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06-14-2008 , 04:37 AM

sebastien

adept

Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 966

Full Tilt Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $2/$4

vilain is unknow

Pre-flop: (6 players) Hero is Button with A

UTG calls, UTG+1 folds, CO calls, Hero raises, 2 folds, UTG calls, CO calls.

flop:9

UTG checks, CO checks, Hero bets, UTG calls, CO folds.

turn:J

UTG checks, Hero checks.
i was afraid of be check raised by draw and don't feel confortable to calldown against unknow who i don't know if is able to c/r some draw.

river:9

UTG bets, Hero calls.

06-14-2008 , 01:54 PM

Cooperman1

journeyman

Join Date: Nov 2007 Posts: 316

Bet on flop = standard.
Normally I would be betting the turn (and calling or folding to a reraise depending on the villian) but like the check against an unknown.
Can't see the 9 having helped him on the river. With 3.5BB in the pot minus rake (I think) calling here is not nice but necessary against an unknown. Hope for the bluff but not surprised if he turns over J10, QJ, KJ.

Agree?

06-14-2008 , 03:06 PM

PokerSparky

veteran

Join Date: Feb 2005 Posts: 2,308

Heads up on the turn I bet/fold and check the river UI.

06-14-2008 , 09:51 PM

ILOVEPOKER929

Carpal \'Tunnel

Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 30,875

Quote:

Originally Posted by PokerSparky

Heads up on the turn I bet/fold and check the river UI.

Against an unknown I prefer taking a showdown line with the non-pair nuts which means I'm either bet/calling down or checking the turn and calling the river. Since I don't like the idea of investing 3bb's from the turn on with no read, I would generally play this hand exactly as the hero did.

I think it's important that I posted in this thread so we can have back to back Michigan symbols.

06-14-2008 , 10:28 PM

CrayZee

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Join Date: Oct 2005 Posts: 2,700

Yeah, not a bad line to ch behind the turn intending to call the river UI. It's either that and fire that c-bet on the turn hoping you get checked into on the river...but you pretty much have to do the b/f in that spot.

Checking behind on the turn/calling if bet into on the river will allow you to also see villain's holding, too. So that's nice.

06-15-2008 , 06:25 AM

larm

adept

Join Date: Mar 2007 Posts: 938

I would play it the same, since you cant B/f against an unknown who could be semibluffing 108, Q10, xsxs and 45. River is an easy call.

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