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Old 12-05-2005, 08:20 PM
fsuplayer fsuplayer is offline
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Default HU Hand vs Strassa

History: Strass comes and sits at several of my tables at once and even one HU or 3 handed, so im thinking he doesnt remember my new SN (which it was later confirmed he didnt).

I stacked him twice with sets. once he turned a pair + OESD after raising pf and I CR'd all in on the turn after leading the flop into him and checking the turn with my set, he thought and called and MHWG.

next one he opens i call w/ 55 and this time I CR my set on a 9 high st/fl drawish flop and he pushes with just overs and MHWG. so he may or may not be tilting against me.

by the time this hand came up I AIM'd and he now knows my SN and what charity his donations are going towards.

but other than the above, we really havent run into each other too much in the past.

HU: He has been kinda running me over, raising a ton and betting lots of flops, winning small pots.

so I have $2700 to start the hand and he has 4600.

he raises OOP to $60 and I call with AQo.

flop: A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]8 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]9 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

he quickly bets 120 and I call.

turn: A [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

he bets 320 and I call.

river: 6 [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

he thinks for a long while and bets $1100 and I call.

comments on any street welcome.

thanks,

fsuplayer
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:25 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

With those stacks at the river, I would expect him to overbet or check/raise any hand better than yours. I think you should push.
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:42 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

i don't see how he calls you with anything other than an ace/full here, i think calling is ok given how you got to the river, i'd like to try to take control of the pot sometime before then though
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:48 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

I like your line, but significantly less than I like your location.
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:49 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

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I like your line, but significantly less than I like your location.

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you really have to right click---> view image to get the full effect.

[img]/images/graemlins/cool.gif[/img] [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:50 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

if strassa really has been running fsu over does this mean:

A. he expexts fsu to have a real hand here due to the frequency of his laydowns, and all that hes going to get to fold here is maybe an oddly played flush draw, and thus he is NOT bluffing

OR

B. he expects fsu to be calling down light because of his increased aggression, and that he can push fsu off of his weak two pair

How to determine this is beyond me, and the case for raising the river hangs on which of the two it is imo

I would tend to like a raise at some point before the river, most likely the turn, but i understand you think he has air and want to let him bluff. Once he continues to fire this way i think you can only cold call the river as he is either bluffing or has a monster, he is VERY unlikely to simply have the case A no kicker.
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Old 12-05-2005, 08:54 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

good last paragraph.

btw, i should have stated somewhere that no way am I folding this hand once i see this turn.
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Old 12-05-2005, 09:25 PM
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Default Re: HU Hand vs Strassa

I think the main decision point is the river. AQ is a classic "small pot" hand so not raising on other streets seems fine to me.

I think you played it the way I would tend to play it.
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Old 12-05-2005, 09:26 PM
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Old 12-05-2005, 10:07 PM
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dinner!
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