The Greatest Hand I've Ever Played

[UOPokerPlayer]

I'm so happy.

Villian is solid and generally unknown.

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

MP ($92.65)
Hero ($97.50)
Button ($97.50)
SB ($116.15)
BB ($49.90)
UTG ($107.29)

Preflop: Hero is CO with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.50.
UTG calls $1, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $5</font>, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, SB (poster) calls $4.50, BB calls $4, UTG folds.

Flop: ($16) 2[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
SB checks, BB checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $10</font>, <font color="#CC3333">SB raises to $40</font>, BB folds, Hero folds.

Final Pot: $66

[DaveduFresne]

I've seen KK played exactly the way villain played his hand...why are you happy with yourself?

[Macquarie]

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I've seen KK played exactly the way villain played his hand...why are you happy with yourself?

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or QQ or JJ probably too.

[pokerjoker]

Against an unknown he could be

1. semi bluffing a straight draw
2. Have tt-kk
3. ~5% have total air
4. ~20% have top pair.

The remaining hands beat you. Do you have the ~60% chance of winning that you need to push here?

Unless theres an uber tight read on villan I vote push.

[Macquarie]

[ QUOTE ]
Against an unknown he could be

1. semi bluffing a straight draw
2. Have tt-kk
3. ~5% have total air
4. ~20% have top pair.

The remaining hands beat you. Do you have the ~60% chance of winning that you need to push here?

Unless theres an uber tight read on villan I vote push.

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If he has a straight draw, it better be a gutshot. Push must be the worst option here. We have to keep JJ/QQ/KK in. Better to flat call and see what he does on the turn. We don't fear free cards, so we might as well let him bluff off more chips or commit himself with TP or overpair.

I'd have bet a little more on the flop; you look weak, increasing the chance of someone playing back at you and putting you to tough decisions.

[DaveduFresne]

I like the flat call also. Its really a tough hand to play without a better read. I know plenty of players online that are tight enough that I could fold to the reraise.

But folding to a reraise with a board thats pretty good for pocket aces is pretty weak tight in my book. I'm sure most players that play with me consider me pretty tight, but if I see a weak flop bet and I feel I have a good chance of taking the pot down, I might make a reraise like that with air or with something as weak as a gutshot. Not that I do it often, but even a tightie like me occasionally moves on a tight player when he senses weakness.

Getting back to the hand in question, there are certain boards and situations where you can fold Aces on the flop to a single raise. Without a much stronger read on villain, this is not one of them.

[Big_Jim]

You nit.

Call the flop, move all in on the turn, without a reed.

[pokerjoker]

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You nit.

Call the flop, move all in on the turn, without a reed.

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ya...i like this a bit more than my line....really anything but fold.

[amoeba]

very very few people do this with the straight draw here.

whether he would do this with KK-JJ, I don't know.

[whittiphil]

I think people are giving you too much of a hard time. IT's marginal... but he could easily have 99. I would call, but I think your line is ok.