Short stack flop play (hand)
Join Date: Oct 2006
Posts: 1,373
Casino PLO
1-2 blinds, bring in for 5, max bring in is 15
Unknown opponents
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Pre-flop:
Hero has 40 big blinds ($200) in the CO and his hand is AAK8 with A8 of spades
Hero brings it in for 15 and is called by the button and big blind who both have Hero covered
Flop:
Q85 and hero has backdoor spades along with having paired the 8
Big blind checks
Hero check
Button bets pot
Big blind folds
Hero raises pot all in and is called
(Hero lost to three fives: A552, suited to the ace)
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Thoughts?
Join Date: Sep 2009
Posts: 28,051
Xr might be the worst possible choice of all lines, without some kind of relevant read on btn.
Bet/call and bet/fold lines would be a much better way to go.
Join Date: Jun 2006
Posts: 14,755
Try to make it a habit to remember the exact suits of your cards and the flop. It will help you primarily, and also us when we try to analyze the hand afterwards.
It's a bit oversimplified but in general a c/r folds out hands you beat and keeps in hands that beat you. It's also not particularly believable in terms of you having a value hand.
Join Date: Mar 2008
Posts: 1,723
check/reevaluate is ok but once villain pots it and you don't have a read that he pot/folds a lot, it looks like he's committing himself with any piece of it so you are basically getting it in versus a range of made hands two pair+/semi-bluffs which will not be good for you, as all his value have you way behind and his semi-bluffs are very often flipping if not slightly ahead of you anyway.
