How's my line?

Jay36489 · #1 07-08-2005, 12:30 AM

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t30 (10 handed)

UTG+1 (t555)
UTG+2 (t965)
MP1 (t820)
MP2 (t1225)
MP3 (t1205)
Hero (t955)
Button (t1405)
SB (t1145)
BB (t975)
UTG (t750)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
UTG calls t30, 3 folds, MP2 calls t30, 1 fold, Hero raises to t150, 3 folds, UTG calls t120, MP2 folds.

Flop: (t375) T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets t200, UTG calls t200.

Turn: (t775) A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero?...

Do I have any choice on this turn?

lastchance · #2 07-08-2005, 12:32 AM

I think I might push the flop, but there are only 4 aces in the deck...

Jesus. I have no clue what to do here. Someone help. (yeah, kind of a not useful response)

raaustge · #3 07-08-2005, 12:37 AM

I think you have to bet the turn. Heres my reasoning. That Ace scares you but do you think he would call your flop bet waiting to hit his Ace? He could have medium pp or a pair of tens (obviously Ace 10 would be bad). If he calls your probably beat, and i would check fold.

kamelion44 · #4 07-08-2005, 12:39 AM

I think I might check through with the intention of calling any bet on the river. Without a deep analysis of the hand, I think you can put him on a ten or a pocket pair, given a normal (meaning loose) preflop calling tendency. He may have hit the ace on the turn, but with the pot the size it is, and the size of your stack, I highly doubt that it can be correct to fold after betting the turn, and the value of betting went down with the appearance of the ace (i.e. you'd have to be against a special opponent to get him to go all-in with you here with a worse hand than yours)...so check through and use your position, and get worse hands to bet the river, and lose the same amount when he really has you beat. That's my first instinct anyways.

Jay36489 · #5 07-08-2005, 12:54 AM

I should have mentioned more about the read. This was someone who was playing really stupid. Just clueless. The type that call big bet's w/ missed AKs on ragged flops... I guess there really isnt anyway I can get away from this, and checking behind will surely induce a bluff that I can't really fold to. Villian has only 400 left on a 750 pot.

lastchance · #6 07-08-2005, 01:12 AM

Oh, that's almost a certain push flop... But, at the same time, he hit his AK a lot of the time.. Still, is this a LP villain or a Laggy Villain? Against a LP Villain, I think all-in on the turn or check-fold works. Against a Laggy Villain, check and call the river bet.