I suck at no limit.

Philuva · #1 02-12-2005, 07:00 PM

This is from the 5/10 Full Tilt Game. I normally play limit and this is probably why.

3 limpers to me and I have black KK in the CO. I make it 60 to go. The button calls and the limpers all fold. There is $165 in the pot. I have about $600 left and my opponent has me covered. I have only been playing for about 15 minutes and my opponent seems reasonable.

Flop comes TT8 with 2 hearts. I bet $130 and my opponent calls. There is $425 in the pot and I have $470 left. Turn is the A hearts.

What should my play be here?

Popinjay · #2 02-12-2005, 07:16 PM

Read on opponent? If he's at all decent you are beat here, check-fold time.

AZK · #3 02-12-2005, 07:19 PM

What happened on the turn, that's probably important? Let me guess, it was a brick and you went check, check? Eitherway, you are most likely beat but if you are feeling spunky and/or think he sucks, you could throw out a blocking/value bet, say 100.

Philuva · #4 02-12-2005, 07:25 PM

Ooops. Turn should have been A of hearts.

Philuva · #5 02-12-2005, 07:29 PM

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I have only been playing for about 15 minutes and my opponent seems reasonable.

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He has only played a few hands and seemed reasonable, i.e. was not too aggro or too weak.

technologic · #6 02-12-2005, 08:26 PM

no hand you beat other than QQ/JJ probably unlikely holdings. check/fold

bweiser8311962 · #7 02-12-2005, 09:21 PM

You could bet big and represent the flush. You can't assume he has two hearts and just fold. If you do, you'll give up a lot of pots IMO. You just can't run scared at every hand out there.
As Doyle Brunson said in his book, Make the bet and put the pressure on him. If you check and he bets, you're in a tough spot. The advantage to acting first is to put the pressure on your opponent.

So what happened?

lapoker17 · #8 02-12-2005, 11:17 PM

I'm probably close to giving up on the hand. If he were one of the limpers, then I would feel differently, but as it looks, you're beat Check/fold whenever. He would call on the Button with a huge range of hands - he would normally assume that one or two limpers would come along, so when I'd normally have trouble giving the limpers credit for a TEN, he could easily have that here.

AZK · #9 02-12-2005, 11:38 PM

It's hard to represent the flush when the Ace is out there, what hand is he representing a flush with that he raised so hard preflop? KQs? Maybe but highly doubtful, if the Ace wasn't out then it'd be easy.

Cornell Fiji · #10 02-13-2005, 12:28 AM

Check/fold.

-Steve