Quote:
Originally Posted by Mason Malmuth
I suggest you read the chapter "When the Pot Gets Big" in our book Hold 'em Poker for Advanced Players. It should give you a few things to think about.
Mason
HI Mason, thanks!
In the chaper you gave an example that Hero has T
9
and flop A
7
6
. The pot is assumed big...you said Hero should donk flop to get hands like K
J
and K
T
out.
Some questions about this...
1. How big a pot we are talking about here usually?
2. Is it by capping preflop or one raise plus many callers? Basically how many opponents on flop if that matters here.
3. Betting J
9
to get KTo out makes sense since Hero does not want to catch a T and still lose. By betting against KJo, do you mean removing oppoenents' chance to catch K or J to beat Hero when Hero could catch a 9 or T?
4. In general if a pot gets so big on flop, it is due to many players and/or lots of action preflop. For an Ace high flop someone is going to hold an Ace or big pair so often and does not fold to Hero's flop donk. Now why we have to care so much about ridding hands like KJo or KTo here?