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ballen
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
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 Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:57 am Post subject: What do yall think about my calling his all in? |
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I was playin in a tournament with 5 of my friends. I was in teh BB. and i get dealt J2. This was a 10$ buy in tourney, just for fun and what not. Anyways, we have 2 limpers, so i get to see the flop for free. Flop comes JJ4. I have 3 of a kind J's. So one of the limpers bets $1. (blinds are .25 .5). I raise it to 4. He goes all in, and I call. He flips over KK, and i flip over my J2. THe turn was a blank and the river was another jack giving me 4 of a kind to his boat.
I guess the reason that i am posting this is to see how bad it is to limp in with a monster. I asked my friend why he did that, and he said he wanted me to catch a jack and then i would bet it. TO be honest, if i didnt flop 2 pair of 3 of a kind, i prolly would have mucked.
I would have stabbed at the top pair and seen his raise and then folded, i cant play J2 confidently.
What do yall think about my calling his all in? |
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pritz
Joined: 17 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:58 am Post subject: |
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| Your call was correct. From his play, the best possible hand he might have had was 3 jacks as well, but that is VERY unlikely. Or, he could have had trip fours, but you would have been way ahead anyway. Limping with big pairs like AA, KK, QQ spells disaster 99% of the time. |
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lork
Joined: 05 Jan 2006
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 9:59 am Post subject: |
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| I can understand slowplaying in short handed games with big pairs preflop, hoping someone else catches top pair and then you get a ton of chips. What you're friend did after the flop was a bad play though. you bet $1 into a $1.50 flop, making the pot a whopping $2.50. he bet all his chips more then likely knowing that if you called, he'd lose it all, and if you folded, he's win a small worthless pot that would have pretty much been the same size had he raised. so you played perfect, he played stupid! he should have raised preflop... OR ... being that you bet the flop, made a small raise to see what you did, or called and seen if you we're persistent on the turn again and try to gain some information. |
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razor
Joined: 21 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:00 am Post subject: |
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by the way Pritz...
if the guy had trip fours... then the poster wasn't way ahead... he was now losing to a full house... |
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ballen
Joined: 31 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 10:45 am Post subject: |
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| Thanks to all for the informative advice.I like what lork told me about raising small.I think this was the thing I need. |
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DeepBlue
Joined: 19 Dec 2005
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| Posted: Thu Feb 16, 2006 11:06 pm Post subject: |
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A small raise is good to get some indication of opponent hands - someone matches you, they aren't that confident or are just playing it cool. They come straight back over the top and they've got something in hand or think you're bluffing.
Another advantage is that you can keep players in the game, investing in the pot and so forth before taking a much larger bet on the river. They can either get out whilst they can or try and match you, but with 4 of a kind I wouldn't like to be on the other end of that hand! |
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