Giving them rope

[SA125]

Live 9 handed 30-60 5 ante 10 BI. Villain in this hand is very agro with the lead. My image is tag, occassionally lag.

Brick BI's, two folds, 6h raises, folded to me I call in LP with (9d Qc) 9s expecting to be h/u, BI folds, we're h/u.

4th
(XX) 6h 4c, (9d Qc) 9s Qs. I ch, he bets, I call.

5th
6h 4c 3s, I brick. I ch, he bets, I c/r.

Comments?

[bigredlemon]

What game is this? stud high? stud 8? stud hi/lo? razz?

[blumpkin]

Hot. In general though you should bet out 4th and then act like you're weak. If he 3-bets 5th, I would just call and bet out a blank on 6th.

[cgrohman]

I like it. I think this line, c/r on 4th, or a lead on 4th are all reasonable. This line is usually my favorite though.

[Jeffage]

I'd probably just reraise third, but I'm boring. As played, I'd probably just bet out 4th, maybe checkraise it. If I check-call 4th, I'd prob bet 5th and hope he raises with a draw/pair combo or whatever so I can raise it again.

Jeff

[Andy B]

This is fine. Jeffage's line is fine. As long as money goes in and you don't fold, I don't think it makes that much difference what you do.

[Sevenfold]

Check raise 4th at this point.

If your 9 were an off 2 you could wait till 5th, but too many cards you catch on 5th will either force you to bet or risk a check behind.

Plus, if he has a higher pair in the hole, a spade dropping on 5th may win you the pot outright after a raise.

[SA125]

He looked up "3 Q's huh?" and mucked. Which means he had split 6's, buried T's or some other busted crap.

I posted because this line was just for his type. They play strong and keep the lead unless given a reason not to. I normally take the lead as others have suggested. In this case, I knew he'd keep betting and I'd at least get 5th out of him. Not a big fan of FPS, but these type of guys make it easy.

Tx for the responses.

[*TT*]

I bet 4th street, crossing my fingers that he will raise. Your doing this not only for this hand, but setting up a play on future hands so he fears the leading bet, knowing you will not always check to the raiser. Meta game.

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