I am playing a 1$/2$ table live, stack 200$. I'm on the cut off with KcQs. The hijack limps. He's a very passive old man. I raise 12$. The big blind (another passive player that can be pushed to fold) call, and the hijack call.
FLOP : Td-8d-3d The Big blind look at his cards (I then usually thinks he has a diamond, but not necessarily and Ace), and checks. The hijack checks.
My question is : Should I bet that flop ? I don't have a diamond and I really don't like this flop, but my opponents don't really know it. They must know it's unlikely I connect with the T-8. In fact the T-8 combo is better for their range. But they checked to me. My range still includes overpairs, and the Ad could be in my hand.
Plus, maybe it would be hard for opponents to call on this board without specifically the Ad. The only reason I'm not sure is the board is in fact sooo bad for my range, with no likely chance to improve.
Thank you
Last edited by venice10; 07-17-2015 at 08:12 PM.
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I'm generally cbetting monotones 4 ways personally.
You get (or end up getting) a lot more folds from middling holdings on 3 flush boards in my experience at these stakes. So where I normally would not cbet 4 ways on a wiff , here I probably would.
Obviously if there's a really tricky player involved than checking and giving up might be better. 4 ways when you brick its usually not a terrible play ever to do they anyways .
I'm generally cbetting monotones 4 ways personally.
You get (or end up getting) a lot more folds from middling holdings on 3 flush boards in my experience at these stakes. So where I normally would not cbet 4 ways , here I probably would.
Obviously if there's a really tricky player involved than checking and giving up might be better. 4 ways when you brick its usually not a terrible play ever to do they anyways .
+1 don't mind cbetting here, I think we can fire like $18-25 and re-eval turn.
It's 3 way.
You can fire a bullet and see what happens but I'd opt for a delayed c bet if anything. If they check to you twice, a bet should pick it up. Or if you hit a K or Q, you might call or raise a turn bet.
A flop bet is likely to be called or raised. Check behind, consider betting turn or folding if you don't improve and someone bets.
Hi, welcome to this forum. I strongly suggest reading the threads stuck to the top of the forum first.
We discourage people from posting the results in the initial post. The reason is that it influences the advice you get. When you had to make your decision, you didn't know what would happen next. Neither should anyone else helping you.
My other suggestion is to only make 1 thread per day. I noticed that you have another thread up. The reason is that many new players don't know what what they don't know. It may be that you're looking for a yes/no answer when the reality is that the situation is more complex than you think. Good posters will give you a lot to think about and absorb. Posters that make multiple threads tend to look for the answer to their specific question and fail to learn how to figure things out the next time.
So on to the hand. Pre-flop is fine. It is on the flop we need to think about we can represent and what others will think about what hands we could have. This will be useful on later streets to tell a consistent story. Let's start off with assuming we had the nuts. Most LLSNL players would slow play it. The odds that you aren't raising with a hand with a T in it. So they don't believe you have TP. So either you have some sort of overpair with most likely a diamond, or you missed. Think about what you'd do in those situation. Then play like you have one of those options.
