Daily Hand Quiz

min re-raise him back lol.

we’re very aggressive and he’s expecting us to keep doing that when he re-raises, so go ahead and give him what he wants and let him think we’re being predictable. little does he know we have the goods.

this is where we get paid off is by doing the same thing here that a hyper aggro would do with ace high. he’s clearly not a believer, so keep doing what he is expecting. I guess he’s taking a stand with a pair. woops.

acting opposite your image when you finally have the goods is the best way to get no action. checking and calling from here on out would be very poor, and would raise flags to most even half observant players.

so give him what he’s expecting. go.

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Waste_Of_Paint Reply:
January 11th, 2011 at 5:33 am

“min re-raise him back lol”

That made me laugh. It’s so funny when you get a pair of donks with monsters early in an MTT min-raising each other all the way to all-in.

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Voted raise. Don’t want to call and then see a turn card that would complete a straight or flush.

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Re-raise. Not worried about him drawing out, I want to take the highest value line.

Calling and then check/raising the turn is an overused line IMO. It lets him see the river for free if he checks behind, and raising the turn is a super strong play most players are totally unbalanced with. Meaning most players check/raise the turn far too rarely as a bluff and are weighted way too much towards value hands.

3-betting the flop, on the contrary, is underused. The stacks are deep enough to make it easier to balance our 3-betting range with a combination of overcard bluffs, overpairs, and flush draws and not be overplaying our hand. 3-betting hands like these can let us 3-bet bottom set.

Keep in mind how deep stacks are. We have around 150BB effective to start this hand. We need to take lines that we might not take with shallower stacks. With 100BB effective flatting one street and then raising the next can easily get stacks in. But this deep we’re letting our opponent play the hand out with a lot of money behind, something we want to avoid in general when we’re out of position.

To answer the question posed in the quiz: re-raise now and barrel the turn, and I’d do the same with AA.

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We can safely assume we’re way ahead, so the key is how to continue adding chips to the pot and protect our hand against possible draws.
Re-raising is the option that accomplishes both.
Since this is a cash game, it’s really about making the math work in our favor. Unless he has 66 or 99, the only way we lose in the long run is if we allow V to catch up for free (or give him a good enough price that it’s right to call).
I’d raise to somewhere between 90-120 and be prepared to fire again at my next opportunity.

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Push all in. Hoefully dealer folds so you won’t have to show that there are two deuces of spades in play…

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golfingcanuck Reply:
January 11th, 2011 at 12:52 pm

“hopefully”

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Waste_of_Paint Reply:
January 11th, 2011 at 5:08 pm

Lol yeah, maybe the other guy has a set of deuces as well.

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duhhhhh Reply:
January 11th, 2011 at 7:10 pm

I think the turn card will be deuce of diamond. lol..

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wow

2x spade dueces this time? lol

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so THATS how everyone else manages to hit all these sets. foul decks!

We have to raise. We have very agg image, make it pay. You set off alarm bells by playing soft when youve been agg, plus you give him a chance to catch a straight or flush for free. get the money in now while hes behind and doesnt believe.

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The thing I struggle with most in cash games is when a monster turns ugly. I agree raising is correct here, but what do we do if we make it 150, he calls, and a massive scare card hits the turn like the 5 or 10 of spades?

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obv raise.

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