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AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
Villain (cutoff) is flatlander55. I have 252 hands on him and he is 17% VP$IP, 4% PFR, 1.3 tot. aggr. He's got a decent stack. I've only been at the table 1 or 2 orbits, and he hasn't been in many hands or looking like he's pushing people around.
Party Poker No-Limit Hold'em, $ BB (10 handed) converter SB ($24.75) BB ($66.4) UTG ($14.8) UTG+1 ($24.5) UTG+2 ($24.75) Hero ($19.75) MP2 ($23.8) MP3 ($65.25) CO ($52.75) Button ($42.62) Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]. SB posts a blind of $0.1. <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.25, <font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises to $0.75</font>, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, CO calls $0.75, Button calls $0.75, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, UTG+1 calls $0.50. Flop: ($3.35) K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(4 players)</font> UTG+1 checks, <font color="#CC3333">Hero bets $2</font>, CO calls $2, Button folds, UTG+1 folds. Turn: ($7.35) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font> Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">CO bets $7</font>, Hero folds. Final Pot: $14.35 This is where it would certainly be nice to have some stats about what kind of things he calls raises with. His VP$IP is almost as low as mine so I'm inclined to give him credit for not calling 3X BB without something better than AJ. Maybe he has a middle pair or something, maybe KQ suited, but after the flop I wouldn't be calling a $2 bet without AQ or better. I might raise with something like AT suited, but I wouldn't flat call in his position. I probably shouldn't be giving him this much credit, though, because he doesn't have very high aggression. Still, I wasn't confident making a move here, so I figure I better fold and wait for someone who isn't a solid player to butt heads with. |
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Re: AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
Limp in there pre-flop. Raising marginal hands will only get you calls from better hands.
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Re: AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
Fold this preflop, *especially* if a relatively tight player has called under the gun.
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Re: AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
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Limp in there pre-flop. Raising marginal hands will only get you calls from better hands. [/ QUOTE ] How do you justify this? Isn't AJo a hand that you should either raise or fold? It's certainly not a drawing hand, so I don't want a lot of limpers to the flop. [ QUOTE ] Fold this preflop, *especially* if a relatively tight player has called under the gun. ryan [/ QUOTE ] The player UTG folded, and a loose player UTG+1 limped. |
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Re: AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
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How do you justify this? Isn't AJo a hand that you should either raise or fold? It's certainly not a drawing hand, so I don't want a lot of limpers to the flop. [/ QUOTE ] You raise here and which hands call you? AQ and AK. You limp here and Ax limps behind. |
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Re: AJ flops AK3 ... standard play against tight villain?
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How do you justify this? Isn't AJo a hand that you should either raise or fold? It's certainly not a drawing hand, so I don't want a lot of limpers to the flop. [/ QUOTE ] this isn't limit...you may win some small pots raising AJo against half the table, but you'll lose a lot of big ones when someone plays a hand that dominates you. it's better to limp in so that you can see the flop cheaply and try to hit a big hand that you might stack someone with. i treat AJ as a draw to a straight...i muck it unless there are a couple of limpers ahead of me. |
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