Play a Hand With the Masters #1 Flop - Page 3

Rduke55 · #1 09-19-2005, 05:26 PM

Also, would the fact that we're betting into 2 callers make it seem like less of a continuation bet?
And the pot isn't small. It's already decent and worth taking.

Exitonly · #2 09-19-2005, 05:31 PM

the fact that the pot isn't small just means you're going to have to risk more to win it, and it's not that good of chance that you take it down here... you get checkraised more often than they'll fold.

Rduke55 · #3 09-19-2005, 05:37 PM

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Really?

BlueEcho · #4 12-06-2005, 10:47 PM

I believe here you have to take into account your stack size and the size of a bet an over pair would make to protect it. If an your going for that illusion then your trying to win the pot right there. That is going to take a bet close to 10% of your stack. Even though I want to bet here to keep control this is a tournament and chips are the name of the game.

kingwood kid · #5 02-02-2007, 10:14 PM

I c-bet and rep something real. Even if they hit, they're still behind what our two bets say we have.

allenciox · #6 09-19-2005, 05:36 PM

Whether I make a continuation bet here depends on my past history at this table. If I have been betting every flop that I raised preflop, I will pass here. If I am perceived as someone who only bets when they have a hand, then I will make the continuation bet.

If either the SB or the CO have a pair here, they may well check-raise my continuation bet to "test" me, at which point I have two choices, give up on the pot or reraise all-in representing an overpair. If I do this and they have made a set I'm done.

allenciox · #7 09-19-2005, 05:42 PM

I just want to note that another reason I would often check the flop here is that the turn card might give me a draw --- if it comes a club I have a club draw, if it comes an 8 or Q I have an open-ended str8 draw. So if I get an A,J,Q,8 or club on the turn, I can bet (or raise) there. A raise on the turn after a checked flop looks very much like a slow-played big pair or a made set.

AJFenix · #8 09-19-2005, 05:42 PM

I check behind on this street, I agree the pot is tempting, however I'm not sure a continuation bet's success rate is high enough in this spot with two people still in, one being MJ, and I hate a C/R here, which MJ is fully capable of doing with just about anything. Check behind and see what you pick up on the turn, then evaluate.

adanthar · #9 09-19-2005, 05:50 PM

Now that I've raised and gotten the predictable 2 callers, it's gonna take a lot better than this flop to get me to bet it.

Stipe_fan · #10 09-19-2005, 05:52 PM

Since the CO and blind call my raise, I can't see playing on with the hand. I would definitely check behind because they expect you to bet.

I don't like to play two crazily with two callers. I might make a play if I was up against one opponent. But, in this incidence you do have chips to play with and can survive at this point if you fold. It might sound tight-weak but you should be able to find better spots.

Stipe