So you check, and the turn comes a blank; now what? if the other player bets, do you fold? what if he checks? are you going to bet now? personally, I prefer to know where I stand on the flop.
If it's me
Here I am calling the raise and seeing what happens on the turn.
If he bets again and the card is a scare card, maybe I get away
If it's a blank and he checks, you can check behind or bet again.
If your opinion of him is that he's a loose player, maybe he has K-10, but I am going to find out 85% of the time by calling all the way unless my gut says otherwise
If i'm betting 80% of the pot I"m not folding to a min raise. I may or may not bet that flop. MInd you I probably bet 1/2 pot at least 50% of the time here.
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Kristy, why can't we all just get along?
If i'm betting 80% of the pot I"m not folding to a min raise. I may or may not bet that flop. MInd you I probably bet 1/2 pot at least 50% of the time here.
I agree with the bet size.
I disagree with the frequency.
I'd bet less than 50% of the time.
Earlier I said I'd bet 50% of the pot about 30% of the time.
I think 0-15% of the time is a better frequency.
I don't want to play a big pot with second pair.
I want to let my good position do the work for me.
So I can check behind and let my position get me some more information.
There are no draws so there is not much reason to bet.
On the turn I'll know what the turn card is and the villain's reaction to it.
How big are the stack sizes?
I think they are not more than 300BB.
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Not smarter than a grade 5 or Kristy Sea
Last edited by ReefAquarium; Feb 23,2009 at 12:20 PM.
Queens are a top hand. It is not 50/50 against AK, actually it is nearly 60/40 against AK unsuited. with QQ you raise, reraise and shove..... unless an Ace or a King hit the flop of course in whch case you check then call or fold.....
Jacks on the other hand, they are tricky. Often I call in early position, and prey. There's 3 ways to play Jacks pre flop - and all of them are wrong.
I think the guy may have had pocket Ts. His min re-raise would look to me like he was testing for information to see whether or not you missed the flop. I don't think folding was incorrect but with him I may have re -raised back just to gain further info or called and reassessed after the turn card. If he re-raised back again at the flop and it was a substantial rerz I would think then that he did call with KT and hit. I think at the time though going with your gut was the right thing to do as he was fairly new to the table.
Last edited by Wanita1; Apr 25,2010 at 08:07 PM.
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