A hand in which I act like a calling station

Dudd · #1 08-16-2005, 11:25 PM

UTG has classic LAG tendencies, about 75/45/2 in a small sample size, and the button is a classic calling station, 75/2/.2 over 90 hands. Can I find a fold or a raise anywhere in here, or should I keep letting UTG bluff at it with missed hands/get the lest from a real hand, while letting myself draw to two pair or better the cheapest?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG raises, 1 fold, CO calls, Button calls, 1 fold, Hero calls.

Flop: (8.33 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, CO calls, Button calls, Hero calls.

Turn: (6.16 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (4 players)
Hero checks, UTG bets, CO folds, Button calls, Hero calls.

River: (9.16 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets, UTG calls, Button folds.

Final Pot: 11.16 BB

sweetjazz · #2 08-17-2005, 12:17 AM

Your two pair draw sucks here. Depending on how UTG plays postflop, I am inclined to lead out on the flop. The hope is that UTG raises a wide range of hands here, thus driving out the other players, or forcing them to call two cold.

As far as the river goes, it helps to try to figure out what UTG might be thinking. He may think that the river is a perfect bluffing card and so bet again on the river, in which case you can get in a check-raise. He is likely to call you down with any pair. So I'd consider going for a check-raise here, given how you played the earlier streets. There's a chance you will whiff here, but most maniacal players are looking for any reason to bet and will not check behind when checked to.

Jeff W · #3 08-17-2005, 12:19 AM

Check raise the river. I like everything else.