Flopping trips vs a pro

[SoBeDude]

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I interpreted his comment as a sign of genuine concern.

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Exactly as he wanted you to.

[youngin20]

hahaha, WRONG

[Mammux]

Of course, from his point of view it would seem unlikely that you had just called with ace-high preflop. Some kind of suited hand matches the preflop play better.

Am I alone in thinking that you should have raised preflop?

-Magnus

[locutus2002]

Could also be:
"Do you have an Ace?"
translation: "Do you have 66?" because I have an ace.

I think its interesting that he didn't push before the turn.
Either he has 66 or A6 and doesn't want you to throw A2 or some poor kicker. Or he has Ax and isnt sure if its good.

[Rushmore]

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Btw, I would have raised or folded preflop.


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Two limpers to you in MP and you're holding AT.

Please show me the rationale for raising preflop here.

[Rushmore]

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I think you overvalue betting to "know where you're at". You raised, he called, and you still had no idea if you were ahead or behind (at least reading the other posts in the thread make it seem like most people can't tell if you are ahead or behind yet).

Without belaboring an often made point on these forums, after that flop, you are either way ahead or way behind, so its best to let him put his chips in first.

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This is a good post.

There's no point to "knowing where you're at" if the situation doesn't allow for the possibility of you ever getting away from your hand (which this one does not, with the line you choose).

It's a catch-22: if you just call on the flop, you won't "know where you're at," and are resigned to paying him off with a possible loser, but probably preserving a few chips. If you check-raise (as you did), you get a better sense of "where you're at," but (being out of position and having grown the pot) now have no chance of getting away from the hand, negating the value of "knowing where you're at."

Poker is hard.