TheDespot
04-14-2007, 02:14 AM
$.10/$.25 NLHE 9-handed online
Just got to table, no reads
Hero is in MP1 with Ah-Kc
UTG($16.75) limps, folded to Hero($24), Hero raises to $1.25, folded around to BB($21) who calls, UTG calls
Flop As-Qh-3d (Pot: $3.85)
BB bets $2, UTG calls $2, Hero calls $2
Remarks: Some will say I should raise here to define my hand or protect it or whatnot, but I figure I'm WA/WB here. Granted, there are two more opponents, but I'm either crushed to a set or something or dominating a lower ace, so why raise and drive hands that are going to pay me off out while allowing bigger hands to repop me right back or call the raise and make life more difficult?
Turn As-Qh-6d-4s (Pot: $9.85)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $4, BB folds, UTG raises to $8, Hero?
Now UTG only had $5.50 left behind here after the minraise. This screams of strength to me here, and I put him on A-4 specifically, but I've seen people in these games make this kind of a move with A-J or A-10 or Qs-Js, for example. I was pretty perplexed as to how to proceed here, but I feel like I'm probably just outhinking myself here. What do you do in this situation? And yes, I know of the "baluga theorem" so don't tell me to look it up, lol. I think the fact that he has very little left here may play a role in this situation? Or do you simply follow the theorem here and lay it down?
Just got to table, no reads
Hero is in MP1 with Ah-Kc
UTG($16.75) limps, folded to Hero($24), Hero raises to $1.25, folded around to BB($21) who calls, UTG calls
Flop As-Qh-3d (Pot: $3.85)
BB bets $2, UTG calls $2, Hero calls $2
Remarks: Some will say I should raise here to define my hand or protect it or whatnot, but I figure I'm WA/WB here. Granted, there are two more opponents, but I'm either crushed to a set or something or dominating a lower ace, so why raise and drive hands that are going to pay me off out while allowing bigger hands to repop me right back or call the raise and make life more difficult?
Turn As-Qh-6d-4s (Pot: $9.85)
BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $4, BB folds, UTG raises to $8, Hero?
Now UTG only had $5.50 left behind here after the minraise. This screams of strength to me here, and I put him on A-4 specifically, but I've seen people in these games make this kind of a move with A-J or A-10 or Qs-Js, for example. I was pretty perplexed as to how to proceed here, but I feel like I'm probably just outhinking myself here. What do you do in this situation? And yes, I know of the "baluga theorem" so don't tell me to look it up, lol. I think the fact that he has very little left here may play a role in this situation? Or do you simply follow the theorem here and lay it down?