AKs, big pot - Page 2

Guthrie · #1 12-11-2005, 03:43 AM

I've been on a horrible downswing, and after a lot of advice from a lot of people, including the Noted Poker Authority himself, have determined that it was a combination of several small leaks greatly magnified by variance. So I cut back to two tables and I'm getting back to basics. I'm going to post several hands from one session before playing again. Feel free to rip.

SB is 50/10, not many hands, but that's probably close.
UTG+2 is 92.4/2.0 and the table coaches are giving him hell.
MP1 is 24/7 over a lot of hands.

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Preflop: Hero is MP3 with K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
2 folds, UTG+2 calls, MP1 raises, 1 fold, Hero 3-bets, 2 folds, SB calls, 1 fold, UTG+2 calls, MP1 caps, Hero calls, SB calls, UTG+2 calls.

This has to be standard, for me at least, and the donks.

Flop: (17 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 raises, Hero calls, SB calls, UTG+2 calls.

MP1 probably has big cards, so this is a very good flop for me. The donks can have anything, so I'm not really worried about them at the moment. MP1's raise is consistent with big cards, but even with his raise I have 10.5:1, so I call.

I don't want to 3-bet here do I? I'm probably not going to push MP1 off a big pair, and I'm not going to push out the donks no matter what, and I'm still on a draw, so I want callers, not folders.

Turn: (12.50 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, UTG+2 checks, MP1 checks, Hero checks.

SB loses his nerve, and now maybe MP1 doesn't have a big pair. Maybe AK but I got the spades and now he's done.

But I still don't have a hand, and who knows what the donks have, so I check. I don't want to bet here, do I? Again, the donks aren't going to fold, and I'm still on a draw. A very good one, but a draw.

River: (12.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB bets, UTG+2 calls, MP1 folds, Hero ?

Can I lay this down for one bet? The only hand I was worried about folded, but either of the two donks can have a crummy little pair, so I doubt ace high is going to win.