Simple NLHE problem that I should know the answer to

Acesover8s · #1 03-06-2004, 03:08 AM

$2-$4 NLHE, I am in the SB ($220) with a couple of chicks. 4 limpers (very good game). Cutoff (more money than me) makes it $24 to go.

I say, oh no, it'll be $80 to go this time around pal. Folded back to him and he just calls.

Flop comes 27K rainbow. Whats my move?

And to illustrate this isn't a bad beat story, he does have AK and I do river a queen. . .

crockpot · #2 03-06-2004, 03:13 AM

two important questions to ask:

- will he call for all his chips with 88-JJ if i bet?

- will he bet 88-JJ if i check, or maybe bluff with AQ, AJ?

the answers to these questions should point you to the correct play. if the answer to the first is yes, bet all-in. if the answers are no and yes respectively, check and call. if they're no and no, check-fold.

Acesover8s · #3 03-08-2004, 01:24 AM

Thanks crock, perfect response, succinct and brilliant.

I owe you my secondborn child. Well, maybe you can have the first now that I think of it.

d'Amphoux · #4 03-08-2004, 03:42 AM

One thing you didnt mention was his stack size. Where was the stack advantage? Also, unless you know his betting style, for lots of players in a 2/4 NL game, the $24 bet could mean just about anything.

However, if you give him credit for calling your re-raise, you have to put him on AK or a good pair. I don't see an all-in bet being warranted with the K on the flop (my humble opinion). If you check, you learn nothing. Only way to know, and only way to stay and win, is to bet something into him. If he comes over the top, smell a K or a set and let him take it. If he smooth calls, I would be warry of a trap, but still come back on the turn hoping he has an irrelevent pair.

Frankly, it's a tough hand to play. I'm interested to see how you played it, and more importantly, how he responded.