deep stacks, no free cards, do you really like your set?

jkkkk · #1 12-04-2005, 04:21 PM

Villain is 30/10 and very aggressive.

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 10 handed) FTR converter on zerodivide.cx

SB ($375.45)
BB ($241.20)
UTG ($168.15)
UTG+1 ($100.68)
UTG+2 ($171.05)
MP1 ($23.10)
MP2 ($113.35)
MP3 ($803.95)
CO ($348.17)
Hero ($468.65)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $1.
3 folds, MP1 calls $2, 2 folds, CO calls $2, Hero calls $2, 1 fold, BB checks.

Flop: ($9) Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (4 players)
BB checks, MP1 checks, CO bets $8.55, Hero raises to $24, BB folds, MP1 folds, CO pushes making it $322 to go, Hero...

scdavis0 · #2 12-04-2005, 04:22 PM

I'm not tryin to fold this hand -- if I had 99 this action would give me pause

#3 12-04-2005, 04:24 PM

I think that you are either up against two pair or a made straight. He seems to want to discourage that third diamond so it may be saafe to say he hit his cards and is trying to protect.

gol4pro · #4 12-04-2005, 04:33 PM

You see a semi-bluff here sometimes. You see QT, QQ, JK as well.

I think I call.

#5 12-04-2005, 08:22 PM

I think this is almost never a semi-bluff with the amount of money involved and the possibility of the made straight.

soah · #6 12-04-2005, 08:34 PM

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Just because he doesn't think he's bluffing doesn't always mean that he holds the best hand. Usually people that do this don't want to have to deal with scare cards on the turn in a big pot. They'd rather gamble that they are ahead on the flop than play poker on the future betting rounds. People with the nuts rarely want to make you fold. They will gamble that their hand will hold up while they desperately try to extract.

emil3000 · #7 12-04-2005, 04:27 PM

What is up with preflop limp?

zaphod · #8 12-04-2005, 04:33 PM

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jkkkk · #9 12-04-2005, 04:37 PM

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I usually raise TT here, but I felt like limping.

Andrew Fletcher · #10 12-04-2005, 04:40 PM

It would be cool if people started giving percentages.

Like, i'll Limp 20% and raise 80%