Mirage 20-40: What Do You Make of This Card Checking Tell?

[Gabe]

my guess would be A7s. (maybe even Ac7c.)

if they still tend to check their weak A's, in that game, I'd bet the river.

[mrkilla]

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my guess would be A7s. (maybe even Ac7c.)

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I was thinking that too, but Ac7c seems less likely as he would have raised somewhere.

I think you need to bet the river.

[andyfox]

"Ac7c seems less likely as he would have raised somewhere."

Not necessarily in that Mirage game. As alluded to by Gabe, they might just call, call and even check behind on the river.

[arkady]

I am not much of a live player, but this post caught my eye. To answer your question, from all my previous observations I believe he was checking his weak kicker to see if he paired it.

In terms of what line to take, if he is observant then he will have to put you on a bigger Ace, so checking here seems weak.

[marsvolta619]

seeing as how I love the Mirage 20/40 game, I'm gonna reply to this. This game is a value betting paradise. I wouldn't think twice about this Dyn, he's checking his A7 and yhig.

[mike l.]

you should bet. he has AQ or AJ and he's trying to indicate to you that he has that so he can scare you. he doesnt want you to bet again. he was acting when he pretended to be interested.

youre playing poker again? what the hells that about?

[SinCityGuy]

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I was thinking that too, but Ac7c seems less likely as he would have raised somewhere.

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I haven't played there in almost a year, but the typical players in that game generally don't make that raise, even with 18 outs plus fold equity.

Obviously, the good ones will often make that raise on the turn with position, because they can make a weak/tight player fold a better ace. Often, the w/t Mirage player will fold his AK or AQ face up to show the rest of the table what a good laydown he made. If the Ac7c doesn't improve, he just checks behind the weak/tight player on the river.

[Dynasty]

With a brick on the river, I decided to simply bet rather than induce a bluff just in case he had a pair.

I bet. He called. I showed and won.

He turned over his cards. He had A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. I was seriously baffled and have thought about this hand way too much.

[mike l.]

hmm that's interesting im the only one who knew what he had... i wish i played poker as well as i post.

it's typical weak tight behavior. he knows he's in a tough spot and he's hoping youll be weak tight like him and check the river because that's exactly what he plans to do, and exactly what he would do in your spot with AK.

[elindauer]

Hi dynasty,

I'd read it as A7. He called the flop because he flopped top pair but didn't particularly good or bad about his hand and he had no draw. Now the turn comes, and all he notices at first is that it doesn't give him 2 pair. Then he realizes, hey, I have an OESD. Right? Did I just make 2 pair? Let me check again...

So, I... check-raise the river.

good luck.
eric