Fast or slow play this...?

thatpfunk · #1 11-01-2004, 05:24 AM

I felt I had a real good read on this player and put him on AK/AQ preflop. His small bet on the flop made me afraid he had QQ/JJ and I was trying to get more out of him. In retrospect, that seemed kind of pointless as if he improves, I lose.

Anyone think there is an optimal way to play this?

Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (6 max, 6 handed)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP ($94.4)
CO ($483.91)
Hero ($146.6)
SB ($49.15)
BB ($43.75)
UTG ($48.45)

Preflop: Hero is Button with 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. MP posts a blind of $1. UTG posts a blind of $0.5.
1 fold, Hero calls $1, 2 folds, UTG (poster) calls $0.50, MP (poster) raises to $5, Hero calls $5, UTG calls $5.

Flop: ($18) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG checks, MP bets $6, Hero calls $6, UTG folds.

Turn: ($30) J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP bets $6, Hero raises to $12, MP calls $6.

River: ($54) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
MP bets $25, Hero calls $25.

Final Pot: $104
Main Pot: $104, between MP and Hero.

melnik · #2 11-01-2004, 05:35 AM

tough hand. I think you played it pretty well. If you lose to qq or jj then so be it. If you lost to trip A;s then i guess the right play would have been a push on the turn, but its tough to do that if your afriad of a higher set at that point. Tough to get away from this 1.

cockandbull · #3 11-01-2004, 05:55 AM

I'd have made a bigger raise on the turn. Your raise is $6 more into a $36 pot. I'd have raised to at lease $25-$30. Then pushed on the river.

Harry