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WTF spot w/ trip aces AND a great kicker.
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March 14, 2011 - 11:54 pm
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This is from the 109 multi mini.  No reads on villain, thought he was a reg at the time.  Is folding here insane?!  

 

Full Tilt Poker MiniFTOPS Event #27 No Limit Hold'em Tournament – t140/t280 Blinds + t25 – 9 players
TournamentPokerEdge.com Hand History Converter

BB: BB = 65.8, t18435
UTG: BB = 57.2, t16010
UTG+1: BB = 23.6, t6610
UTG+2: BB = 41.6, t11651
MP1: BB = 54.0, t15110
Hero (MP2): BB = 45.0, t12596
CO: BB = 34.0, t9530
BTN: BB = 29.8, t8355
SB: BB = 52.8, t14780

Pre Flop: (t645) Hero is MP2 with K of clubs A of diamonds
4 folds, Hero raises to t560, 3 folds, BB calls t280

Flop: (t1485) 4 of hearts A of hearts A of spades (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t700, BB calls t700

Turn: (t2885) 6 of hearts (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t1775, BB raises to t5460, Hero requests TIME

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March 15, 2011 - 12:08 am
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is it too passive to check behind and call any river, or value bet river if checked?

 

this just seems like one of those spots where you have a super strong hand but if you get raised it still makes it really hard to continue. 

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March 15, 2011 - 8:05 am
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First I puke. Then i’ll let somebody else answer cause i really have no clue what to do here. Its a matter of deciding if you believe he is bluffing enough of the time to make this profitable, i see very few hands that do this that are second best.

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March 15, 2011 - 4:28 pm
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What if it turns out the villain has a 20$ abi and is a big loser over a small sample size?  Is this guy really capable of tooling out w/ Ax like this? I mean maybe AxQh but i doubt it.

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March 15, 2011 - 6:29 pm
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kbor said:

What if it turns out the villain has a 20$ abi and is a big loser over a small sample size?  Is this guy really capable of tooling out w/ Ax like this? I mean maybe AxQh but i doubt it.

this makes is extremely likely that he is tooling out with AQ, but villain will also turn their hand face up and play a flush this way too imo. so its still pretty hard to know where you are at
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As played I doubt I'm ever laying it down…..but I agree I probably check back the turn for pot control and then play off the river being in postion

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dvbronco said:

As played I doubt I'm ever laying it down…..but I agree I probably check back the turn for pot control and then play off the river being in postion

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March 16, 2011 - 5:00 pm
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gross spot.

 

i don't want to be results-oriented in saying to check the turn, i think it depends on how you view his range on the flop. if he's c/cing with Ax or c/ring it. if he's likely to c/r Ax, then i'd probably check back turn because he's probably not calling a turn bet with like 77 and all his FDs got there. whereas if he's c/cing Ax then he can still have those on the turn and i'd be more inclined to bet again for value and some protection against Ax with a heart.

 

i think getting it in here is a mistake if villain can't have worse Ax, cause then he just has flushes and boats.

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March 16, 2011 - 6:57 pm
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Gross spot for sure. This looks like a value raise by him on the turn. Makes it even worse that we are readless. Being that your only read is that he is a reg, I go with it and get it in. However, right now we are wishing we checked the turn to either block flush or A4 A6 reraise and calling any river bet.

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March 17, 2011 - 1:41 pm
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In a tournament with a buyin at this level I would assume that the average player is thinking a little bit more and identifying that he is a reg is going to give me great pause. I'm not sure how happy I am here to call. I know we have a strong hand, but given that he flatted a min raise out of the BB but think about hands that do that (or at least hands that I would do that with):

1. Small PP's

2. Weak Aces

3. Suited Connectors

4. Suited One Gappers

 

Given those holdings I think he can comfortably float the flop bet as I would expect you to c-bet here a ton and then depending on board texture put you in a miserable spot. His range here is really polarized to the absolute nuts where you are dead to rights or a miraculous hero call to expose a solid bluff on his part. You are drawing pretty thin here potentially if you are wrong (3 K's and 1 A as quads or a boat would be what I would expect you to need to win here if he has it) so I don't think it is worth the risk to find out if he is bluffing you. I think you can safely fold here and still have an effective stack. Just my thoughts.

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