Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 1:19 pm Post subject: Bah...This line turns my cards face-up right?
Villan is TAG, Hero has been playing TAG
Hand #19686760562 begins at 2008/08/17
Dealing down cards
Dealt to blah730235
blah730235 posts the small blind of $0.02
spotza posts the big blind of $0.05
onlyleif calls $0.05.
BallingBall folds.
jimnphx calls $0.05.
PoeticKing raises to $0.25.
lmatt-hew80 folds.
bletou folds.
blah730235 raises to $1.10.
spotza folds.
onlyleif folds.
jimnphx folds.
PoeticKing calls $0.85.
Dealing Flop
blah730235 checks.
PoeticKing bets $0.50.
blah730235 raises to $2.20.
This check on the flop turns my cards face-up pratically correct?
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Posted: Sun Aug 17, 2008 2:30 pm Post subject: Re: Bah...This line turns my cards face-up right?
blah730235 wrote:
This check on the flop turns my cards face-up pratically correct?
Not neccessarily, when you've raised preflop and have a caller with position you should be checking a fair amount of flops. You can't blindly c-bet every flop, and thinking players will know this. You should be balancing your checks with check/raises and occasionally bluff check/raises too. Of course you'd need to be fairly confidant that your opponent will bet when you check with a big hand.
Joined: 05 Feb 2006 Posts: 2530 Location: Edinburgh
Posted: Mon Aug 18, 2008 5:53 am Post subject:
Although Hero has flopped the nuts on the flop the hand is still vulnerable. A Jack or a Queen on the turn would at least slow down the action and may even beat Hero if villain has QQ or JJ. To me there is a lot to lose by checking the hand and little to gain.
I don't see much point in the check-raise too. It might scare away AK or some other weak hand that might have called a bet. I would be wanting to bet gradually until the river when hopefully I will have most or all of villains chips.
I'm going to just bet about half the pot and hope villain has AK or a set or decides not to give up on JJ or QQ just yet.
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