dmoney
08-28-2007, 11:46 AM
Discuss this topic when dealing with your one pair (TOP PAIR) hands.
We all know we lose the most money with 1 pair hands accoring to our PT Dbs,
Pot control is paramount with regards to 1 pair hands or other current best but may not be best if it gets to SD hands.
How can i try to calculate my opps Hand Range now vs his all in range? and how can we apply that to pot size and implied odds.
This may not make any sense but what im trying to say is ex. Villain is a decent tag and we havn't tangled really before. 20/15/2.0 I am LAG 28/20/2.5. Folded to me in SB I have AKo and raise 4x BB, villain in BB calls, board is Kh9c4s my hand is best vs villains range pretty much no matter what. (On the flop before any action) I bet 2/3 pot. villain calls. His range could be fairly wide and we are still definitly ahead of it. 1 pair, 2pair, Set, Gutter ball straight draw (Although this is less likely)
Turn is a Th. Now I check (most of the time because a good tag isnt going to be calling often with a hand that we are still ahead of on turn, but then villain bets, his range is still fairly wide here and i can't really just fold for another bet, but calling and checking river is terrible (Or is it? and if he fires river again just fold?, so I c/r ai. The only problem is, all the hands I beat pretty much fold unless its a pair + biggish draw. And any hand that beats me is more then willing to get it all in, so more often then not i'm losing when called.
How can i improve my top pair hands (especially OOP) while at the same time not giving up too much when i'm ahead and again while not losing the max when i'm behind when the money goes all in?
We all know we lose the most money with 1 pair hands accoring to our PT Dbs,
Pot control is paramount with regards to 1 pair hands or other current best but may not be best if it gets to SD hands.
How can i try to calculate my opps Hand Range now vs his all in range? and how can we apply that to pot size and implied odds.
This may not make any sense but what im trying to say is ex. Villain is a decent tag and we havn't tangled really before. 20/15/2.0 I am LAG 28/20/2.5. Folded to me in SB I have AKo and raise 4x BB, villain in BB calls, board is Kh9c4s my hand is best vs villains range pretty much no matter what. (On the flop before any action) I bet 2/3 pot. villain calls. His range could be fairly wide and we are still definitly ahead of it. 1 pair, 2pair, Set, Gutter ball straight draw (Although this is less likely)
Turn is a Th. Now I check (most of the time because a good tag isnt going to be calling often with a hand that we are still ahead of on turn, but then villain bets, his range is still fairly wide here and i can't really just fold for another bet, but calling and checking river is terrible (Or is it? and if he fires river again just fold?, so I c/r ai. The only problem is, all the hands I beat pretty much fold unless its a pair + biggish draw. And any hand that beats me is more then willing to get it all in, so more often then not i'm losing when called.
How can i improve my top pair hands (especially OOP) while at the same time not giving up too much when i'm ahead and again while not losing the max when i'm behind when the money goes all in?