Daily Hand Quiz

I voted check. I don’t like the idea of giving the opportunity for an over-card to hit, but also don’t want to get c-r from an opponent who may be anxious to play a big pot. Since hero has position, I’d try and control the size of the pot with this hand.

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Tony G Reply:
December 11th, 2009 at 4:55 am

Agreed. Not thrilled about letting an ace or king hit the turn but check for pot control.

You have a pretty strong hand but a check raise would be sick, it minimizes losses if he has an over pair and could induce a bluff from Ax type hands on the turn.

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I’d bet under half pot.

We’re behind so few hands here and our opponent almost certainly has overcards so when we bet under half pot he will peel in position almost 100% of the time in a hand such as this where there was a 3-bet preflop.

He may also play back at us and I’d be pretty happy to get my money all in here in that case.

If we check here we may as well fold the hand as we’ll have no information about where we are at and will be unable to make any sound turn or river decisions when the overcards fall.

I’d be happy to take the hand down here, but I think its most likely we get called. I’d fire 100% of the turn cards and be willinging to consider a check-fold on the river if we keep getting called.

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00 Reply:
December 13th, 2009 at 12:55 pm

+1 except for c/f river since we have position (we would just check through)

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I bet 1/2 or less here. A check yields too little information. Watch for over cards and don’t get too excited about this beatable boat.

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im going half or less also. i think we need to get value from what is likely the best hand. since we’re lag, i think opp doesnt quite know how to play us here (do we have a pair? could we really have flopped quads?) the point of getting an opponent confused or “fed up” is to make money when that confusion strikes and you hold the cards. checking for pot control here goes against the whole point of playing a lag style.

sure, id be a little sick if he repops us big, but i just dont see that happening. i think worse case scenario if we’re behind is he calls here, we check behind on the turn and call a river bet. probably lose around the same amount any which way we play it unless we fold (which isnt happening).

since we’re lag, and he’s frustrated, its probably hard for him to put us on a hand. he’d have to be concerned we might have a 7 or a pair so he’ll play it slow if hes got high cards or a low pair. and if hes got aces or kings, he might not want to scare us off. so the betting will probably stay reasonable regardless.

in the likely event we’re ahead, we want to get money from non believers and certainly avoid giving free cards to a hand made of overcards.

get that money.

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Shaun Reply:
December 12th, 2009 at 7:24 pm

I agree half or less. As LAG the BB probably expects us to bet here with a check into us. Dependent on what the BB has a bet over 1/2 pot might actually have him put down some hands as its too pricey. Yet a bet at or just below 1/2 pot should keep the non believer in and get us value for what could well be the best hand here. We get information and should the turn fall blank, and we get checked to, we could bet over 1/2 pot there and take the pot away then. This after picking the best spot to obtain value as a LAG on this hand in my opinion, the flop. If he raises the turn we re-evaluate. If he calls the turn, maybe he’ll check the river and we get get free showdown option.

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on that flop 35-45% Cbet looks like it wants a call. lose less when u get cr’ed too since u have been opening wide from late po IMO.

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We’re pretty much at the top of our range and given image I think we have to bet and give him the chance to spew. I’d agree with betting small as well, although not sure I’d actually bet less than half the pot.

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Well, I’m always the one to gamble, but I’d bet over half the pot. If he really is that fed up, I have to give him something that might look like a bluff with KQ or A-whatever.
He’ll either fold or push, if he pushes he has any pair or ace high, we’re winning.

I don’t want to lose that possibility to turn overcard. And fuck pot control here

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