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Old 11-23-2005, 01:12 AM
JojoDiego JojoDiego is offline
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Default slowplay or fire away?

I flopped bottom set here and struggled to decide whether I should just call the flop bet to get the overcalls, or raise right now. Decent-size pot, multiway action, and 2-flush, 2-broadway board has me leaning toward firing away.

SB: 45/15/1, 100 hands
BB: 13/2.5/4, 83 hands
UTG: 33/4/1.9, 70 hands
MP2: 32/7.5/.9, 149 hands

Hero has 7h-7s

UTG calls
2 folds
MP2 calls
Hero calls
2 folds
SB completes
BB checks
FLOP (5 SB): As, 7d, Qd
SB checks
BB checks
UTG checks
MP2 bets
Hero ?
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Old 11-23-2005, 01:14 AM
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

Start betting and don't stop.
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Old 11-23-2005, 01:18 AM
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

I'd bet out here. The flop is a dream, it had to hit someone else, make them pay for it I say. Its pretty rare to be able to bet absolutely knowing that you have by far the best of it. You may lose a customer or two, but I'm sure anyone holding Ax with come along for the ride. Hopefully they'll pair their kicker on the turn and raise you!
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Old 11-23-2005, 01:23 AM
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

Get as much money in as you can
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Old 11-23-2005, 01:58 AM
meep_42 meep_42 is offline
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

I was thinking of answering this without reading the hand.

Turns out that I could have. Fire away. Either they have a draw, Q, or A and will call, or they'll fold -- for 1 bet or 2.

-d
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Old 11-23-2005, 02:04 AM
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

if you raise now, people will call.
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Old 11-23-2005, 02:07 AM
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

I'll answer blind. Fire away.

Edit: owned.
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Old 11-23-2005, 02:09 AM
Bob T. Bob T. is offline
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Default Re: slowplay or fire away?

The easy thing to do, is to just say raise, and not worry about it.

The thing that gets you the most money, is to take a second, and think about how you have played other hands on this table. After you think about that for a second, then it should be clear how to play your hand in a manner that will give your opponents the best chance to completely misguess your hand, and hopefully make some expensive mistakes on their way to showdown.

One other consideration, is that with the action coming from directly on your right, you are going to have to face the other opponents with two bets, and if they have big draws, you might make more by doing it on the turn. On the other hand, if they are more likely to have hands like top pair you have a better chance to make more by raising on the flop, where they are more likely to call with those hands drawing slim. Right now, you don't have enough information about their hands, so it gets down to a guess.
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Old 11-23-2005, 02:06 PM
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your PM box is full and I've got a question for you.
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