how much aggression to show with TPTK

[Andrew Fletcher]

If villian is typical 3/6 TAG, I don't fire on the turn and fold to a PSB. If he's somewhat tricky, then I c/c the turn and lead the river.

3/6 seems to have a lot of multi tablers. Do you have any stats on villian?

EDIT: Fold PF. Since you called, make a bet on the flop and then get the hell out of dodge.

[SunOfBeach]

i hate the checkraise on the flop. not a big fan of calling the preflop raise, either.

Ace ten is usually junk against a raise.

What are rooting for - an ace on the flop? You might possibly be up against an ace with a stronger kicker. If you flop a ten you might be up against a bigger pocket pair. You could reraise preflop, but you're out of position for the entire hand if he decides to call.

You would need a hell of a read to justify calling. Preflop, I would tend towards folding.

[catlover]

I agree I generally fold AT. But I had just folded a bunch of blinds in a row . . .

The ten isn't that strong, I know. But it gets better when you consider that opponents are regularly making continuation bets.

[BobboFitos]

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Bobby are you just trying to be a prick?

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No

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Preflop -- I had been folding blinds left and right and felt a need to take a stand, even though my hand was not as good as I would have liked.

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You should have re-raised PF if you were tired of being pushed around. It is just way too likely that you are dominated here.

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Flop -- He made a continuation bet. I don't put him on much of anything yet. I think my top pair is likely to be good. This is my standard raise size -- about half the pot. People fold for that plenty of times, though this time he didn't.

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Check raising the flop just bloats the pot out of position and you have a fairly weak holding. If he is ahead, he is way ahead. If he is behind, he has a lot of outs to improve, and now, you're playing a big pot out of position with no idea what he has, and no way to extract value from a weaker hand. The amount of your check raise makes it even more brutal, since he will fold approximately zero draws.

Now, on the turn, you make a weak bet that is likely to signal weakness to the villian, and prompt him to blow you off the best hand, if you do indeed have the best hand.


Fold PF.

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