BB Special against some resistance.

[tenbob]

fulltiltpoker Game #1180670160: $10 + $1 Tournament (7842063), Table 1 - 60/120 - No Limit Hold'em - 17:09:16 ET - 2006/11/01
Seat 1: tenbob (4,560)
Seat 2: Snoopdog300 (4,460)
Seat 3: corrinne1 (6,450)
Seat 4: z2020 (3,249)
Seat 5: Rivr_Raptor (1,710)
Seat 6: Bolderbender (4,949)
Seat 7: shotgun1010 (4,535)
Seat 8: MrBiLlk (600)
Seat 9: Plus1Plus1 (3,645)
Plus1Plus1 posts the small blind of 60
tenbob posts the big blind of 120
The button is in seat #8
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to tenbob [2h 3h]
Snoopdog300 folds
corrinne1 folds
z2020 folds
Rivr_Raptor calls 120
Bolderbender folds
shotgun1010 folds
MrBiLlk folds
Plus1Plus1 calls 60
tenbob checks
*** FLOP *** [7h 9h Th]
Plus1Plus1 bets 240
TENBOB ????

Flopped baby flush, Plus1Plus1 likes to bet into scary flops, hes taken down numerious paried boards uncontested. How he reacts to some resistance is yet to be seen. Rivr_Raptor is your typical low limit calling station, and will call down any bet with a heart.

My table image is a total rock, after spending over an hour card dead, i woke up with AA twice in a row, and doubled up both times.

 

[loopmeister]

You're almost certainly ahead here. A priori odds of someone else having 2 hearts are about 1 in 20 (2*1:40). Someone holding 1 heart however is a different story.

So bet to make calling to draw a 5th heart a mistake. This would mean offering pot odds of under 3:1. I'd make a 3/4 to pot sized raise here.

 

[Dingodaddy23]

easy raise, im making it like 600 more

 

[F Paulsson]

Step 1: Call.
Step 2: Turn the 8 of spades.
Step 3: Profit!

 

[Four Dogs]

Reraise

 

[Bombjack]

You could play it a couple of ways. Raise to try to get rid of single higher hearts. Or, slightly safer, is to employ a kind of rope-a-dope and hope no heart comes on the turn, so just call. Then you may get another bet out of your opponent if he bets into you and you raise, and it's easier to deny your opponents the odds to draw out. Plus you haven't wasted as many chips if another heart comes. I'm slightly in favour of raising the flop as you'll probably get calls from single hearts. Then if no heart on the turn, all-in.

 

[tenbob]

I'm slightly in favour of raising the flop as you'll probably get calls from single hearts. Then if no heart on the turn, all-in.

I like it A raise on the flop, to encourage some callers, but not enough to commit to the hand if we get a bad turn. The push at the now big pot on the turn if a safe card falls.

 

[tenbob]

Results.

Small raise to encourage some non commital pot building, pushing a safe turn card. Calling=bad, overbetting=good cash game play/poor tournament play. (Me thinks)

*** FLOP *** [7h 9h Th]
Plus1Plus1 bets 240
tenbob raises to 480
Rivr_Raptor calls 480
Plus1Plus1 has 15 seconds left to act
Plus1Plus1 calls 240
*** TURN *** [7h 9h Th] [Jc]
Plus1Plus1 checks
tenbob bets 3,960, and is all in
Rivr_Raptor calls 1,110, and is all in
Plus1Plus1 has 15 seconds left to act
Plus1Plus1 calls 3,045, and is all in
tenbob shows [2h 3h]
Rivr_Raptor shows [Kd Kh]
Plus1Plus1 shows [7d Jh]
Uncalled bet of 915 returned to tenbob
*** RIVER *** [7h 9h Th Jc] [8c]
tenbob shows a flush, Ten high
Plus1Plus1 shows a straight, Jack high
tenbob wins the side pot (3,870) with a flush, Ten high
Rivr_Raptor shows a straight, Jack high
tenbob wins the main pot (5,130) with a flush, Ten high
Rivr_Raptor stands up
Plus1Plus1 stands up

 

[NineLions]

Nice play.

I can see the theory in the strategy; I'd have difficulty pulling the trigger on the turn though. That's probably why I'm an accountant and not an venture capitalist.

 

[Bombjack]

Nice play.

I can see the theory in the strategy; I'd have difficulty pulling the trigger on the turn though. That's probably why I'm an accountant and not an venture capitalist.

Maybe you should take up Limit....

 

[loopmeister]

Nice one, bruvva!

Those are the hands that I live for! 2 callers? Taste the honey.

 

[NineLions]

Maybe you should take up Limit....

I tried it, early on.

Felt like a fish out of water (pun intended). I couldn't read anything from the unform bets.