1/2, Bluff vs. TAG

mlagoo · #1 09-05-2006, 04:11 PM

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $2 BB (9 handed) internettexasholdem.com

UTG ($371.15)
UTG+1 ($94.55)
Hero ($472.90)
MP2 ($70.70)
MP3 ($208.70)
CO ($254.90)
Button ($204.25)
SB ($143)
BB ($383.95)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with 7[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG raises to $8, 1 fold, Hero calls $8, 6 folds.

Flop: ($19) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 9[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $16, UTG calls $16.

Turn: ($51) 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $44, UTG calls $44.

River: ($139) A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
UTG checks, Hero bets $120.

Meh? No real reads other than that he was 22/15/1.5. Also on the turn he typed into the chatbox

"bro"
"wtf are you betting so much for"

Thoughts?

xorbie · #2 09-05-2006, 04:16 PM

he has KK[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or QQ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or Ax. good luck.

mlagoo · #3 09-05-2006, 04:22 PM

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he has KK[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or QQ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or Ax. good luck.

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well, yeah.

but don't you feel like he has Ax a lower percentage of the time here -- because don't most Ax's feel the need to protect their hand? Assuming they don't have a diamond, in which event don't they bet for value?

UOPokerPlayer · #4 09-05-2006, 04:26 PM

I call utg raises with 77 to flop sets and stack guys with big hands, not to try to push them off those big hands. Just me though.

mlagoo · #5 09-05-2006, 04:28 PM

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I call utg raises with 77 to flop sets and stack guys with big hands, not to try to push them off those big hands. Just me though.

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personally, im trying to learn to play poker. if something is a profitable play then i dont want to miss it.

xorbie · #6 09-05-2006, 04:30 PM

mlagoo,

i tihnk he could easily play AJ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] or AQ[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] in this fashion. AK[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] even. it certainly has its upsides vs.. say this play you are making right now.

mlagoo · #7 09-05-2006, 04:33 PM

yeah, probably a bit of spewage. i really put him squarely on KK/QQ with a diamond though, after his flop check-call, turn check, and thought i could get him to dump it.

after he calls the turn, and the river is an ace, is my river bet terrible, or mandatory, or somewhere in between?

xorbie · #8 09-05-2006, 04:49 PM

eh. someone in between. i also think betting less on flop and turn is goot.

Isura · #9 09-06-2006, 12:48 AM

Just check it all the way and save the monies. Maybe valuebet if you make a flush.

Case Closed · #10 09-06-2006, 12:53 AM

I don't like it. Nothing wrong with going for the steal on the flop, and possibly the turn. The river is a spew IMO. What hand are you trying to represent?