Top pair against early position raiser, ITM of the Sunday Million

Love the new site layout!

Why the heck is the option “Fold” not available?

I am a total nit, and that was what I was looking for.

This looks very muck like AK, AQ and the like. And I’m not going to call that sized a bet and then fold. And I don’t like calling down half my stack with a split as best case scenario.
If he should ever be on AJ, I like better just shoving before a scarecard hits.

I think an attempt to gain information preflop or in the flop is a must against a conservative player.I probably should have raised him on the flop not waiting to the turn to do so where thwe odds make this call almost mandatory probably being a loser.

BTW, what does OPR mean?

I voted call/call, because I don’t think I’m able to raise him off this hand. But first I was looking for the “Fold” option too.

I would have raised the flop bet to get some extra information and I’m going along with drhoho that my opponent’s hand looks exactly like AK or AQ.

@Alekhine11
For information about OPR see www.officialpokerrankings.com

I also wanted the fold option, against a tight player, as described, the turn bet is all you need to know that you’re probably chopping or behind to AQ/K. Do you want to risk 175K to see if you can take down half of the existing pot - only 70K?

I liked the old layout better.

wait, did you guys take this hand from my play in the FTP 750k guarantee last night?

i voted call/call even though i knew i was probably against AK, proving Monday morning that I have learned nothing since yesterdays game.

i wish there was a fold option as well, just so i can see who knows to fold AQ in this situ and they can explain to me how the hell you get away.

pokers the worst game ever.

Definitely a tough hand to get away from Mr. Bong. Especially late in a tourney. The only way i think you can get away from a hand like this is by raising earlier to extract more information. An earlier raise might eliminate a weaker Ace or a lower pair. However, I think the turn bet pretty much tells me I’m beat. Hate to play it that way but I guess the best you can to is begrudgingly call the hand down and pray, while being happy that you didn’t lose more than you did.

Its so obvious that they have AK… thats why I re-raise on the turn and then hit the miracle queen on the river.

I only wanna say one thing to the DHQ staff>

This new layout ~bug~ at 800×600 pc +D

This is a tough spot because you called the preflop raise in the first place. I might not have done that here. This is a difficult game to play when you have a decent piece of the flop and are not the aggressor.

Seriously consider folding ALL hands early where you will not be the aggressor.

Obviously the fold button was added because that’s my vote.

I think the staff most likely gave him a pretty liberal range at UTG+1. My range for a tight player playing above his normal buy-in in early position with so much money on the line and considering that he has been playing pretty abc tight poker has got to be JJ+/AQ+.

And, I think his entire range is leading on the flop. He has every right to represent AK even if he is holding JJ/QQ/KK. However, the fact that we call has to let him know that the ace does not scare us. Would he really fire again? Probably not. And, I think even a hand like AQ might check/call here. I think his lead on the turn narrows his range really to AK/AA.

Based on this very narrow range, I think we can safely fold here and just let it go.

As far as the comments go to raise to see where we are at, I think in this case, it’s somewhat spewy. You’ll find out exactly where you stand by making that flat call on the flop and then examining our opponents reaction on the turn. His bet on the turn gives us exactly the same information as us raising the flop, but at a much lower cost.

So, let it go. Our villain has too much invested in the pot to push him off of AK. He may not like your aggression here with a shove, but he won’t be able to lay down AK/AQ.