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Old 11-16-2007, 08:53 AM
BrassMonkey BrassMonkey is offline
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Default Two pair on a draw heavy board

Villian is relatively unknown. Given that so many people go hyper-spaz in position with flush draws, and I can easily fold to a turn three-bet, is this line reasonable?

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Preflop: Hero is SB with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], 8[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
<font color="#666666">1 fold</font>, MP calls, <font color="#666666">2 folds</font>, Hero completes, BB checks.

Flop: (3 SB) 8[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 5[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(3 players)</font>
<font color="#CC3333">Hero bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB raises</font>, MP folds, <font color="#CC3333">Hero 3-bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB caps</font>, Hero calls.

Turn: (5.50 BB) 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] <font color="#0000FF">(2 players)</font>
Hero checks, <font color="#CC3333">BB bets</font>, <font color="#CC3333">Hero raises</font>, <font color="#CC3333">BB 3-bets</font>, Hero folds.

Final Pot: 9.50 BB
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Old 11-16-2007, 09:00 AM
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

Holy god why would you do this. Wrong HH, btw? You just have one pair.
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Old 11-16-2007, 09:02 AM
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

uh, no. If people go hyperspazzy with flush draws then why would you take a line that pumps a ton of money in and then folds before the flush comes in? I'm not saying it was a bad fold to the 3-b, just that you didn't have anywhere near the equity to jam the turn.
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Old 11-16-2007, 09:05 AM
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

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Holy god why would you do this. Wrong HH, btw? You just have one pair.

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8s and 2s is two pair.
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Old 11-16-2007, 09:30 AM
thepizzlefosho thepizzlefosho is offline
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

just call down from the flop raise. Its BvB. He could have anything, but people rarely take free cards.

your line is pretty awful. You created a huge pot, with a hand that could be huge, in a situation where villain might spazz and bluff, and then you folded.

I b/c the flop, c/c the turn, and c/c most rivers sometimes even the 4th diamond depending on villain.
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:32 PM
milesdyson milesdyson is offline
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

"I can easily fold to a turn three-bet"

you have 4 outs vs. flushes LOL getting NINE POINT FIVE TO ONE.
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:40 PM
TheDudeChad TheDudeChad is offline
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

At first I thought that calling down from the flop raise was a little weak, but I'm starting to think thats a good play here. As pizzle said, if villain raised just a flush draw on the flop he's almost never taking a free card on the turn, and he'll probably bet the river UI when checked to try to fold out other flush draws. If I took this line I would get to showdown no matter what the board looked like by the river.

My first instinct was to threebet the flop like you did and just check/call the turn and river after he caps. I like this line too, but I'm not sure what to do if a diamond falls on the turn or river.

So I like bet/call, check/call, check/call as well.
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:41 PM
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Default Re: Two pair on a draw heavy board

I would call the flop raise and not put in any more raises unless I improved. This is a small pot. You want to encourage people to bluff and it really doesn't matter if he takes a free card.
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Old 11-16-2007, 12:44 PM
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

Sorry Brass. But this hand is terrible.

You are bloating the pot and then you fold getting decent odds + implied to peel for your boat outs

If I bet the flop I just call a raise. If I want to jam my hand more I will then look to raise a non diamond turn. Not sure I will ever do that tho
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Old 11-16-2007, 02:05 PM
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Default Re: Top two pair on a draw heavy board

b/c flop and c/c to showdown. If villain raises flop, do you honestly think he'll fold a flush draw to you?
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