Questioning my play here... - Page 2

Schwartzy61 · #1 10-26-2005, 07:04 PM

6-max is all the rage these days but I'm still hanging out at $1/$2 full ring...

Preflop, this has been a pretty loose table and very passive. Limping with a small pocket pair in this spot has not been a problem and there were routinely 5 guys to the flop.

The Villain in this case had been realtively passive postflop. His numbers were 34.74/9.47/0.92 after 95 hands. His aggression numbers were consistent street to street. What I had seen from him to this point was betting top pair good kicker or overpair on the flop and continuing on the turn even if a draw hit. I've also seen him call to the river on many occasions with A high, on one such occasion he called down to the river with the nut flush draw and called a bet on the river when his draw was busted. He had actually lost quite a lot calling to the river with A high even on draw heavy boards. I had this hand near the end of my session...

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Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
3 folds, Hero calls, MP2 calls, MP3 calls, CO calls, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: (6 SB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, MP2 checks, MP3 checks, CO checks.

Turn: (3 BB) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (6 players)
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets, MP2 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds, SB folds, BB folds.

Checked through the flop and now what amounts to a blank hits. I bet making sure someone with a flush draw now doesn't get a free card. What I am wondering is if pocket 6's are too low in this case to try this play, seeing as how I only beat A high and someone calling down with the 5? Is the pot too small to even bother?

River: (5 BB) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets, MP3 calls.

Final Pot: 7 BB

River double pairs board. Just me and the guy that has no qualms calling down with A-high. I bet with the best hand? Is the pot again too small to worry about trying to maximize my value here?

I didn't have to worry about it here after he just called, but what do I do if he raises? Bet/call seemed like the best line because he hadn't bet to this point which seemed to mean no ten, but he is still rather passive postflop and generally a raise from a player like that means you're screwed.

This isn't the most interesting hand but something I am having trouble reviewing, thanks for your help guys...