Multiway flop action, online MTT

DailyHandQuiz

Game type: $75 freezeout, Full tilt Poker
Stage of tourney: Early stages
Your image: Fairly tight
Opponent’s image:
Your hand: T♣T♥

The setup: You’re moving out of the early stages in this freezeout tournament when the following hand comes up. You get dealt tens in later position and one player in front of you limps. You raise and two players behind and the limper call. The flop brings a single overcard:

7♠4♣Q♠

Two players check and the action is to you. What’s your play?

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9 COMMENTS (Jump to comment form)

Dave

Fold? Bet not raise. Call? Oh the confusion ::facepalm::

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groundhog day

A small bet may enable you to see both turn and riiver. Fold to a raise.

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Nelson

Gotta bet to see where I’m at. Maybe nobody has a Queen, maybe somebody does. Betting is the only way to find out. I bet and probably fold to a raise. Depends. Hard to say with no read on opponents. If I was feeling tricky maybe I’d try to represent a flush if a 3rd spade hits. Either way though, this hand is not going to get any easier unless I bet to see where I’m at.

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samo

I’ll go for option D – check. This is a multi-way with an overcard and flush draw. Action is checked to hero, the p/f raiser. I would not read this as a sign of weakness, but standard play. Depending on the action and number of players, I’d probably check-call 1 player, but not more. Folding or Raising obviously don’t pertain since there is no action in front.

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Jay

Make a Pot Size Bet for three reasons

1)You want to see if any of the other players have a queen
2)Your defending against a the flush draw (Spades)
3)Your defending against a possible outside straight draw (if he called with 5,6 suited)

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Pirate21

Agree with Jay except for the size of the bet.
I think you can find out the same info betting a little over half the pot – somewhere around $450-500 and you don’t risk as much to a re-raise. That should be enough to chase the draws and will definitely tell you if you’re up against a Queen, 2pr or a set. Probably maybe enough to get you a free river card also.
Pot size bet nearly commits you to calling a re-raise – not a spot I want to be in with 2nd pair.

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McCowish

I check.

This is a case where a lot of the time, people who limp in will have QKo, QJ, Q10, sometimes Q9s, AQo maybe for G since we raised. Since it’s a 4 person pot, I’d rather check here to take a street off for pot control and raise if the turn blanks for value/ push out missed K and missed A and check the turn if an A, K or J comes.

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Bobbob

Fold. Always as much +EV as is raising after 2 people have checked. (Shove the options, staff ^^)

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Tipz

Check then Fold.

Somebody has hit a better hand than you 95% of the time.

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