hand reading exercise

DavidC · #1 04-26-2007, 05:35 PM

I was remembering a hand from like a year ago today, and I tweaked this to make it more precise when reading the hand.

Home game, 0.5/1 blinds and 1/2 stakes. 10 players. Game is loose and passive, but a few of the players are slightly aggressive, and there's one spot who's very loose, very aggro, and somewhat tricky.

BB hero is a good tag and I'm sitting at the table across from him.

Anyways, early limp, two middle limp, including the lag, button limps, and hero checks.

5 players, 5.5 SB, flop: K[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 8[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] 6[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img]

Hero bets, 2 middle players call, button calls.

Turn: 5.75bb, 4 players, 5[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img]

Hero bets, one fold, lag raises, button calls, hero calls.

River: 2[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img], 3 players, 11.75bb

Hero bets, lag raises, button folds, hero three-bets, lag folds.

I could be missing a few hands, but I'm pretty sure that we can narrow this down to one hand that's very likely and another that's possible, and a third that's a far outside possibility (not sure if he should play that hand in this manner). Let me know what you think.

nerdking · #2 04-26-2007, 05:53 PM

As8c/d/h

DavidC · #3 04-26-2007, 06:00 PM

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As8c/d/h

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Yeah, I like this one. Curious about As7o and As6o, though. I figure neither of those hands should bet the turn, but I could be wrong.

nerdking · #4 04-26-2007, 06:04 PM

A6 is a possibility, A7 is the more remote. He could be playing 66 or 88 here too, and hoping that LAG will protect his hand for him.

DavidC · #5 04-26-2007, 06:59 PM

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A6 is a possibility, A7 is the more remote. He could be playing 66 or 88 here too, and hoping that LAG will protect his hand for him.

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turn and river exclude 66/88 [img]/images/graemlins/frown.gif[/img]

nerdking · #6 04-26-2007, 07:43 PM

meh. i'm not hero. i just threw those in because they seemed like possiblities. Not huge possiblities.

you ever really find out what he had?

lautzutao · #7 04-27-2007, 01:18 AM

Hero has A-high flush w/ a pair, apparently not AKo since he didn't raise preflop. Lag flopped a small flush and slowplayed on the flop. He should have called the river instead of raising.

DavidC · #8 04-27-2007, 02:21 AM

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Hero has A-high flush w/ a pair, apparently not AKo since he didn't raise preflop. Lag flopped a small flush and slowplayed on the flop. He should have folded the river instead of raising.

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fyp

I think there were 3 players on that river. Mega easy fold.

lautzutao · #9 04-27-2007, 02:27 AM

Thought the pot was bigger than it was actually: you're right

Shillx · #10 04-27-2007, 02:38 AM

Dave,

I wouldn't check the turn with the A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] after betting the flop. You aren't going to bet the flop w/o a spade and you aren't going to check the turn with a small flush so it basically gives your hand away. Yeah you can get tricky and I might with some hands but I would keep going with the A [img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] if I decided to bet the flop.