Set on threatening board, FTOPS event

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Game type: $1000 2x chance, Full Tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: During rebuy
Your image: Aggressive
Opponent’s image: No strong read
Your hand: 6♦6♣

The setup: You’ve built a stack so far in this FTOPS event with some very aggressive play and one strong showdown.

This event allows one FREE rebuy when you bust in the first two hours. You’re still in the rebuy period.

This hand you get 66 in the BB. A middle position player raises to 350 and the SB calls. You call and flop a set:

T♥7♣6♥

The SB checks and you bet the pot, 1050. The raiser folds and the SB calls. The turn completes the flush: J♥.

The SB checks. What’s your play?

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DHQ Staff

If your opponent hasn’t taken his rebuy yet, then I would just keep firing huge bullets. Sure, he could be on hearts, but he could have also just made two pair or a pair to go along with a straight draw. Plus, you’re deep enough that he might be motivated make some ill advised bluff with the rebuy in his pocket.

If your opponent has taken their rebuy already, I’m playing a little more cautiously, as we’re pretty deep. I’d either check back or put out a smaller second barrel and try to get to a cheapish showdown.

What actually happened: You checked and the river brought a black ace. The SB bet pot and you called. He showed AJ.

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Bespoker

I’d take the free card and then make a decision on the end. He might shove as a result but if you raised him at this stage he might shove anyway so at least this way you can make that decision with all cards on the deck.

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Richard P

I have no idea what would check call a pot bet out of position on that wet flop (any top / two pair / trips should check raise, flush draw not getting the expressed odds with no idea if implied there too) and then check again (def not a flopped straight) so I check behind hoping to pick off a bluff if no 4th heart comes on the end. I think betting here is -EV as opp will either insta fold or raise us off if did call pot bet with hearts (in which case deny him his implied odds and hope for board to pair!). Sure we could let a 4th heart peel off and lose the pot, but better risk / reward by checking and calling the river bet.

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Runefs

I went for bet-call. I follow Richards reasoning but I’m more confident that I know what he’s holding. The only hand I would fear on the flop based on the flop action would be 89h but that does not fit well with the preflop action. If we’re behind we have 10 outs (unless he’s holding TT or JJ) so if there’s a little more than 25% we’re ahead it’s a flip. Since we’re seen as aggressive he’s check call might just be a sign that he’s weak atm but think we’re stealing. Bad play if that’s true but he wouldn’t be the first to make that play

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John Kugelman

Check behind for pot control and to induce a river bet from top pair or two pair. If the villain has a flush or 89 then we can pay off one bet, but given our image we’ll also get bet at by JT and AT. While it’s normally a good idea for balance to play a strong hand like this as aggressively as we have our previous hands, this board’s a little too drawy for my taste and I prefer not to put three bets into the pot.

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samo2

I’d probably lead for about 1/3 pot. Don’t like the idea of a free card. Villain may fold and I’ll gladly add another 18% to my stack. If raised, fold since priced-out of a riv win (quads or fh). With $17K in chips, I’m prepared to play this hand a bit more aggressively without losing control of the pot. If the riv is a miss, I’d call a small value bet and fold to anything larger.

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_CityBorn_

im leading strong, and if he raises less then all in im reraising, if its all in, i call. so i voted bet-reraise to indicate i want to get all the money in asap. we have the best hand right now, our image is aggressive, and villain is calling pot sized bets. cant let him catch a free card to make a 4 flush or straight just because he floats a flop against an aggressive player during the rebuy period. this is how you get your image to pay -when those factors come together. he either has something, doesnt believe us, and will pay, or we avoid disaster and maintain our image by staying aggressive.

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dick

or he has the flush and you go broke

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_CityBorn_

actually, dick, if you notice, villain has 8200 chips. we have 17k. so in the unlikely event he has the flush, we are going to lose 8200 chips 80% of the time as we have a redraw to a boat or quads. IF we dont hit, we are then squarely in the middle of the pack as far as chips. not broke. and, of course, even if he has the flush, we could hit, and that would make us a huge stack, changing the direction of the tournament for us.

far more likely events are:

A) he folds
B) he pays us with second best hand.

equally unlikely events:

he calls with a heart, straight draw, or higher pocket pair and makes a better hand on the river, in which case betting was the right play anyway.

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dalil

check and call on the river.

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The Online Sports Bettor

Bet. No free cards to draws and weaker hands.

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