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Old 06-05-2007, 05:00 AM
Michael Davis Michael Davis is offline
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Default Re: Another likely lame Ax defending story

"I think I agree with gehrig, in practice I would just about always peel here but the problem is I would checkraise any pair and any straight draw, so my hand will look like exactly what it is. Not sure how to rectify this to keep shania satisfied."

This is exactly the problem. I'm a relentless flop checkraiser. Change the 6 to a 2 and I usually c/r.

But on this board, there's like absolutely nothing he doesn't have a peel with on the flop. He's good, not some weaktight who is going to fold KJ because I'm repping a Q. He's flat out never folding the flop unless, maybe, he has the same hand as me.

And since he mixes things up and plays tricky, I'm pretty sure I'm losing mad money on turn bets and potential river follow throughs (I probably have to keep betting some of the nastiest scare cards since he might fold the bottom end of his pairs). The money I'm losing on the turn, I think, outweighs the money I'm giving up by folding the flop. This may not be true.

But the real issue as DD pointed out is the shania. I just don't have anything plausible if I c/c this flop as I probably should, and whenever I do c/c flops when I'm supposed to with ace high I find myself so peppered with turn and river bets that put me in horrific spots that I prefer to just stick with my standard c/r flop and pray for the best since it's more of a stylistic match.

Anyways, probably lame and rambling but the essential point is that if I c/c this flop I'm not representing anything except exactly what I have and I expect my opponent to play well enough on the turn and the river to give me fits and cost me money.

-Michael
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