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Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
Party 5/10 ring. Both hands take place at the same table, and the table is loose and moderately aggressive.
Hand #1: I am dealt Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] in EP and raise. MP and Button cold-call, SB folds, BB calls. 4 to the Flop, 4bb. Flop: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] BB checks, I bet, everyone calls. 4 to the Turn, 6bb. Turn: 7 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] BB checks, I bet, only Button calls. 2 to the River, 8bb. River: 5 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] I bet, Button raises, I call. Hand #2: I am dealt K [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in the SB. MP opens with a raise, it's folded to me and I re-raise, BB folds, and MP calls. 2 to the Flop, 3.5bb. Flop: J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 2 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] I bet, MP calls. 2 to the River, 4.5bb. Turn: A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] I bet, MP raises. Your move? Results later. -Brian |
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
I call in hand 1 and fold on hand 2.
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
I agree. You know you are beat in hand 1, but you have to call at that point IMO. (Unless you think he may be on a bluff, than reraise his ass).
What could he have in hand 2 that he would cap with? AA (probably), AKs, QQ, or JJ (very unlikey), KK (very very unlikely). I think one of the hardest things to do is give up the ghost when you have a monster pre-flop that turns into a dog once the board is out. |
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
Hi novamob,
[ QUOTE ] but you have to call at that point IMO. (Unless you think he may be on a bluff, than reraise his ass). [/ QUOTE ] If I think he is on a bluff, then calling is the correct play. [ QUOTE ] What could he have in hand 2 that he would cap with? [/ QUOTE ] He didn't cap pre-Flop. -Brian |
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
Why bet the river in hand 1? Seems it is all too likely for the BB to be holding the small cards that could make the straight or 2-pair he is representing. If he is just holding a small pair, why didn't he raise earlier? Seems to me that a check-call is called for.
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Results
Hand #1: I called and was shown 33.
Hand #2: I am still not sure what the correct play on this one is. I think it is more player dependent and perhaps table image-dependent, but I get pushed around an awful lot at 5/10, so I decided to call down. He had AJo. -Brian |
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
Showing down your big pocket pairs on dangerous boards is hardly a significant leak. Don't worry about it.
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
I agree completely with this.
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
Brian,
I feel your pain, it sucks for these type of hands to go belly up. However, there are few things you might want to consider. Hand #1: Why in the world would you bet that river? This falls under the "only gonna get called/raised if your beat category". Unless he was calling you down with top pair or something, he is clearly on a draw and the 5 clearly helps the draws. Save yourself a bet, take a check down, or check and call behind. Hand #2: Lets face it, you are probably beat here too. I'm sure he will show you a monster starting hand of the A10 off variety, but it could be A2 and you're still toast. Maybe he flopped a set. Although, you did indicate the table was aggressive, so if he is one of the aggressive ones and perhaps prone to bluffing you could call down. Hope that helps- ~J |
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Re: Having a hard time laying down my high pocket pairs twice
[ QUOTE ]
Showing down your big pocket pairs on dangerous boards is hardly a significant leak. Don't worry about it. [/ QUOTE ] There, I'm glad that somebody else said that. I show down a lot in heads up situations. A *lot*. I know that it's supposed to be bad poker to do this. That it's supposed to be a leak. The thing is, I don't sense that it's costing me a lot of chips. It might well be making me chips. I'm usually getting pretty good odds on my calldowns, and I catch a lot of bluffs, and failed semibluffs. I deter people from making plays at me going forward. And I learn a lot about what hands people are playing and how they are playing them, which I think is worth quite a bit. This is an information game. I'm not saying that I'd never lay down a hand such as in case #2. I'm not saying that I never call down out of frustration, which certainly is a leak. But I think the *default* play *should* be to call down when it's heads up, and you hold a strong hand ... I remain skeptical about my opponents until they prove they deserve otherwise. My long-term showdowns won % is right about at 50%, and I think that's just where it should be. |
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