Reraised QQ (diamonds) on monotone diamonds

Oranzith · #1 01-02-2007, 10:50 PM

Standard? Y or N

I imagine this is a pair + A or K [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] quite often, combos, all kinds of junk. Lots of which I prolly have outs against

Full Tilt Poker
$0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Ring Game
6 Players
LegoPoker Hand Converter

Stack Sizes
BB: $3.5
Hero (UTG): $18.70
MP: $1.95
CO: $15.30
BTN: $8.70
SB: $3.1

Preflop: Q

Q[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($0.15, 6 players)
Hero raises to $0.45, MP folds, CO calls $0.45, BTN calls $0.45, SB folds, BB folds

Flop: 2

8

3

($1.5, 3 players)
Hero bets $1.50, CO calls $1.50, BTN raises to $4, Hero raises all in to $18.25

corsakh · #2 01-02-2007, 10:51 PM

I like it.
Made flush would slowplay anyway.

Pokey · #3 01-02-2007, 10:56 PM

I like this move.

You either have the best hand or the best draw.
You'll never know which until showdown.
You don't want to make an FTOP mistake by folding the best hand right now.
You REALLY don't want to make an FTOP mistake by folding the best hand later.
Your opponent has position on you and is aggressive.

Pushing does lots of really nice things for you:

1. It negates your opponent's positional advantage.
2. It negates the benefits of your opponent's aggression.
3. It squeezes CO for a great deal of money, forcing him to fold very often.
4. It gets you in a heads-up pot with Button very often while you have tons of dead money in the pot.
5. It buys you outs when CO folds a hand you didn't want to see.
6. It might occasionally win the pot right here (unlikely).
7. It gets called by Button with many hands that you absolutely bury.
8. If CO folds a hand that turns out to be best it puts him on serious tilt.
9. It establishes a loose gambooooling image for you with both CO and Button (and possibly others, if they're paying attention) that will pay off down the road when you actually have a great hand.

This is a good play.