Daily Hand Quiz

VA means 2nd bullet & possibly 3rd on the way. In the lead, VA’s urge is to pump (“hts”) At the same time, meeting resistance from tight image Opp, can shrivel up the Big Swinging Dick: It’s on to another hand, when he gets to drive the steamroller again.
I’d be inclined to call based on the conventional wisdom that you exploit over-aggro by letting them bet themselves silly.

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My play is “call.”

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Call. Why give away your hand now that you flopped so perfectly?

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Voted call. Shocked to see raise votes outnumber call votes 2:1. Amused by fold votes. Wonder if voting is accurate or if it reflects a prior quiz as seems to happen, especially in light of comments 100% in favor of call. Small sample size but still…

The only case I can make for raise is that calling looks fishy with no draws on board. But even then I can’t see v putting more money in pot in response to a raise v a call.

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Ah, yes, the weird voting patterns.

I’m on the West Coast, so I logged onto this site one evening a while back, minutes after the new quiz was posted. It already had 400 votes, scattered in some illogical way. Some 24 hours later, the vote total was up to about 450. So the folks who run the quiz are seeding the voting any way they feel like, just to get the conversation started.

This is a pretty obvious call, given our read on Villain. The hand gets slightly more interesting if he checks the turn and we have to decide whether to bet.

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If V’s lead were for a smaller amount, I might consider a min-raise but that would be pretty hard to pull off at this point.
If our opponent is paying attention, our tight-ish image isn’t really helping us much. When we call, he’s got to put us on nothing worse than TT+ / QJ+ and unless the board gives him hope, there’s a good chance he slows down on the turn.
I’d like to know what we’ve seen him show down with in past hands – does he play aggro with ATC? or should we give him credit for at least hitting the board? Our hand is very strong right now, but as with any agg opponent we really can’t know what we’re afraid of here.
- I suspect that’s the logic of those who voted to raise… the more cards come out, the more susceptible our aces are to being cracked. Also, looking at the stacks… if V fires again on the turn it looks like all the chips are going in the middle and if our hand hasn’t improved, we’d be doing that fairly early (based on stack sizes)with just an over pair to the board.
That said, I’m still calling. If he fires again on the turn and I still believe I’m ahead, I’ll shove and put him to the test.

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I’m with the calling contingent for a few reasons – Agg opponent; dry flop; disguised hand strength.

Raising may eliminate getting a 2nd barrel fired on the turn. Even if they check, you may be able to induce a call with a lightish lead, suggesting your nit image is ‘taking a stab.’ If V fires the turn, I’d raise.

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Im probably doing the wrong thing value-wise, but Im raising and hoping he goes nuts with a queen. He might figure we’re playing back against his aggro image. Truth is, theres a lot that can go wrong here so i want the money in while Im pretty sure im ahead. If we call, he can either hit a card and end up ahead, or he can check-fold air on the turn which is pretty likely after getting called by a tight opp. If he has a Queen and is going to fire again, he would call a flop raise anyway. We fold out middle pairs that might take another shot, but we protect against getting outdrawn. Pros and cons. Like I said…its probably not the right move value-wise, but Im raising it up and happy taking a decent pot down, as well as letting him know we wont be bullied.

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Raise! U were stupid to just call pre-flop and now your paying the price.
Win the pot now and don’t let him get to a better hand without paying the price.

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