For this quiz, you’ll be playing as my opponent. This comes from a micro-limit game that I played yesterday on Bodog.
You’re on the button playing a .05/.10 cash game. You don’t have a lot of information on the other players… you’ve seen the UTG+1 (me) has only played 1 hand in the last 10, which he won with top pair and fairly aggressive betting. UTG+1 has a stack of $13.09.
UTG calls. UTG+1 raises to $0.40. MP1 folds. MP2 calls. LP folds. You have $12.55 behind you and on the button (OTB) with 2
2
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Loading …You actually call.
SB folds. BB folds. UTG calls. The pot is at $1.75.
The flop comes T
T
7
UTG checks. UTG+1 bets $0.70. MP folds.
Loading …You actually call. UTG folds. Two players. The pot is now $3.15.
The turn comes 8
UTG+1 checks.
Loading …You actually raise $1.60. UTG+1 thinks for a little bit, then calls. The pot is now $6.35.
The river comes J
UTG+1 bets $3.00.
Loading …You actually go all-in for $9.85.
UTG+1 thinks for a little bit and then calls showing 9 9… taking down the pot of $26.05 with a Jack high straight.
For my thoughts, see the comments… and let me know why you would play it the way you did!
3 responses so far ↓
David // Nov 16, 2007 at 10:29 am
5-1: You should fold this! In a heartbeat. Pocket 2s are just not even close to be good enough to allow you to cold-call… even with the button.
5-2: Okay… so that flop probably isn’t that bad. It’s very unlikely that this flop hit. UTG+1 raised pre-flop and this is probably a continuation bet to win the pot right there. Still… you don’t really have anything… you were hoping to hit a set on the flop and now the odds of you hitting your set is nearly 11 to 1. You should fold.
Even if you plan on trying to win this on a later street, I think it’s a bad time… you’re opponent has shown solid aggression through out this hand and raised from a fairly early position… you don’t have a lot of info to go on, but seeing as he’s only played one other hand out of ten, he seems tight… The odds of a decent pocket pair are pretty good.
To make matters worse, you have a another player behind you left to act. And even though they checked… you have to wonder why they’re in the hand.
5-3: This is a bad card for the texture of the board. Now in addition to a higher pocket pair (I mean, everything is higher than what you have), now there’s a potential straight. The fact that your opponent check could be weakness or could be cause they are trapping with something like J9 (although, I think that’s unlikely). I’d check here and be thankful we got a free river card to make a set.
Raising to represent a straight is probably a bad play for the simple reason that your opponent is unlikely to believe you. You’ve not shown any aggression until this point. You would have to have J9 to make the straight. We already said that seems like a pretty unlikely holding. I doubt you’re opponent will believe it either. A bet here would like a draw trying to win the hand.
5-4: Okay. The fact that you’re opponent called your bet means that they have something. And their continued aggression on the river means that the Jack doesn’t seem to scare them. The $3 bet here seems to scream value bet.
So… what are the likely hands they could have? JJ, JTs, 99… AT also seems possible (KT and QT seem too loose given the player). All these hands fit the betting so far.
FOLD
Going all-in here is simply horrible. Even if you’re opponent didn’t have a straight or full house, they’re likely to see through you’re bluff because of how you played the hand so far…. showing very little aggression except for the river screams bluff.
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Themofro // Mar 26, 2008 at 9:05 pm
part 1: The player in UT+1 has a hand, however unless he has a pair then you’re a bit better then even money, and you’ll have position in the hand, so I’d call.
Part 2: This is a slightly bad flop for you as a ten’s a bad card to see (along with a ace it’s the card you least want to see in this type of position as tens are used in more straights then any other card) however there are two of them so it’s not a disaster. However, there’s solid action in front of you and at least one of your opponents probably has a pair which has you slaughtered. I’d fold here, although it’s not inconceivable to take a shot at it and stick in a big raise here in the hopes that they we’re both playing with face cards and UTG+1 was making a continuation bet.
Note: calling I think is weak here, you either have to make a move here or fold as your opponent will probably come at you again on the turn and you might not be able to call it.
Part 3 The 8’s a decent card as you’re opponents bets don’t make sense for a hand like J9 and he probably won’t chase an inside straight draw (and if he did have a hand like 8-8 or a bigger pair you were already dead pretty much). Here’s a good opportunity to bluff as it’s possible he just has two face cards and had made a continuation bet on the flop. I’d bet about half the pot here, but if he calls or raises just give up, you won’t win the hand (unless you hit a two-outer on the river, although even this isn’t a guaranteed win)
Part 4: Since he didn’t fold to your bluff, he probably has a pair in which case you’re dead. Also the J was a bad card as it could have helped him, try to check it down, if he comes at you I’d probably fold.
Note: Going all in is terrible here, you haven’t represented a hand big enough to make a move like this, and you’re making a big overbet (practically screams a bluff).
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