Amusing AKs hand

[Aaron W.]

UTG is a little LAGgy. He likes betting his draws and has been caught bet-folding the turn a couple times, making me believe that he's probably bluffing in a few spots. He keeps hitting his 5-out draws to two pair and trips on me. Everyone else is new to the table (within 10 hands).

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Preflop: Hero is BB with A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls, MP calls, Button calls, SB completes, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, UTG calls, MP calls, Button calls, SB calls.

Flop: (10 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(5 players)</font>
SB checks, Hero ...

[McGahee]

You're just begging somebody to say "bet and hope UTG raises". OK I'll bite.

[HouseCalls]

OK I'll bite too. I almost always lead out here unless I'm checking just to vary my play...

[rafct]

This is interesting. I almost never lead out this with:
no position,
many opponents,
very coordinated flop.
Can betting out be a good move?

[2+2 wannabe]

I never lead out here - check:

1. you don't have the best hand 99% of the time
2. there's 4 others on a draw-heavy board - you're not folding everyone
3. you don't want to pay two bets to see the turn (if it's two coming back you're probably folding, but have to call if you bet and get raised)

[RustyCJ]

*grunch*

agree with the others, you might get 1 fold here but 2 and maybe 3 are staying around. No one had to call 2 cold to get in so it's much more difficult to put a range on the hands that might be out against you. Out of position with a draw heavy flop, I don't bet here either.

[McGahee]

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I never lead out here - check:

1. you don't have the best hand 99% of the time
2. there's 4 others on a draw-heavy board - you're not folding everyone
3. you don't want to pay two bets to see the turn (if it's two coming back you're probably folding, but have to call if you bet and get raised)

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The key is that UTG is the most likely guy to raise and we may have a better hand than him.
We might not get everyone to fold, but we could very well fold hands we want to fold. If 96 coldcalls it's not a big deal, but if A7 folds because they're facing 2 cold that's a huge plus for us.

[McGahee]

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*grunch*

agree with the others

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[RustyCJ]

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*grunch*

agree with the others

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I agreed with what previous posters had said, what's to be confused about?

[Aaron W.]

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*grunch*

agree with the others

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I agreed with what previous posters had said, what's to be confused about?

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That contradicts *grunch*