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UTG+1 ($29.08) 15/5/oo (nfinite) - 20 hands
UTG+2 ($46.00) (Hero)
CO ($17.25) Very bad player, play very loose and often go to SH with small pair even if see much action

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with A[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG+1 raises, Hero raises, 3 folds, CO calls, 3 folds, UTG+1

raises, Hero calls, CO calls,

Flop: 6[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ( 6.75BB )
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, CO calls, UTG+1 raises, Hero raises, CO calls, UTG+1 calls,

Turn: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] ( 12.75BB )
UTG+1 bets, Hero raises, 1 folds, UTG+1 raises, Hero calls,

Raise to protect my hand (and mayby value) or just call down?

River: 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ( 18.75BB )
UTG+1 bets, Hero calls,

Final Pot: 19.75BB

I'm not capping this flop, and I'm calling down after that.

The thought of pocket queens is making me nauseous... [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

I think capping the flop is fine, but when villain leads out on turn after cap I would check call.

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I'm not capping this flop, and I'm calling down after that.

The thought of pocket queens is making me nauseous... [img]/images/graemlins/crazy.gif[/img]

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Yep, Me too.. [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

Call the 2nd raise on the flop, then call down the rest of the way if u think you've got a chance your ahead.

He raised and reraised in early position and is representing a monster. Not a great flop for u.

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Raise to protect my hand (and mayby value) or just call down?

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in hands like this it is okay to keep the badplayer in CO in the pot when your main concern is the 'other guy'. If he has a decent (or even a suprisingly crappy) draw he wont probbably wont fold the turn and you risk getting totally pwned by UTGs 3 bet.

btw probably you'd get less bias in responses if you cut the action of at what you perceive to be the key decision point.

Cap flop, call down after he leads again on the turn.

Unless he views you as a borderline retard, the best you can really hope for after that turn 3bet is that you're chopping.

Why aren't we capping this pre-flop?

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Why aren't we capping this pre-flop?

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That question occurred to me until I went back and counted raises.

theorem: dont raise one player to protect when you dont beat that player

I wouldn't raise the turn. The flop cap followed by a turn lead signals strength.

The flop must be capped. You have a villain who we assume is tight and agggressive from the small sample of hands. Yes you are losing to TT and QQ but the villain may play KK, AQ, or even JJ this way. When the villain leads the turn I agree with most of the previous posters that calling down is the best play even though the third player is still in the hand.

I'm not sure we should be capping this flop, but I think I'm biased by looking ahead and seeing that villain led and 3-bet the turn anyway. Based on the preflop and flop action, villain has either KK or QQ. He might have TT (would he cap that preflop) and I guess he might have AQ (doesn't cap preflop and might not 3-bet the flop) or he might be grossly overdoing things with AK. It's easier for villain to have KK than QQ so I guess the flop is a cap, but IMO this is the street that's borderline. Raising the turn is clearly wrong; you told him you have an overpair, and he's not worried about it.