25NL - Flopped boat, slowplay gone bad? - Page 2

Maple Leafs · #1 02-21-2007, 01:01 PM

I know, I know, I was shocked too. A slowplay going wrong? That never happens!

Walk through this debacle with me. Be gentle...

Full Tilt Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25
9 players
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Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is UTG+1 with 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]
UTG folds, Hero calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, 3 folds, 3 folds, BB raises to $0.75, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

BB is 13/7 over a small sample of hands. Standard call here?

Flop: 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 9[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] ($2.35, 3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, MP3 checks.

Here's the slowplay. I'm not convinced this is terrible. With this board, there's at least decent flush and straight possibilities. If I'm up against 88 then I'm getting stacked but that seems like a reasonable risk.

Turn: T[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] ($2.35, 3 players)
BB bets $1, Hero calls, MP3 calls.

Not a bad card. I'm behind TT now too, but the straight could be out there (or at least getting closer). I stay in check/call mode here and hope to see something like the 7[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] on the river.

River: K[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] ($5.35, 3 players)
BB bets $2, Hero raises to $5, MP3 folds, BB raises all-in $20.5, Hero ???

Not a great card, but if someone was hanging around with AK I could get some value here. I re-raise to spring the trap, and sit back and wait for... oh holy hell. That isn't good.

So, after you're done gouging your eyes out with a bottle opener, what do you do? This sure smells like TT or KK. We're getting 2-1 on a call, do you think we see something like AA, AK, A8, QJ, etc., enough to justify a call? Remember, BB raised pf so most of those hands don't look likely.

Lay it down?