15/30 PP Hand

philnewall · #1 02-28-2005, 05:24 PM

Party Poker 15/30 Hold'em (8 handed) converter

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $15.
UTG raises, UTG+1 calls, Hero calls, 1 fold, CO (poster) calls, 2 folds, BB calls.

Flop: (10.66 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG bets, UTG+1 folds, Hero calls, CO folds, BB folds.

Turn: (6.33 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG bets, Hero raises, UTG calls.

River: (10.33 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets, UTG calls.

Final Pot: 12.33 BB

Results in white below: 
UTG has 2s 2c (two pair, nines and twos).
Hero has Ah Qh (one pair, nines).
Outcome: UTG wins 12.33 BB. 

Party Poker 15/30, I don't have PokerTracker so no stats available. Preflop cold-call, and flop call are pretty standard. Heads-up on the turn I raised to try and fold AK, and AQ.. assuming my opponent was rational. Guess not, I suppose this illustrates the importance of PokerTracker/Playerview.

Comments?

mmcd · #2 02-28-2005, 05:25 PM

3-bet preflop.

TStoneMBD · #3 02-28-2005, 05:26 PM

never try to bluff out a hand when you have moderate showdown value. noone on pp will ever fold a pair or AK. if you want to spend 2BBs, spend them calling down. i also like 3betting pf

philnewall · #4 02-28-2005, 05:51 PM

Hi Stone, in this instance I felt like AQ was too weak to call down as the only realistic hand I could beat was AJ. Just calling the turn and folding to a river blank was an option I guess but I felt like the time was right for a bit of a fancy play.

TStoneMBD · #5 02-28-2005, 05:58 PM

well, he had the second best hand you could have hoped for, and AK is equivalent to 22 in what hands it beats, yet he still called you down.

Chris_P · #6 02-28-2005, 07:26 PM

Phil i regularly spend hours watching u on those 15/30 tables and the way u play those cards it's poetry in motion, one day u may be big, my Stoned Dutch Master......

goofball · #7 02-28-2005, 07:57 PM

why did you bet the river?

if he called the turn raise, he's never ever ever going to fold a hand you beat. he might call with AJ/KQ but he'll fold every other hand your ahead of.

It just seems like there's no value in better there at all.

gamblore99 · #8 02-28-2005, 07:57 PM

I thought AQs was one of the few times cold calling was ok. And here looks like a good spot for it. No?

I think raising the flop is much better than raising the turn. Make sure to fold CO, and you can also take a freecard on the turn. Also if he 3bets you can be pretty sure your behind and then don't have to pay off on later streets.

gamblore99 · #9 02-28-2005, 07:58 PM

The hand progressed the exactly the same until the turn, where you are raised. Whats your line for the rest of the hand?

philnewall · #10 03-01-2005, 08:12 AM

probably call the turn and fold the river unimproved.