s (Feat. Busted Flush Draw)

[-Skeme-]

Not on this board, no. On unscary boards, yes, all the time. It's a good way to get a pot going against a Villain who you think is somewhat weak. They always think you're stealing. I can't count on them betting again and will rarely get called when I check-raise.

I also had "not on boards like this, though" added in my first draft of the last post. Don't remember where it went, I'm tired. Going to Mickey D's soon.

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Raise the damn flop to $10 and take it down. If they call and check the turn, fire again.

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I rarely do this. I don't like playing draws for big pots right off the bat, OOP. As I said earlier, a check-raise in this spot is fine, given his crappy minbet.

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I understand your thinking here but why play an approach that induces villans to bluff you. A more aggressive line will lead to villans checking down rivers to your A high versus having to make heroic 20 calls...

[-Skeme-]

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I understand your thinking here but why play an approach that induces villans to bluff you.

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I didn't. I would've been happy if he checked behind and mucked. He bet big and I began thinking about his range and reasons for doing this. I had no prior thinking of, "I'm gonna let him bluff big so I can snap it off with my A3."

It's like you said, my hand looked weak, like a missed draw. I thought his bet screamed of desperation so I looked him up. I wasn't already thinking of how I'd be snapping off some PSB on the river when I checked the flop.


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A more aggressive line will lead to villans checking down rivers to your A high versus having to make heroic 20 calls...

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I didn't have to make the call. I didn't want to be in the position to where I had to make that call. Again, I would've been very content with him condeding the pot by checking behind. If he woulda bet like $8 I would've folded. The bet was fishy so I began thinking.

[Wayfare]

I do not make that call, but if you think you're good 1/3 of the time... [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

[pokerjoker]

IMO villian is a donkey and is trying to induce hero to bluff. When someone min bets when they can just check and be guarenteed a freecard this is usually a donkeys monster.

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IMO villian is a donkey and is trying to induce hero to bluff. When someone min bets when they can just check and be guarenteed a freecard this is usually a donkeys monster.

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This doesn't coincide with my experience of donkeys.

[-Skeme-]

Also, sorry about the messed up stacks. I had $200, UTG had the small stack, I was SB. I had to recreate this manually using the outline of a different hand. I couldn't get the convertor to work properly.