standard cap for value / free card?
 

Villain is around 17/13

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Preflop: Hero is CO with T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]
UTG folds, MP folds, <font color="#FF0000">Hero raises</font>, Button calls, SB folds, <font color="#FF0000">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero calls, Button calls.

Flop: (9.40 SB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#FF0000">BB bets</font>, <font color="#FF0000">Hero raises</font>, Button folds, <font color="#FF0000">BB 3-bets</font>, <font color="#FF0000">Hero caps!</font>

If I don't improve I am probably folding to a river bet

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

Since you're in position, you could call down when 3 bet. This way you reserve the right to raise a big street when you hit your draw - better implied odds. You also see a showdown, which in the 30,000 foot view seems a lot better than building a big pot and then folding top pair.

Honestly, this probably all depends upon how your range reacts as a whole after open raising in the cutoff, calling a 3bet, raising this flop, and then getting 3bet. I'm not smart enough to figure that out.

Good luck!

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

If hes that tight...he isnt giving you a free card often enough to make this worth while as he has an overpair a lot here...you probably have around 14 outs which is a slight dog...with it heads up I think I just call the 3bet.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

Yeah but with 14 outs vs an overpair its reallly close to 50/50 so he doesnt need to get the free card very often.

Besides. Pissing of nits is funny.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

It looks good to me.

Edit/disclaimer: If Villain would play AKo this way (and then would bet the river after you take your free card), then it sucks (as would taking any line that involved folding).

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

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Yeah but with 14 outs vs an overpair its reallly close to 50/50 so he doesnt need to get the free card very often.

Besides. Pissing of nits is funny.

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I dont disagree...just feel like the cap may be a bit of a spew albeit maybe just a small one.

It probably is a lot closer than even I am thinking though.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

Guys, what everyone seems to forget in these spots, is that by doing this you probably wont be able to raise a later street when you hit your draw. Also, I wouldnt mind button peeling here. I just play it passively.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

I like the first raise but not the cap. imo the cap is not for value, you are not often getting a free card when behind, and you will have the initiative when ahead.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

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Yeah but with 14 outs vs an overpair its reallly close to 50/50 so he doesnt need to get the free card very often.

Besides. Pissing of nits is funny.

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plus the more often you raise in spots like this, the more often JJ-KK donks into your AA or into your 88.

Re: standard cap for value / free card?
 

I'm not sure it matters. When we cap the flop, are we checking behind on the river unimproved? What happens when KK check-raises a blank turn? We lose a fair amount in that scenario. Capping the flop does prevent that from happening though, since we are repping a set (AA would be a stupid hand for us to have considering our preflop play). But since a set usually waits for the turn to raise, BB might be smart to c/r.

But I don't think it matters much if we plan on checking the river unimproved, because certainly we cannot expect to be winning on the river often enough to bet.

In this spot I just call the 3 bet and hope to improve or see an overplayed AK/AQ/KQs/77/99 etc.