Underpair

[Bombjack]

Another fun hand in two parts... what would you do here?

Opponent reads:
awesum seems to call with anything, making a killing by frequently showing down 2 pair with less-than-premium hands on the river... although she can lay down a hand to a big bet when beaten
chrystal has recently joined the table and has been quite quiet - could be good or bad player

Part 1: The flop

Table #128410 - Scarborough
Starting Hand #8234766
Last Hand #8234684
Game Type: Hold'em
Limit Type: No Limit
Table Type: Ring
Money Type: real money
Blinds are now $0.05/$0.10
Button is at seat 2
Seat 1: Gemma1986 - $7.75
Seat 2: awesum - $53.92
Seat 3: loosefingers - $11.06
Seat 4: chrystal - $9.63
Seat 5: You - $12.31
Seat 6: drunkenbull - $11.56
Seat 8: galwayal - $9.75
Seat 9: JSouzaF - $10.74
Seat 10: Frogster - $5
Moving Button to seat 4
You post small blind ($0.05)
drunkenbull posts big blind ($0.10)
Frogster posts $0.10
loosefingers posts $0.10
loosefingers posts $0.05 dead
Shuffling Deck
Dealing Cards
Dealing 9♥ 9♠ to you
galwayal folds
JSouzaF folds
Frogster checks
Gemma1986 folds
awesum calls $0.10
loosefingers checks
chrystal calls $0.10
You raise to $0.90
drunkenbull folds
Frogster did not respond in time and is folded
Frogster folds
awesum calls $0.90
loosefingers folds
chrystal calls $0.90
Dealing Flop Q♥ J♥ K♥
You...

a) Check-fold - you're probably beat
b) Half-pot semi-bluff continuation bet - after all, you have a straight flush draw
c) Pot it and hope everyone folds

Part 2 - The turn

You actually bet half the pot and both opponents call.

Dealing Flop Q♥ J♥ K♥
You bet $1.50
awesum calls $1.50
chrystal calls $1.50
Dealing Turn 6♣
You...

a) Check / fold - you're definitely beat
b) Another continuation bet for half the pot
c) Bet all-in - no-one has shown any strength and could just be on draws - and 6♣ probably hasn't helped them... you have enough chips to stop anyone drawing to the flush or straight
d) Check-raise all-in, as this projects most strength

 

[ChuckTs]

Flop: I check - barring the flush/straight draw, this is just about the worst flop for 9s. I check and hope that they all have ace high and check behind you for a free card.

Turn: I check again; you bet, but were called by 2 people. Yes they could be drawing, but they could also be trying to hold on with AQ or something like that, or who knows, maybe one of them has a made straight or flush. Don't waste any more money on this hand. You say that awesum has been calling down 2 pairs and big hands.....hint hint :/

 

[Bombjack]

I actually chose (c): all-in on the turn. No-one showed any strength on the flop, and I probably had 15 or so outs if called. Awesum folded. chrystal called and won. Her hand: [6h] [6s]! How could anyone call on the flop with that?

Dealing Turn [6c]
Bombjack bets $9.91 (all-in)
awesum folds
galwayal: back alleys mainly
chrystal calls $7.23 (all-in)
Returning $2.68 to Bombjack uncalled
chrystal shows [6h] [6s]
Bombjack shows [9h] [9s]
Dealing River [Ad]
Taking Rake of $1.10 from pot 1
Bombjack has One Pair: 9s
chrystal has Three of a Kind: 6s
chrystal wins $20.91 with: Three of a Kind: 6s

 

[ChuckTs]

lol it's almost pointless analyzing 25NL and below because of the hand ranges....66 lol...weird

 

[Bombjack]

Well maybe when my bankroll hits $1000 I'll move on to the $100 NL tables and I might have more success...

 

[Marklar]

yeah when you are able to move up you will do better mainly because you can get a better read on their bets at higher stakes (atleast i think so, either that big bets scare me unless i have a big hand). In something like a 2/4 or 3/6 you probably wont have someone call after that flop with two sixes but I've seen worse in a 3/6 such as someone calling my 5x raise with j 6 off suit and flopping two pair against my poket queens