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Originally Posted by Toast91185
I generally play between 50-200 and have been running pretty well lately. I am guessing you disagree with my analysis. I am here to get better and learn, so I would really like to know why if you would care to elaborate.
yeah its true that i disagree completely with ur suggested line.
1) "My second problem is just calling on the flop. You have TPTK and I think now is the time that you should make a decision on your hand. (...) I think you definitely need to re-raise instead of turning control of the hand over to villain."
a. i dont know why it is important not to give up control over the hand. what do you gain by taking over the control again. the only thing happens is that u r bloating the pot and commit yourself and play for your whole stack. why do you want to play for whole healthy stack against the cl with a single pair? isnt it much more important to keep control over the potsize than "control over the hand".
b. now lets give villain a range. what is he calling a huge UTG raise with from the blinds? your assumption is that he is calling with Ax or Qx. would you call in this spot with a hand like AJ or QT? and if so, would you ever think he is betting Qx or AJ- this hard against the utg pfa? i think not but even if so, there is still no need to raise b/c we are wa/wb. if we raise only hands that have us beat will call/push the other hands are folding. and we have position.
2) "Post flop play looks like your just in here to get a cheap showdown by showing no resistance whatsoever"
u assume that villain can put him on a weak A and can be bluffed off this by an even worse A or a queen. but why should villain put hero on a weak A? who is raising utg with bad aces? as hero played the hand on the turn it exactly looked like AK, maybe AQ. moreover, why should villain pull off a big
bluff in that spot? there is absolutely no need for him to randomly attack the 2nd cl who was the utg raiser with an airball here???
so the question is a 3fold: 1) is he bluffing? 2) is he betting a hand worse than TPTK for value? 3) is he betting 2pair or better 4 value?
1) a complete airball just doesnt make any sense in this spot
2) he calls a huge UTG raise with AJ or worse and going all the way by lead betting hard. thats unusual even in a 5$ tourney
3) here we go. by excluding possibilities 1 and 2 we find our answer