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Middle pairs vs. tight players.
Say you have 99 in the HJ. You raise of course and the TAGish BB 3 bets. You call.
The flop comes something like K82. How do we proceed when the Tag leads out? I find these spots very tricky. Is this a spot where raising the flop for a FSD, since the TAG will never 3bet us without AK+, is a good move? Do we go into call down mode but fold the river UI if he bets, since we know the TAG will never bet a worse hand on the river? |
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
I play to see a SD. An ace complicates things greatly but not that King.
Raise/folding the turn is okay but know your opponent. |
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
This is so player dependent and dynamics dependent.
Against a dumb straight forward "I have read Stox book, but I still suck at hand reading" TAG I will mostly call flop and turn and fold river if he bets. Against a tricky player or against a player I suspect is tilting I will just call down. I think those players where you can raise flop, bet turn and check river against are the same where you can use the call flop - call turn - fold river line. The latter saves you 1 small bet - edit: whenbehind. It wins you one SB when ahead. BTW I will almost always cap preflop. |
#4
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
Im very bad postflop but i reraise flop lead turn. I think a tag willl 3 bet kq+ hu but it depends on the player.
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
If you "know" that villain don't bet a worse hand off course it's a fold Don't need an EV-computation to figure that out.
But often they throw in a bet with AQ ab AJ UI and sometimes they have A8s. You can't raise the flop for a free SD! I guess you mean turn and on a dry board with no FD you could raise/fold turn. |
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
You can the raise the flop for a FSD if you're planning to check the river.
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
[ QUOTE ]
You can the raise the flop for a FSD if you're planning to check the river. [/ QUOTE ] I don't call that a FSD-raise but OK. I don't really see the point in doing that in this hand? It will very often be an expensive-SD move since we can get reraised on both flop and river. |
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
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[ QUOTE ] You can the raise the flop for a FSD if you're planning to check the river. [/ QUOTE ] I don't call that a FSD-raise but OK. I don't really see the point in doing that in this hand? It will very often be an expensive-SD move since we can get reraised on both flop and river. [/ QUOTE ] You cant get raised on the river. The line is raise flop bet turn check river You use your position to get a cheaper SD compared to call flop call turn call river However, as you say. It sucks when he 3-bets flop or c/r turn. Unless you can fold in those spots you shouldnt use the line. It also sucks when you are up against a predictable TAGs where you can call flop call turn fold river if he bets bet or check river if he checks. 9 out of 10 TAGs in my games are never betting a worse hand on the river when I call flop and turn. So I have a pretty easy fold if they 3-barrel. |
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
[ QUOTE ]
[ QUOTE ] [ QUOTE ] You can the raise the flop for a FSD if you're planning to check the river. [/ QUOTE ] I don't call that a FSD-raise but OK. I don't really see the point in doing that in this hand? It will very often be an expensive-SD move since we can get reraised on both flop and river. [/ QUOTE ] You cant get raised on the river. The line is raise flop bet turn check river You use your position to get a cheaper SD compared to call flop call turn call river However, as you say. It sucks when he 3-bets flop or c/r turn. Unless you can fold in those spots you shouldnt use the line. It also sucks when you are up against a predictable TAGs where you can call flop call turn fold river if he bets bet or check river if he checks. 9 out of 10 TAGs in my games are never betting a worse hand on the river when I call flop and turn. So I have a pretty easy fold if they 3-barrel. [/ QUOTE ] sorry ment that that play can get raised on flop or turn. A FSD-raise on turn can just get raised on turn... |
#10
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Re: Middle pairs vs. tight players.
Raise flop, bet turn, check river. Is the line I like most.
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