View Single Post
  #64  
Old 03-02-2007, 12:58 PM
bravos1 bravos1 is offline
Senior Member
 
Join Date: Jun 2005
Location: looking for the bigger nits
Posts: 7,905
Default Re: 2/4 B&M - Bet or checkraise monster flop that I capped preflop?

[ QUOTE ]
I think Bernie has pretty much been spot on. The people playing $2/4 generally don't raise or reraise without premium hands.

[/ QUOTE ]
This is very table dependant. I've railed 2/4 games waiting for my table quite a bit because the games are close to where I usually wait and see 6 people to a flop for 3bets and the best hand being AJs or someone caps it w/ 99 or KQs all the time.[ QUOTE ]

If I was in this situation I would raise for value and information(Information being the most important in for low stakes).

[/ QUOTE ]
This is backwards! EVERY time you bet, you should be betting for value. Betting/raising for info is a great way to lose chips. You can get lots of info without putting yourself in a spot to lose more money by mainly paying attention to what the players around you are doing and playing ABC poker. ABC poker is king at lower limit games.
[ QUOTE ]

The reraise screams QQ-AA, AK, and maybe AQ. I would call knowing I'm almost certainly behind if an A-Q hits and may still behind with a junky hand.

When you have the nuts in limit; bet it. No reason to be tricky. With a flop like this I'm only concerned about making the most money. They will call, but are all too likely to simply check without the nuts. If they have AA-QQ they will reraise, they will call with 2 overs and a huge pot.

The beauty with this situation is that I would have been re-raised with a cold call.

[/ QUOTE ]

[img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]
[ QUOTE ]
Now I slow play a bit and just call.

[/ QUOTE ]
Slowplaying typically does not maximize profit as much as just playing your hand straight forward. Sometimes it is just best to flat call (ie looking for overcallers). I do not consider this "slow playing".
[ QUOTE ]

I check raise the turn and put in bets till I'm blue in the face after that. The only thing that might slow me down is an A-Q. Let them try and get lucky.

[/ QUOTE ]

We don't need to get lucky.. we have a strong hand that we need to play well.
Reply With Quote