$6 NLTRN: ATs on the button vs. flop C/R

Somekid · #1 10-30-2007, 04:28 PM

Okay, so I know I probably should've checked behind on the flop (opponent's play is very very suspicious, no idea what I was thinking). But what is my approach after the c/r and on the turn? Also, no reads yet (this was about the 4th hand), but according to sharkscope my opponent had played about 60-70 games with something like a -65% ROI. So I figured he or she was not very good.

PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (2 handed)

Hero (t1450)
BB (t1550)

Preflop: Hero is Button with T[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img].
Hero raises to t60, BB raises to t100, Hero calls t40.

Flop: (t200) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], A[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 4[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t160, BB raises to t320, Hero calls t160.

So I probably should've checked the flop, but after I get check-raised, what's best?

Turn: (t840) 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t400, Hero calls t400.

I figured if I was ahead, I would let my opponent keep betting. Is raising here better?

River: (t1640) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] (2 players)
BB bets t730 (All-In), Hero??

Ugh...can I fold this?

HokieGreg · #2 10-30-2007, 04:33 PM

Unless villain is 3-betting garbage like A4/A2/22/44 the only hands you really should be worried about are AK-AJ. Most people will slow down on the turn with AJ+ because of the possible straight, so I think this will be a bluff pretty often.

After you call the turn, you really cant fold the river. So you really should be asking what to do on the turn here.

Shoving the flop is almost definitely +ev in a 6 too.

Somekid · #3 10-30-2007, 04:39 PM

Well on the turn I decided to call down, which I thought was better than raising. I assume folding the turn is horrible...right?

jay_shark · #4 10-30-2007, 04:42 PM

I probably check the flop too and call down on the turn and river . At these levels , you can't give players much credit when they make a smallish pre-flop raise and mini-raise otf . They're just trying to buy the pot at a minimal cost . Besides , this guy is a terrible player so a call looks good .

daveT · #5 10-30-2007, 04:56 PM

After the flop c/r, I would be willing to shove it in. A terrible player is bound to do this with a broad range of hands and call with them.

Is this an older hand? I thought SS wasn't allowed to be used on Stars.

Somekid · #6 10-30-2007, 05:02 PM

whoopsidoodle. really? how do they even know you're using it?

daveT · #7 10-30-2007, 05:10 PM

Wow, I just pulled myself up. On the Stars website, it says [pending]. Were you always allowed to pull this info up? I think I tried using it and it wouldn't let me. Maybe it is okay again?

HokieGreg · #8 10-30-2007, 05:53 PM

Somekid,

I'm not saying calling down on the turn is bad, but you shouldn't be faced with a decision on the river. The real decision is on the turn the way you played this hand.

Once you call turn you arent folding no matter what the river is.

Somekid · #9 10-30-2007, 06:23 PM

I agree completely. My thinking when I called the turn was that I was going to call any river bet (and I did). I've thought about this hand some since posting it (and reading the responses), and I feel like calling the turn was the right decision.

Thanks again for everyone's help!

F. McSimmons · #10 10-30-2007, 11:49 PM

Part of me wants to fold the turn.