AK .25/.50

[losingdonkey]

How did I play this, and should I be calling down?

Poker Stars
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $0.25/$0.5
5 players
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Pre-flop: (5 players) Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img]
<font color="#cc0000">UTG raises</font>, CO folds, <font color="#cc0000">Hero 3-bets</font>, SB folds, BB calls, UTG calls.

Flop: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 4[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (9.4SB, 3 players)
BB checks, <font color="#cc0000">UTG bets</font>, <font color="#cc0000">Hero raises</font>, BB folds, UTG calls.

Turn: 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (6.7BB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (8.7BB, 2 players)
<font color="#cc0000">UTG bets</font>, Hero calls.

Results:
Final pot: 10.7BB

[Buzz-cp]

when you call the river bet, you are really hoping he is a dumb bluffer. The best you are probably looking at is a chop, and this isn't often enough.

[Zeldark]

I'm assuming you have reads that this guy is too aggro for his own good and might go nuts with AQ or AJ?

[nerdking]

zel, you know what happens when we ASSume, right?

[fretelöo]

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How did I play this, and should I be calling down?

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Bad, and no!

But maybe you can explain your reasoning behind each decision and we could get something straightened out here.

[Zeldark]

My statement translates to: "You forgot about reads."
If the guy is a maniac the calldown makes sense. If the guy is a rock then you're throwing away bets. If it was unknown it'd be somewhere in the middle.

[losingdonkey]

I dont know what I was thinking to be honest, he was an unknown.

I 3-bet preflop because it seems like I should 3bet with AK. I raised the flop to isolate and possibly catch a free river. Turn I called because I figure I still have outs, and river I called only because I thought I had showdown value which doesnt make sense when all I beat is a bluff, but pot odds were good?

[NIX]

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I 3-bet preflop because it seems like I should 3bet with AK.

[/ QUOTE ]
You should.

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I raised the flop to isolate and possibly catch a free river. Turn I called because I figure I still have outs, and river I called only because I thought I had showdown value which doesnt make sense when all I beat is a bluff, but pot odds were good?

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Pot odds are good on the river if you think he's bluffing 1 in ~9 times. I'm don't think you are since this looks like an overpair to me. Since the pot got big, the turn call is good though.

[Buzz-cp]

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My statement translates to: "You forgot about reads."
If the guy is a maniac the calldown makes sense. If the guy is a rock then you're throwing away bets. If it was unknown it'd be somewhere in the middle.

[/ QUOTE ]

preflop 3-bet is standard and flop raise is probably OK. When he donks the turn he says "I like my JJ" or whatever, so you are calling based on 6 outs. This is correct assuming he has QQ or less. We would expect him to cap AA/KK preflop and even be more aggressive on this flop.

Buzz

[Aaron W.]

I don't raise this flop.

Depending on the villain, the turn card, and whether BB calls, I might raise the turn for a free showdown.