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Old 09-26-2006, 10:05 AM
sharkbitten sharkbitten is offline
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Default $5.50-2 hands, 2 pocket pairs with overcards on the flop

Both of these hands are from 2 seperate STT's. Both involve overcards to my pocket pair. I am just curious if I played these right

Hand 1:
Still pretty early in the game. The read on the villain was fairly agressive and loose. Liked to talk [censored], especially after this hand.

6 people left(10 person STT), blinds 15/30
Relative stacks:
Villain(CO): 1545
Hero(B):1190

I'm on the button with Q [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] Q [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]

Preflop:
Folded around to the villain in the cutoff who limps. I raise to 135tc, blinds fold, villain calls.

Flop: (315tc pot, 2 players) 5 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 3 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Villain checks, Hero bets 150, Villain calls

Turn: (615tc, 2 players) 6 [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Villain goes all in for 1260. Hero ???


Hand 2:
Different STT, with 6 players left. 41st hand into it. Blinds are 20/40
Relevant stacks:
Villain(SB):1580
Hero(UTG):3640

Preflop: Hero dealt K [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] K [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
I raise to 140 and I get 2 calls.
<font color="blue">Preflop raise too small? </font>

Flop: (420tc, 3 players) T [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] A [img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 6 [img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img]
Villain checks, Hero bets 300, 1 fold, villain calls.
<font color="blue">Probably bet too much here. 1/2 pot better? </font>

Turn: (1020tc, 2 players) J [img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
Vilain checks, Hero ???

I'm just trying to improve my play with overcards on the flop to my pocket pairs. Any thoughts/comments would be appreciated. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]
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Old 09-26-2006, 10:45 AM
PokerIsLife PokerIsLife is offline
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Default Re: $5.50-2 hands, 2 pocket pairs with overcards on the flop

hand1: I would call here. I can't imagine a K playing like this. The only thing I'm worried about is the 6 hitting his set, but I think he's more likely to have a mid-pair.

hand2: checking the flop, or a probe bet on the flop would be better. With 2 callers, the only thing that you will fold is 2 mid-pairs, and that's pretty unlikely that both of them have that hand. I would definitely check the turn, since you do have a gutshot and don't want to get raised out of the pot.
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