Tuesday, July 10, 2007

Pot control ...

Full Tilt Poker - No Limit Hold'em Cash Game - $1/$2 Blinds - 5 Players - (http://www.legopoker.com/hh)

SteamboatM: $132.05
jwpoker4: $263.05
riverbaby11: $203.25
nuSFwck: $521.30
TheXC: $199.00

Preflop: TheXC is dealt Th 9c (5 Players)
2 folds, TheXC raises to $7.00, SteamboatM calls $6.00, jwpoker4 calls $5.00

Totally standard button raise. I get two callers.

Flop: ($21) 7c 9h 5d (3 Players)
SteamboatM checks, jwpoker4 bets $14.00, TheXC calls $14.00, SteamboatM folds

A 26/17 type player leads out. I have top pair and no kicker. There is one more person still behind me that could check raise. I have position. All signs point to "call".

Turn: ($49) Tc (2 Players)
jwpoker4 checks, TheXC bets $31.00, jwpoker4 folds
Uncalled bet of $31.00 returned to TheXC

The turn is a good card for me. It gives me top two and does not complete any draws. The only straights out there are 68 which he would have flopped and J8 - which means he would have just turned a gutter. He checks to me. Now ... I have to bet here - both for value and to make sure I don't get bluffed on the river.

If he check/raises me here, I don't think my two pair is good though ...

Pot Size: $49.00 ($2.45 Rake)

1 comment:

Neb said...

I definitely don't think it's auto fold if he check raise there. I mean against a donk, he probably thinks his worse 2P is the nuts. It really depends on the villian, but actually a lot of the times, I would say you should be good.

Another thought might be whether to make a bet on the turn is the best play, especially if you can't stand a c/r. The only reason for me to bet here is if he is going to c/r me, I call almost instantly. Given the board being so dry, I can't put him on a sensible hand/draw that would call a bet on this turn card. I don't mind taking the free card and extracting max value on majority of his range.