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5/5/10 Monster Draw vs. Short Stack - Isolate or Invite Others? 5/5/10 Monster Draw vs. Short Stack - Isolate or Invite Others?

07-22-2017 , 01:20 PM
5/5/10 live game. Game isn't very good, but all the relevant players in this hand are fishy.

EP: $350 stack, older guy, fishy, generally passive, but no real reads
BB: $1200 stack, not horrible, but definitely overly loose, more willing to gamble when tilted (he's not tilted at the moment, AFAIK)
Hero in MP: Covers everyone at the table, good image
Button: $1500 stack, big fish

Hero is dealt: QT98

Preflop:
EP limps, hero raises to $50, button calls, BB calls.

Flop: J85
BB checks, EP leads pot of $210, Hero...?

So I flopped huge, but technically I could be in bad shape if I'm against a made hand and a higher flush draw.

Reads:
EP: I think his range will be heavily weighted towards "made hands" - two pair or set. I'm not sure, but I think fish of this variety are more likely to open shove these types of hands more than hands like pair+NFD.
Button: This guy is horrible. If I flat here, he'd overcall with hands as weak as T98x (good), or Q-high/K-high flush draw (bad).
BB: I kinda got the sense he was disinterested in his hand, but I could be wrong. If I shove, I think he'd fold a dry nut flush draw.

My hand is huge, but with only a ten-high flush draw, I'm not sure if it's better to isolate and drive out higher flush draws, or call and hope that other weaker draws/made hands come along. In the hand, I shoved, but in retrospect I think calling might've been better. I'd like to here others' opinions.
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07-23-2017 , 12:04 PM
Seems like it doesnt matter because you are crushing the board so hard its close to impossible for btn to have anything that can join in. Middle and bottom sets can't continue (should fold). I dont think calling or jamming will change his calling range much so gii before v slows down and possibly get k high FDs to fold behind u. I like jamming better than calling
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07-24-2017 , 01:03 AM
Get it HU if at all possible; you are not in great shape vs AJxxdd.
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07-26-2017 , 02:41 PM
The play is the same if tou had top set.
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07-27-2017 , 05:00 AM
Your hand looks great on this board but you can be dominated by better draws so you want to deny equity from those hands by pricing them out.
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