After AK misses
Scenario
NLH Tournament
Your in late position with average stack mp limps (also average stack) you raise to 4-5xbb with AcKd. Mp position calls. Heads up for the flop.
8c-4d-Qh. MP checks.....what do you do?
Same scenario but flop brings....
4d-Jc-Qc and your first to act....what do you do?
One more time guys, flop brings...
10h-10c-Qh and you are last to act...what do you do?
The player you are against ususally plays premium hands and is aggresive
Wader
NLH Tournament
Your in late position with average stack mp limps (also average stack) you raise to 4-5xbb with AcKd. Mp position calls. Heads up for the flop.
8c-4d-Qh. MP checks.....what do you do?
Same scenario but flop brings....
4d-Jc-Qc and your first to act....what do you do?
One more time guys, flop brings...
10h-10c-Qh and you are last to act...what do you do?
The player you are against ususally plays premium hands and is aggresive
Wader
Comments
Hand 2: Check fold.
Hand 3: Same as hand 1.
There are many ffactors that could change my decisions such payout structure, blinds compared to my stack, my feel of the table, etc.
Hope this helps.
Jamie.
2. Check. I'd love to see that turn card.
3. Check and shut down immediately. If a Jack comes off on the turn, I don't even especially like it.
ScottyZ
2. Bet about 3/4 pot
3. Check
Scotty: In question 2, you're first to act, but your statement of sounds to me like you're acting last. Maybe not... just wondering if you missed the 'first to act' part.
Cheers,
all_aces
2. Check with the intention of folding. I'd love to see that turn card.
ScottyZ
In question 2 you say that you would bet about 3/4 pot. What if your opponent just calls that bet, Do you check the turn if it brings no help?
However, as for question 2, if he flat calls and the turn brings no help, what I would do after that would be entirely dependant on my experiences with the player in question in the tournament so far, as well as on our exact stack sizes. I might check and fold to a bet, I might bet 1.5 times the amount I did on the flop, or I might push all of my chips into the middle. In NL hold'em, a lot of the answers to hypothetical questions are 'it depends', but that doesn't make them not worth asking, and I think these are all good questions.
So, what would I do against a typical solid player, with both of us on average stacks? Check, and fold to a bet, I think.
Cheers,
all_aces
I will give him a wider range of hands because I am assuming that he has flat called my 4x BB raise pre-flop. He has an "implied odds" hand. I like me hand here. Bet 3/4 of pot.
Bet 3/4 of the pot. I still have to put him on a small/meduim pair.
What about sitting at a loose/aggresive cash NLH table. When its very hard to put certain apponents on a hand do you usually still take a crack at the pot after the flop?
Lets assume I am an aggresive player that usually only plays premium hands and I hold AKo against a fairly good player and the flop comes 2h-6d-9s. Being the first to act I come out betting, should'nt my opponent have a fairly good idea that I am holding AK,AQ etc. or am I trying to represent a high pocket pair?
Thanks
Wader
Why is betting 3/4 pot the new black?
ScottyZ