Axs hand 6: please comment

ResidentParanoid · #1 11-20-2003, 12:20 PM

Last one. Made a hand. Looks like he did too. How did I do?

Party Poker 3/6 (9 handed)
ResidentParanoid has 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] and is SB

MP1 limps, Button folds, ResidentParanoid limps, BB checks

Flop(3 SB): 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

ResidentParanoid checks, BB checks, MP1 bets, ResidentParanoid raises, BB folds, MP1 calls

Turn(3 1/2 BB): 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

ResidentParanoid bets, MP1 raises, ResidentParanoid calls

River(7 1/2 BB): 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

ResidentParanoid checks, MP1 bets, ResidentParanoid calls

Guido · #2 11-24-2003, 07:35 PM

I think you overplayed this hand. Why don't you just play it the normal way? Bet the flop, call a raise and check-fold the turn if you don't improve? On the turn you can lay it down. You have kickerproblems and the MP probably made his flush.

ThingDo · #3 11-24-2003, 07:43 PM

Guido... on the turn he has two pair.

astroglide · #4 11-24-2003, 07:43 PM

bet the flop. worse hands will call, and you can't afford to hand out spades.

rkiray · #5 11-24-2003, 09:58 PM

I don't think this hand is anywhere near strong enough to check raise flop. Bet instead. After that I can't give advice without knowing how the table in general has been playing and MP1 in particular is playing. There is a huge difference depending on if he's a rock or a maniac, solid to clueless, or most likely, somewhere in between.

Guido · #6 11-25-2003, 10:50 AM

Yuck, I see. That's what you get when you read 4 or 5 Axs hands after each other. Like I said, when he improved he should call. Just play these hand the normal way, I just don't like the C/R on the flop. His hand isn't that strong.

ResidentParanoid · #7 11-25-2003, 10:51 AM

I planned to check-raise here if the button bet, hoping to trap a bluff, and maybe get another weak ace to lay it down. Also, I charge the spade semi-bluff 2 small bets and often wipe out the caller in-between. I figured a good ace would have raised pre-flop. Is it reasonable to try this with this kind of hand on the flop from time to time? On the turn I think betting out is straightforward, although I get surprised by the button's raise (doh!).

ResidentParanoid · #8 11-25-2003, 10:54 AM

I describe in my message below what I was trying to do with the check-raise. If player in-between had bet, I likely would have just folded. I think this was a reasonable player (not a maniac, not a rock). His raise on the turn was a lot of information. Should I fold it there?

ResidentParanoid · #9 11-25-2003, 10:55 AM

See my response to astroglide for my thinking on the flop check-raise. What do you think?

ResidentParanoid · #10 11-25-2003, 11:17 AM

Board: 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

I have 5 [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] for two pair on the turn.

MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] hits his flush on the turn. Duh.