Another Live MTT question....
First hand of the tournament A10 5 limpers before me, I limp, sb calls bb checks, cheap flop if I hit I'm happy... last time I played there it was CRAZY bets and bets so I want to be carefull with a not-so-strong-hand with almost a full table.
Flop :
AA10 rainbow ...
I'm like Wheep! everybody checks to me last to talk, I'm like ok... last week people called anything so I bet and everyone folds.
Question is... should I check there ? I mean unless someone has AJ-Q-K or a 10 he's not gonna call no matter what comes later, right?
Flop :
AA10 rainbow ...
I'm like Wheep! everybody checks to me last to talk, I'm like ok... last week people called anything so I bet and everyone folds.
Question is... should I check there ? I mean unless someone has AJ-Q-K or a 10 he's not gonna call no matter what comes later, right?
Comments
Simple point is no one has anything to call you with, you have an A and a T.
That leaves just 2 cards of the whole deck that anyone is going to call you with legitimately.
What your hoping is that another card comes K, Q, J... then you might get paid. Even maybe the two suit is going to help pay you.
HOWEVER - betting half the pot here can be good advertising. If you don't get a caller make sure you show this hand so that people know that your continuation bets are solid.
I still made a decent amount of money on the hand but it felt like a waste... I busted out fairly early (20th out of 68) and I feel that is cuz I didn't receive any action on all my good hands (kings twice everyone folded my raise pre-flop and this one.
I did show my card after I bet and everyone folded ...
If Ishow a strong hand at the beginning I'll get respect for my futur raise... right?
In a way isn't that what you want?
Should you show a bluff a bit later to show you can do both?
I'm more used to play online and I feel live is so different that I make some really weird plays sometimes...
That being said I will occassionaly show a bluff if I am getting too tight an image at the table.
Even if it's for misleading purposes or to show that I can switch it up and that I have different clubs in my bag, I think that any information that you do give, one way or another is just more data that someone else can process over time and then make calculated decisions when he/she is in a hand with you.
The only time I'd even consider showing cards when I'm playing with family and close friends in our usual bingo-style shootout tourneys just for fun. Other than that, not really gonna happen. It may work for others to show at certain points, but I don't think it's worth it when playing against other people when you're seriously trying to take their money.