Is this a set?

flatline · #1 07-21-2005, 01:07 AM

Ultimate Bet No-Limit Hold'em, $.50 BB (10 handed) converter

MP2 ($21.20)
MP3 ($75.15)
CO (Villian)/ ($111.15)
Button ($49.25)
SB ($33.75)
BB ($17.25)
UTG ($10.65)
Hero ($82.75)
UTG+2 ($75)
MP1 ($32.90)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
Hero raises to $1.75, 2 folds, MP2 calls $1.75, 1 fold, CO (Villian)/ calls $1.75, 1 fold, SB calls $1.50, 1 fold.

Flop: ($7.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, Hero bets $6, MP2 folds, Villian calls $6, SB folds.

Turn: ($19.50) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero bets $10, Villian raises to $25, Hero ???

This guy seemed to be a pretty knowledgeable player. Can JJ be ahead here? It seems like an obvious hand to put me on, and he can't be expecting me to fold.

UOPokerPlayer · #2 07-21-2005, 01:19 AM

$2 pf. I like pot betting the flop, but this is a situation where you can make it 2/3 or 3/4 though, way ahead or way behind situation imo. When I get called on the flop i'm not happy. Turn is tough, and I would check/call here, because again i'm way ahead or behind here, and unless i know this guy to be a bluffer, once i call the turn i see a free river. The way you played it's probably a set, but most definitely a fold. Calling these bets is a good way to get stacked.

pmuir10 · #3 07-21-2005, 03:49 AM

i think you're beat here.

Bob Moss · #4 07-21-2005, 03:50 AM

Looks like you're toast here. Being a 2+2'er I'm going to guess that you have a fairly tight image (maybe I'm wrong...) so it's pretty meaningful to a decent player for a tight player to bet twice. He probably puts you on a pocket pair, and he's trying to win as much as possible with whatever hand he has that beats you (87s or set). His raise is too small to be a bluff.

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