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To be honest, I wouldn’t have gone this far with A9. I don’t like it. I would have checked preflop and if he raised i would have folded. But, since the scenerio is this i think I just call
hugs, valerie

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Fold. I smell overpair here. And if it’s not – nicely played.

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a call from a super aggresive player compared to a raise is much more intimidating for an opponent who is at this skill level..

I like a call in this particular situation

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There is indeed a good possibility of an overpair, and still I would push here. You got a very nice flop for A9s, but there are tons of possible draws out there and almost any turn is going to be difficult to play. Still, now that I think about it, there’s the question: what’s he going to call you with that you can beat? Not much I guess. And would he try to bluff at you, considering your very aggressive table image? Hmm, probably not (although it is a continuation bet, he might easily have two overcards or a flush draw). So, on second thought, I also like folding.

Question for the staff: what actually happened?

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I just looked it up at HighStakesPokerReport: Brian did push all-in, Benyamine called and showed pocket Kings. It held up, and Benyamine won a pot of $91,200.

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Unfortunatlely, I knew the result, but still I will try to forget that.
I voted raise large (like 25k) : with these guys, the reraise pre-flop could mean any decent pair or AJ+. I think you have to raise large to get your information and to prevent your opponent from drawing.
A reraise would make AJ+ fold and if you’re called or reraised, you know you’re probably beat and you won’t put any more money in the pot, unless you get lucky on the turn.

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I think the staff nailed this one. I really don’t think this one is that terribly tricky.

TPTK is a huge hand heads up and I can’t see getting away from it here. And, any raise you make, other than a min-raise (have you ever seen these guys minraise? ever?) is going to commit you to the hand. David could push here with two overs and a flush draw, an overpair, a set, etc.

The aggressive nature of these players tends to build a ton of big pots and does not always allow for a lot of feeling out after the flop to determine where you stand.

David can 3-bet preflop with a huge range, since Townsend can raise with almost any two cards. David could have 3-bet with any ace; two broadway, suited connectors or gappers, or any pair. And, he’d most likely lead with any of those on the flop, putting Townsend to the test. Townsend can either fold or play back. And, when he plays back, David will have a better idea of where he stands. If he was playing a hand that totally missed – AKdd for example, or 55, or QJhh, he can fold, but if he’s got a set, an overpair, or a huge draw, he can make an easy call on Townsend.

Great play by Benyamine. He’s built this pot perfectly to get all of Townsend’s money if he catches anything at all since there’s no amount that he can properly raise to gain the information needed and still not pot-commit himself to the hand.

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I had him on overs, perhaps both clubs after the strong lead, something like KQ / KJ. We’re beating that, but he has outs.

I don’t like going broke on one pair. Then again, my heads up play needs work…

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With this being heads up in a cash game, you either fold (weakly, which leads to further issues later in the match) or with the stacks as they are, you are pretty much stuck with a push (pot commited with virtally any raise), depending on the read and the way the match has been going. Kings was as likey as AQs etc. I pushed and reloaded. In the long run, I think it was better to be strong and wrong than to weakly fold.

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I would have wrapped this hand up preflop, folding to the reraise if I thought it signified a real hand, and pushing if I thought it didn’t.

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If your not raising large here in a heads up game, especially highstakes your going to be on the losing end in the long run.

You could fold, but ud have to have one hell of a read on the guy.

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