Set of 7's

McNeese72 · #1 08-16-2005, 09:19 AM

I haven't posted a hand in awhile, but this hand had me scratching my head. I had only played a couple dozen hands with the villain and his numbers weren't too bad. When he really became aggressive on the turn, I was thinking he probably had a straight but it was hard for me to back off. When I made a boat on the river, I was feeling good and then he reraised me.

What does the villain have and should keep the pedal to the metal?

How should I have played this hand on the turn and the river?

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Preflop: Hero is BB with 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
1 fold, UTG+1 calls, MP1 calls, MP2 calls, 3 folds, SB :#A500AF(Villain)/ completes, Hero checks.

Flop: (5 SB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (5 players)
Villain bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 calls, MP1 folds, MP2 folds, Villain calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) J[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (3 players)
Villain bets, Hero raises, UTG+1 calls, Villain 3-bets, Hero caps, UTG+1 folds, Villain calls.

River: (15.50 BB) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Villain bets, Hero raises, Villain 3-bets, Hero ?

Dave G. · #2 08-16-2005, 09:26 AM

...folds?

I cap this somewhere near the vicinity of 100% of the time. Villain has QJ.

davelin · #3 08-16-2005, 09:29 AM

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Villain has QJ.

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If Villain here has QJ I'll eat my hat.

jrz1972 · #4 08-16-2005, 09:30 AM

Easy cap.

If you were playing live and didn't have a cap HU, it would be interesting to debate how many more raises to put in, but this particular decision isn't interesting at all. If your two-card boat loses to a bigger two-card boat or quads, you're supposed to lose a ton of money.

jrz1972 · #5 08-16-2005, 09:32 AM

As long as we're guessing hands for villain, I am guessing he had QQ since the OP was confused about the way the hand played out.

A more realistic guess is something like KT.

Dave G. · #6 08-16-2005, 09:36 AM

Careful. I said that in another post and guess what happened...

Anyway, on second thought the river probably sways me away from QJ, but from the perspective of the turn I think it's reasonable. I don't see villain leading a flop like this with KT very often, but another set is likely having reconsidered the river action.

McNeese72 · #7 08-16-2005, 09:43 AM

Well, I capped the river. I'll tell you what the villain had later.

macdaddy991 · #8 08-16-2005, 09:46 AM

If villan shows you a higher boat, then thank party for their cap limit.

McNeese72 · #9 08-16-2005, 09:49 AM

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but another set is likely having reconsidered the river action.

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But if I had been the villain, I would have been raising pre-flop with 99, JJ, or QQ.

grjr · #10 08-16-2005, 09:57 AM

If I'm in this hand then Villain has J9 99.2% of the time. I don't cap the river for sanity reasons.