Good Fold?

EvoLoN · #1 01-19-2005, 12:14 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.25 BB (8 handed) converter

MP2 ($4.60)
CO ($16.15)
Button ($13.40)
Hero ($9.75)
BB ($13.30)
UTG ($27.55)
UTG+1 ($12.35)
MP1 ($7.55)

Preflop: Hero is SB with K[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. CO posts a blind of $0.25.
UTG folds, UTG+1 raises to $1, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, CO (poster) folds, Button calls $1, Hero raises to $2.75, BB folds, UTG+1 calls $1.75, Button calls $1.75.

Flop: ($8.75) A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (3 players)
Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, Button bets $2, Hero folds, UTG+1 folds.

Final Pot: $10.75

NoTalent · #2 01-19-2005, 12:24 PM

Looks good to me. You made a pot sized raise, and got two callers. You can probally figure one of them for an ace. I hate to let them go, but I think in this case you have to.

Did you have any reads on these two?

EvoLoN · #3 01-19-2005, 12:27 PM

no reads, i had just sat down at the table a minute before this hand.

kurto · #4 01-19-2005, 12:44 PM

My comments are very player and table dependent so please take them as nothing more then food for thought...

Obviously, you would want to change your play based on your opponents. I was at a table where I noted someone who raised mostly with pairs but didn't seem to be raising with AK/AQ. I noted that people's raises were high with PP then with AK. Also... many people will call with any ace, knowing that if someone raised with a PP and an ace hit, they would often check-it, and then it was theirs. But would fold to any strenght assuming the person then would have to have AK or AQ.

In situations like this, I would raise with decent pocket pair. I would bet 2/3-the full pot if it flopped undercards OR if an ace hit. I've had people fold and say, "I hate my kicker".

Also... I've called a raise with pocket 5s. The raise screamed pocket pair. I was really playing for a set. But when an ace flopped, they checked it to me... I made a small bet and they folded.

My point? Depending on my read of the table, I definitely wouldn't have given up this hand here. A semi-bluff can work here depending on the caliber of your opponents.