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Old 07-28-2005, 06:07 AM
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Default A hand that isn\'t very exciting

Party 5/10 6-handed. Folded to me in CO with 2000 behind and 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and I open for 40. So far, I'm playing very tight and aggressive preflop. SB reraises to 100 and I call. He covers me, and is a LAG.

Flop 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] with 210 in the pot.

Checked through.

Turn 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] with 210 in the pot.

SB bets 80.

Anyone 3-raise preflop with these stacks? His reraise doesn't mean a whole lot to me, especially since I opened from CO. How about the flop? If I bet and he doesn't fold, I probably have to give up. As for the turn, I just picked up some more outs, so is this one of those situations where I smoothcall to avoid being blown off my hand?
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Old 07-28-2005, 06:12 AM
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Party 5/10 6-handed. Folded to me in CO with 2000 behind and 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and I open for 40. So far, I'm playing very tight and aggressive preflop. SB reraises to 100 and I call. He covers me, and is a LAG.

Flop 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]3[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] with 210 in the pot.

Checked through.

Turn 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] with 210 in the pot.

SB bets 80.

Anyone 3-raise preflop with these stacks? His reraise doesn't mean a whole lot to me, especially since I opened from CO. How about the flop? If I bet and he doesn't fold, I probably have to give up. As for the turn, I just picked up some more outs, so is this one of those situations where I smoothcall to avoid being blown off my hand?

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the question i have is:

is he good enough to know that you're opening more than big hands and that therefore a 5 is a possibility for your holdings?

fim
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Old 07-28-2005, 07:21 AM
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Default Re: A hand that isn\'t very exciting

He's not a good player. I don't know if he thinks I can have a 5.
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Old 07-28-2005, 08:36 AM
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Default Re: A hand that isn\'t very exciting

If the argument is meta-game, I think the relevant fact is that he is a bad player and therefore might not be thinking in meta-game terms, so the value of calling is reduced. Against a player you respect though, I think I would call and see the river.
I don't think you want to bluff here. I also don't think the expected odds are there if you do hit.
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Old 07-28-2005, 08:47 AM
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the expected odds are there if you do hit.

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