Medium pair OOP | Daily Hand Quiz

Game type: $400 NL
Your image: Tight passive
Your hand: T♦T♠

Preflop: A few orbits ago you took down a big pot with a set and you’ve folded to several bets and raises recently. Player D has been very aggressive and you both have deep stacks. You’re dealt a nice pair of 10′s and make it $15 to go. Only Player D calls. The flop brings:

Q♦3♦9♣

What’s your play here? if you choose to bet, explain in the comments how you will react if Player D raises you.

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John B.

I’ll bet half the pot. If the dealer calls, I’m probably good and may bet again on the turn. But if he reraises big, he could have a Queen or even pocket 3s, so I’m folding.

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lespat

I don’t like building a pot preflop with 10 10 when everyone knows you’re a tight player. all you’re asking for is a tough decision on the flop and an even tougher one on the turn (i don’t even want to get into the river).

I say you limp preflop and then pot it. The hand will play mroe straightforward if the pot is smaller.

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Chad

If you’re afraid to “build a pot” with TT in a 2/4 6max game, then you shouldn’t be playing.

So ok let’s say you limp. The button (an aggressive player) makes it $18 to go. What now? You’re out of position AND he was the first to raise so you have no idea where you’re at.

I’d put in a 2/3 to a full pot sized bet and hope to take it down. If he just calls, I might fire again on the turn if both draws bricked…but that’s probably all the money I put into this pot.

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Mary

I bet 36 here, and I will either win or get called. If I get called, i’m in trouble. Without help I am betting $50 and that’s it, I cannot check.

If we are still playing I will most likely check on the river, and if unimproved I will lose (either not calling a bluff, or I was beat here.

My $15 preflop raise was good, what could he have called with after limping? He knew I was the deep stack, he could have waited for a better place, I am watching for a NINE, diamond draw, I don’t think any queen called the $15.

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Mary

SORRY, i HAD US REVERSED, I HAD HIM LIMPING, AND HE IS THE BIG STACK: HE CALLED ME FROM BUTTON. WEAK QUEEN BECOMES A POSSIBILITY. BUT MY BETTING DOESN’T CHANGE HERE, ALTHOUGH ON FOURTH STREET, I AM LESS LIKELY TO WAVE THE $50 OUT THERE AND JUST SURRENDER WITH A CHECK UNLESS CARD 4 IMPROVES ME .

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Joe

I’m with Chad on this one. lespat: you need to read a poker book. Pocket 10s is a monster hand 6-handed. Even after the flop the 10s may be best. Your agressive opponent prob. would have re-raised with a high pocket pair or even AQ. A 1/2 pot bet is incorrect as far as I’m concerned b/c he’ll read it as a standard continuation bet after a pre-flop raise and raise you, thinking you missed and took a shot with AK. If he calls the pot sized flop bet, I would fire again on the turn if a blank appears. A lot depends on what he’s been showing down. If he raises my flop bet, I would most likely fold, but I wouldn’t like it.

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Kyle

Bet with the intentioning of folding if he plays back at you. Be agressive and use your image to your advantage. Bet enough (36 would be good) to try to take it right now. If he calls I’m only playing if it gets checked down or i spike a 10.

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Then I am the only one who would check call twice and CR at second time if I get straightdraw without a possible flush.

Why to bet when better hand call / raise and worse hand fold. If I bet it get’s very likely that I will be bluffed out of the pot.

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