panel hand - turn - panel review

[FUJItheFISH]

You actually call and utg calls behind. 3 to the turn for 5.25 bb.

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Utg checks, emp bets, hero?

Turn:

Panelist One:

<font color="red"> Even though hero improved his hand, this isn't a place to raise. EMP's second donk into two callers very strongly suggests that he has a hand of some sort. You also have to worry about weak UTG calling along on the dry board. Hero has 5 outs to win and is getting 6:1, often 7:1 if you expect UTG to come along again. I'm not a fan of making loose turn calls. You can try to argue that you'll make up a bet or two when the bad players bet into you and call your raise on the river if you improve. But in my mind, it's bad because you don't know that UTG is in and you don't know that bad EMP will bet into a paired board or QJT board, so you will be short sometimes.
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Panelist Two:

<font color="green"> We hit one of the cards we were looking for so folding is definately out of the question. Raising is certainly a possibility since the UTG limper called the flop bet. It is possible that our pair of tens is good but the pot will only be about 7 big bets when it gets to him if we decide to just call. It seems unlikely that he has any kind of legitimate draw so at best he is breaking even should he call the turn with a 5-outer. If we knew that he had more outs against us we would want to raise and make him pay the maximum. But when he has 5 or less outs he will probably fold for two bets (and not make a mistake) or call one bet and not make too much of a mistake. The other downside to raising is that he might have a jack (that he will not fold). So the "raise for protection" argument doesn't really hold any water for this hand.

OTOH we could raise here if we felt that it had value. I think that it probably does and a good side effect is that we will charge the most to anyone who happened to pick up an OESD on the turn. So if we are raising for value then I like it. That said I don't mind just calling either since the pot hasn't gotten to a point where weaker draws can call correctly.
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Panelist Three:

<font color="blue"> We hit out T and have middle pair (I just noticed that I didn't assing any outs to the T on the flop, fortunatly, it wouldn't have changed my answer). I have no idea what emp has. He could be betting middle, top or maybe even bottom pair (who knows, he could have A high).
We could raise, which will probably make UTG fold and emp call (if he raise, I'm done with the hand).
Or we could call, which gives a better chance of UTG calling.

I think raising is our best option here. We will risk an extra bet compared to calling, but we will probably get UTG to fold and we also have the chance of getting emp to check to us on the river. Also, we don't risk having UTG hitting on the river.

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Panelist Four:

<font color="purple"> Calls. This was probably the worst card we could have gotten. EMP could be on middle or bottom pair which puts us ahead, but it's also possible we are behind to a J. The pot is getting big enough I don't want to fold for one bet but I think raising here is spew.

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[Xhad]

I would like a turn raise if we didn't have to call a 3bet. Unfortunately getting 10:1 I would have to be pretty sure I'm crushed (meaning frequently up against 2 pair or better) to fold to a 3bet. Our hand is too good to fold just yet (even if we have to fold to a river bet, it's because emp will frequently check the river after getting called twice with his A4 or whatever).

[VickreyAuction]

I'd still fold.

EMP is a fish, right? I doubt he's firing two bullets with nothing. I don't think a fish would fire again with a 7 with 2 flop callers and another overcard for him to worry about. I assume we're drawing to two pair/trips, and 6.5-1 isn't enough.

[milesdyson]

the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

[drzen]

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the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

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So, basically, you're just going to assume whatever means you can raise or call. We don't know much about our opponent, although we all know that the default is that they don't bet if they don't have TP, but you're assuming *based on absolutely nothing* that he has a pair that you beat.

I think it's a characteristic of the fish that they take the most positive view of their cards. Well, they think, I have bottom pair and it might just be good. So they call down.

Well, he mostly has a jack. The times he doesn't, I can live with.

[FUJItheFISH]

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the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

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So, basically, you're just going to assume whatever means you can raise or call. We don't know much about our opponent, although we all know that the default is that they don't bet if they don't have TP, but you're assuming *based on absolutely nothing* that he has a pair that you beat.

I think it's a characteristic of the fish that they take the most positive view of their cards. Well, they think, I have bottom pair and it might just be good. So they call down.

Well, he mostly has a jack. The times he doesn't, I can live with.

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dr

what do you think he thinks hero has? if you guessed overcards, you are correct!

fuji

[FUJItheFISH]

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the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

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party gives you 20 seconds to settle your dilemma miles. what do you do when you here the beep beep beep and ppl are typing "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" in the chat?

[milesdyson]

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the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

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party gives you 20 seconds to settle your dilemma miles. what do you do when you here the beep beep beep and ppl are typing "zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz" in the chat?

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obviously you realize that i would never have reads at the table that equated perfectly to the vague reads you have given me to work with in this post.

either way, the typical behavior imo, with all of this players good hands, is that he would check the flop. i do not expect him to have a very strong J if that's what he has. i expect him to have one pair a majority of the time, and there are many 3x, 7x, and pocket pair hands that i am now ahead of on the turn. i do not see why he would slow down just because he got called and a pretty raggy turn fell. so, i feel like im ahead of this player pretty often.

i'd raise this hand given the information you've given me.

[btspider]

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the read is vague, and thus perfect to create arguments about the turn play here.

in the first post in this series, emp was described as "loose" and "bad in all ways, shapes and forms." it's easy to interpret this in ways that would lead to different turn plays in this hand. also, UTG is described as "loose and weak." i don't know what "weak" means, but if that means he would fold a low pair here after i call, then i can see how different actions result in different mistakes by the villains.

the reads are too vague and hard to interpret and this decision is too close for me to really feel strongly about any option here. im going to go with the assumption that the EMP player has any flopped pair or pocket pair, so i will basically assume that i am ahead of him on this turn about 60-65% of the time. given this assumption it would seem that raising is the best play. however, if the other player will make bad folds if i call (if that's what "weak" means), raising loses some of its benefits. hopefully everyone can see the dilemma i have here.

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agree completely about the dilemma.

[drzen]

Unreal. We have at best 5 outs and we're getting 6 to 1. But we are so macho that having made a raise PF and fiddled a call on the flop, now we're thinking of *raising* because we have to fight for this pot. I wouldn't even be here but if I was, I'd fold without a second thought. I missed my BD draws and paired the wrong card. Mostly my opponent will have a jack and I am going to pay a minimum of two big bets to find out that I had no business staying in this pot.

What I want to know is, why bother learning about pot odds etc if I ignore them when it suits?

I suspect this hand has been chosen because we river something though or our opponent chose this hand to bet bottom pair all the way, so all those who think there is anything to do here but fold will be rewarded. But I sincerely hope not. Most times, raising PF, calling flop, raising turn, calling river will cost 4.5BB. My way would have cost 1SB. I like my way.