PS 60 - Come donk AJs with me

Double Eagle · #1 01-31-2006, 02:20 AM

How's my line? Comments on all streets welcome...

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) converter

MP3 (t1100)
CO (t1480)
Button (t1470)
SB (t1480)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1140)
UTG+1 (t2330)
Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with J[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img].
UTG calls t20, 1 fold, Hero calls t20, MP2 raises to t80, 3 folds, SB calls t70, 1 fold, UTG calls t60, Hero calls t60.

Flop: (t340) 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 3[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (4 players)
SB checks, UTG checks, Hero checks, MP2 bets t120, SB folds, UTG folds, Hero raises to t420, MP2 calls t300.

Turn: (t1180) 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero checks, MP2 checks.

River: (t1180) K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets t1000 (All-In),

suzzer99 · #2 01-31-2006, 02:34 AM

Ok, what do we put villain on for flop semi-bluff? AK and a c-bet? JJ? KQ? AQ pushes usually. Eh, his call had to make you sick. But that's the creamy goodness of the 'semi' part of the semi-bluff.

I do that river push when I have a read on a thinking villain who will hopefully take it as a sign of weakness. Works about 1 in 10 times. I think you're better off making a 400 value bet. Sometimes I check the river if I have an aggro read and I feel it's the only way to get a dime out of him. But here I think he's just looking to check it down, so you have to bet something.

david050173 · #3 01-31-2006, 03:12 AM

I lead out almost every time after I check raise. People check behind too much after the check raise to make checking worth while. Besides I don't want him to check his trips/two pair and draw out on me for free. Of course if he is super aggressive/big bluff I might go for the check on the turn.

Double Eagle · #4 01-31-2006, 02:37 PM

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I lead out almost every time after I check raise. People check behind too much after the check raise to make checking worth while. Besides I don't want him to check his trips/two pair and draw out on me for free. Of course if he is super aggressive/big bluff I might go for the check on the turn.

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Well truthfully I'm pretty sure he's drawing dead at this point as I have him on JJ/TT/AK, and I want him to either bluff the turn or catch up on the river.

BTW, my plan for a non-diamond, non-A/K turn was to jam, which I hoped would maximize my FE vs. mid-pairs and certainly get AK to fold.