Two consecutive hands with the same villain:

arcticfox · #1 02-02-2006, 06:29 AM

This is the first hand, which I think is fairly standard:

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SB ($37.30)
BB ($19.45)
UTG ($23.65)
MP ($121.85)
Hero ($64.35)
Button ($42.40)

Preflop: Hero is CO with K[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], J[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img].
UTG calls $0.50, 1 fold, Hero calls $0.50, Button calls $0.50, SB completes, BB checks.

Flop: ($2.50) 4[img]/images/graemlins/diamond.gif[/img], 2[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (5 players)
SB checks, BB checks, UTG checks, Hero bets $1.5, Button calls $1.50, SB folds, BB folds, UTG folds.

Turn: ($5.50) 9[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $3, Button calls $3.

River: ($11.50) 3[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $4, Button raises to $13, Hero calls $9.

Final Pot: $37.50

Results in white below: 
Hero has Kc Jc (flush, king high).
Button has Kd Ts (one pair, tens).
Outcome: Hero wins $37.50. 

The very next hand, what do you do on the turn?

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Button ($36.80)
SB ($18.95)
BB ($23.15)
UTG ($121.85)
Hero ($82.05)
CO ($24.40)

Preflop: Hero is MP with Q[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img], Q[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img].
1 fold, Hero raises to $2, CO calls $2, 3 folds.

Flop: ($4.75) 4[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], 7[img]/images/graemlins/heart.gif[/img], T[img]/images/graemlins/club.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $3.5, CO calls $3.50.

Turn: ($11.75) T[img]/images/graemlins/spade.gif[/img] (2 players)
Hero bets $4.5, CO raises to $18.9

Hero???

Jack10 · #2 02-02-2006, 06:47 AM

Hand 1: Bet more on every street, especially the turn. A bet of $5-6 charges Villain to draw with the Ac, and also does not allow him to take you off of a hand like two pair or a set; it looks like you are protecting a good but not great hand.

Hand 2: I'm stubborn but I insta-push. He just showed you that he will represent the nuts when a scare card comes. Plus he's probably tilting, and probably doesn't put you on an overpair. You are ahead here almost always IMO. If he's got a ten or better, so be it.

Just my humble opinion.

lorez · #3 02-02-2006, 01:45 PM

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Hand 2: I'm stubborn but I insta-push. He just showed you that he will represent the nuts when a scare card comes. Plus he's probably tilting, and probably doesn't put you on an overpair. You are ahead here almost always IMO. If he's got a ten or better, so be it.

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He's unlikely to have the ten and is probably semi bluffing with the flush. If he had the overpair I'd of expected action preflop or on the flop. Also, if he had the ten then I would of expected some kind of bet on the flop to try and see what you've got or to charge you for drawing to the flush. If it was me I'd just call, the pot odds are worth it, you are getting 3 - 1 odds on the call.

Jamougha · #4 02-02-2006, 08:02 AM

Oooh... this is a real he knows-I know-he knows sort of thing.

I think I give him credit here. He plausibly had TP and he's playing it the same way as a bluff a few hands earlier. OTOH he may just be blindly pouncing on weakness... but I don't think so.

H1, why no raise preflop? I would have tried to isolate UTG. I also like betting this a little harder on the flop, maybe that's just a question of styles.