Re: Flopped middle pair with gutshot but faced with a bet and a call.
Sam T, you are bang on the money on this one. I know you guys don't always like to reveal the hands but in this case it leads into a much broader question which is vexing me. The SB had Jx. The BB had A5. This is where I get confused. The SB is hoping to win the pot with this bet but what is the BB hoping for with this call? Is he prepared to put in a lot of money with this hand? It seems like these guys are willing to get stuck in with any pair any kicker (not just in this hand). How do you play guys like this? Ok in a cash game you can sit back and wait to clean them out but when the blinds are rising....? Usually by the time I figure out which guys at the table are playing fast three of them are knocked out and one of them has all the chips. Online enough hands are dealt each level to be able to wait and hopefully double through them but in live tournaments the dealing is much slower and I'm frequently left scratching my head [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img].
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