ATo, My first play-a-long - Page 2

marchron · #11 04-15-2006, 02:59 PM

Trey. Easy.

HouseCalls · #12 04-15-2006, 03:14 PM

MacGuyV · #13 04-15-2006, 04:58 PM

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if the blinds are tight, I'd rather get them out than keep them along.

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To finish this thought, if they're unknown, assume loose and limp.

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I tend to limp here, but

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This is classic.

bozlax · #14 04-15-2006, 05:02 PM

Given your reads, I 3-bet this flop for value.

Eeegah · #15 04-15-2006, 05:02 PM

Million-bet.

bozlax · #16 04-15-2006, 05:09 PM

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if the blinds are tight, I'd rather get them out than keep them along.

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To finish this thought, if they're unknown, assume loose and limp.

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I tend to limp here, but

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This is classic.

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I was just thinking of how all the n00bs were complaining last week that nobody ever explains anything. That you tend to limp doesn't explain WHY-UH (to borrow a word from my 7-year-old)!

yellowbluebus · #17 04-15-2006, 05:16 PM

Based on the reads I'd raise here.

martinimagic · #18 04-15-2006, 05:45 PM

Hopefully, I won't botch this play-a-long. It seemed like a good hand since a little while back there was so much discussion about ATo. I have some PT stuff to mix in as well based on that discussion.

UTG+1 (23/3/5) He was playing more like a LAG at the point of this hand. My point here is the stats don't really seem to be reflecting his playing. In a previous session he was almost rockish.

MP3 (39/13/3) is just flat out a LAG, but he's a thinking LAG. He keeps chatting about odds and I can tell he has a little bit of a clue, yet he will go nuts with only a small pair.

CO (30/1.1/0.8) is a calling station if I have ever seen one. Limps and coldcalls with VPIP about 30%, never raises, never bets without a near winner.

UTG+1 might be speeding a little at this point and MP3 is just trying to lock up with him. I have seen them both get tangled up with each other more than once each holding AXo. CO is just knocked around when he gets in the mix.

Party Poker 0.50/1.00 Hold'em (10 handed) link

Preflop: Hero is Button with A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
1 folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Hero calls, 1 folds, BB checks.

I was torn at the time between raising and just calling. Raising was probably the better choice to knock out the blinds who are tight and solid.

Flop: (5.50 SB) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (5 players)
BB checks, UTG+1 bets, MP3 raises, CO calls, Hero3-bets, BB folds, UTG+1 calls, MP3 folds, CO calls.

I figured UTG+1 might have hit the T, but I have him outkicked. MP3 may have hit something, but you never know with him. CO's call makes me a little nervous, but he's probably praying for a miracle. I 3-bet here to remove as many as possible and I feel very confident my hand is ahead at this point. Two folds is reasonable, especially MP3 who had obviously donk raised. CO is still on my mind going to the turn.

Turn: (8.25 BB) 5[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (3 players)
UTG+1 bets, CO folds, Hero...

MrWookie · #19 04-15-2006, 06:03 PM

Pretty easy raise here. Even if you're not ahead, you have the wheel to save your ass.

MacGuyV · #20 04-15-2006, 06:04 PM

I tend to give donks more credit when they follow a flop 3bet, so I am content calling this one down.