First 20/40 post - badly played?

onegymrat · #1 10-09-2005, 01:13 AM

Live at Commerce, full-table, game is okay. I feel I played this hand horribly.

Folded to LP. He is a good player who has been keeping his stacks afloat by way of frequent blind steal attempts. Most of the players have obliged. He open-raises. Folded to me in BB with 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], I call. Headsup.

FLOP: K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]Q [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]

I check. LP checks behind.

TURN: rag

I bet. LP thinks for a while and calls.

RIVER: A [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I check. LP checks behind. My hand is good and LP does not show.

All comments welcomed.

flawless_victory · #2 10-09-2005, 03:32 AM

played it fine.
all streets.

onegymrat · #3 10-09-2005, 11:37 AM

Raiser is a good thinking player. For me to call his raise preflop (since I aspire to play as tight as Rick Nebiolo), he knows I have a semblance of a hand. With such a strong flop, I'm thinking that he's thinking I would go for the standard check-raise. Is a check-raise attempt still warranted? Or would a flop bet have been better?

Eric P · #4 10-09-2005, 12:33 PM

This pot is so small that it will probably stay small. Going for the flop c/r is ok, but after you bet the turn, you should bet the river for sure.

flawless_victory · #5 10-09-2005, 12:48 PM

checkraise is still better.

baronzeus · #6 10-09-2005, 05:56 PM

we all miss check-raises. it's life. nh.