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$27 mid pair in BB
MP has been bullying. UTG seems semi-donkish, built his stack with a couple of bad (but not amazingly so) all-in calls (e.g. TPNK vs. TPGK) followed by suckouts. Other than that he's been tight.
PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t200 (5 handed) converter SB (t810) Hero (t1479) UTG (t2878) MP (t6913) Button (t1420) Preflop: Hero is BB with 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]. UTG calls t200, MP calls t200, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero checks. Flop: (t700) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font> Hero checks, UTG checks, <font color="#CC3333">MP bets t400</font>, Hero ??? |
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
Fold. Not worth risking with mid-pair, no kicker. MP's bet is probably nothing more than positional, but there are too many hands that beat yours.
Edit: If you want to play this hand, bet out the flop and see what develops. |
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
Betting out the flop sucks IMO. Any bet is at least 20% of your stack and is prone to being called or reraised by aggressive villain.
I am torn between check fold and CR push given the read of the villain. I'm pretty sure I just check fold this unless I at least had a gut shot straight draw with the mid kicker. I also don't like that there's a donkish UTG limper still to act who may also be thinking CR. The more I think about it...the more I think this is a fold even though you probably have the best hand. |
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
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Betting out the flop sucks IMO. Any bet is at least 20% of your stack and is prone to being called or reraised by aggressive villain. I am torn between check fold and CR push given the read of the villain. I'm pretty sure I just check fold this unless I at least had a gut shot straight draw with the mid kicker. I also don't like that there's a donkish UTG limper still to act who may also be thinking CR. The more I think about it...the more I think this is a fold even though you probably have the best hand. [/ QUOTE ] agree. |
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
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Betting out the flop sucks IMO. Any bet is at least 20% of your stack and is prone to being called or reraised by aggressive villain. I am torn between check fold and CR push given the read of the villain. I'm pretty sure I just check fold this unless I at least had a gut shot straight draw with the mid kicker. I also don't like that there's a donkish UTG limper still to act who may also be thinking CR. The more I think about it...the more I think this is a fold even though you probably have the best hand. [/ QUOTE ] I agree...why I said fold. But I don't know if villain ended up calling. My intention was if he intended to call, it would have been better to bet and maybe take down the pot at that moment. |
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
Check-fold.
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Re: $27 mid pair in BB
muck here, there isn't a huge chip disparity between yourself, the sb, and the button so chip accumulation isn't a huge factor. You simply have no information about what UTG could have and could easily bust here tryiing to get fancy.
The only times I like c/ring with mid pair is when I know and button is open raising with a-x and instead he open limps, sb folds, and I check in the bb and the flop comes a-y-x where y is the middle pair I flopped. You can pick off a lot of bets checking here versus fools. |
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