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is their much chance of me being ahead on this flop with AA

craigcu12craigcu12 Member Posts: 3,960
edited April 2013 in The Poker Clinic

after just calling with his hand preflop it seemed puzzling why a board with only 1 straight draw would get a pot size bet made.
so i am left wondering could i play it safe and fold because if i raised i can see a good chance of being jammed and if i call the flop. i can't see much reason for making the fold on the turn.

shakinaces Small blind  15.00 15.00 1955.00
yBig blind  30.00 45.00 1925.00
 Your hole cards
  • A
  • A
   
JFLUSH Fold     
LEAH337 Call  30.00 75.00 1950.00
xCall  30.00 105.00 1985.00
craigcu12 Raise  120.00 225.00 1835.00
shakinaces Fold     
yCall  90.00 315.00 1835.00
LEAH337 Fold     
xCall  90.00 405.00 1895.00
Flop
  
  • 10
  • 7
  • 3
   
yBet  405.00 810.00 1430.00
xCall  405.00 1215.00 1490.00

Comments

  • bearlytherbearlyther Member Posts: 1,757
    edited March 2013
    Get it in dont fold here
  • Lambert180Lambert180 Member Posts: 12,197
    edited March 2013
    People do lots of strange things for strange reasons. Imo given stack sizes, if they've got you beat that's just bad luck....

    Shiiiiip it!!
  • CraigSG1CraigSG1 Member Posts: 1,824
    edited April 2013
    Am I the only one that leans towards a fold? Player dependant obviously but a set is very likely here. X's call is almost always strength so what could they have? PP over 1010 is v unlikely. Suited broadway cards unlikely too. So what? 33 and 77 very likely holdings with the occasional 1010. Y's bet on its own I would 3bet allin but X's call probably has me folding on such a dry board.
  • dre136dre136 Member Posts: 13
    edited April 2013
    With the pot sized bet and the flat its a tough spot, completely player dependent really.
  • CUFCrp90CUFCrp90 Member Posts: 70
    edited April 2013
    Can't fold AA here to one bet unfortunately... At first glance, both players are reasonably weak as they failed to do anything aggressive preflop, esp the BB. Unless you've got conclusive evidence that they slow play monsters like TT here, which is doubtful as you very very very rarely see it, and when you do its from the biggest names on the site.

    Both oppoents ranges are weighted towards top pair overcard kicker, the OESD, or maybe even two random overs.

    Where the hand changes is the BB's donk lead. Its a big donk lead too, full pot. Usually players do this with a drawing hand, they would try to trap with a real made hand like a set or two pair.

    If it was me playing the hand I would reraise the flop all in, and potentially sigh if called from player Y! His range is a lot wider than X who is likely to be the one with top pair/random picture card combo.

    Hope this helps, let us know how it played out! 
  • craigcu12craigcu12 Member Posts: 3,960
    edited April 2013
    thanks for the advice.
    i did decide to go for the shove thinking to myself the BB could have anything and thinks it was just another button bet i made.
    and as for the caller i guessed he would have two over cards or a 10.
    it turns out that x had a set while the blind had Q10
    shakinaces Small blind  15.00 15.00 1955.00
    yBig blind  30.00 45.00 1925.00
     Your hole cards
    • A
    • A
       
    JFLUSH Fold     
    LEAH337 Call  30.00 75.00 1950.00
    xCall  30.00 105.00 1985.00
    craigcu12 Raise  120.00 225.00 1835.00
    shakinaces Fold     
    yCall  90.00 315.00 1835.00
    LEAH337 Fold     
    xCall  90.00 405.00 1895.00
    Flop
      
    • 10
    • 7
    • 3
       
    yBet  405.00 810.00 1430.00
    xCall  405.00 1215.00 1490.00
    craigcu12 All-in  1835.00 3050.00 0.00
    yAll-in  1430.00 4480.00 0.00
    xAll-in  1490.00 5970.00 0.00
    xUnmatched bet  60.00 5910.00 60.00
    yShow
    • Q
    • 10
       
    xShow
    • 7
    • 7
       
    craigcu12 Show
    • A
    • A
       
    Turn
      
    • J
       
    River
      
    • 3
       
    xWin Full House, 7s and 3s 5910.00  5970.00
    how strong a hand do they need for a raise to be made preflop.
  • goodylad21goodylad21 Member Posts: 693
    edited April 2013
    In Response to Re: is their much chance of me being ahead on this flop with AA:
    Am I the only one that leans towards a fold? Player dependant obviously but a set is very likely here. X's call is almost always strength so what could they have? PP over 1010 is v unlikely. Suited broadway cards unlikely too. So what? 33 and 77 very likely holdings with the occasional 1010. Y's bet on its own I would 3bet allin but X's call probably has me folding on such a dry board.
    Posted by CraigSG1
    Your 'Blue Peter' badge is in the post, nice read.

  • JSTFLIPPINJSTFLIPPIN Member Posts: 255
    edited April 2013
    In Response to Re: is their much chance of me being ahead on this flop with AA:
    Am I the only one that leans towards a fold? Player dependant obviously but a set is very likely here. X's call is almost always strength so what could they have? PP over 1010 is v unlikely. Suited broadway cards unlikely too. So what? 33 and 77 very likely holdings with the occasional 1010. Y's bet on its own I would 3bet allin but X's call probably has me folding on such a dry board.
    Posted by CraigSG1
    ...... Chill out man this is skypoker
  • CUFCrp90CUFCrp90 Member Posts: 70
    edited April 2013
    Fantastic read Craig...... you see a lot of players say "if hes got the set good luck to him" though, surely its a +EV shove in this spot with the nut overpair?
  • craigcu12craigcu12 Member Posts: 3,960
    edited April 2013
    In Response to Re: is their much chance of me being ahead on this flop with AA:
    Fantastic read Craig...... you see a lot of players say "if hes got the set good luck to him" though, surely its a +EV shove in this spot with the nut overpair?
    Posted by CUFCrp90
    in this spot my main worry was the BB, the villian with the set i was not bothered about him TBH and just went with the hope that i am still ahead and thinking the BB was just another loose aggressive villian.
  • CraigSG1CraigSG1 Member Posts: 1,824
    edited April 2013
    Hi, thanks for that. The BB lead is often a weak made hand and he is just hoping you fold, sometimes too it is 2 pr (normally bottom 2 pr) but there isnt really any 2pr combos other than say 107s but I think hes def cheque raising allin if that was the case. All I would say was your pre raise has to be at least one BB more. 
  • BorinLonerBorinLoner Member Posts: 3,863
    edited April 2013
    Without reads to suggest that either of our opponents is super-tight and could only be either donking-out or calling that donk-bet with a big hand, I think we have to get it in here... or possibly flat call and allow them to bet the turn since there aren't that many wet cards that can come.

    I don't think we should be assuming that we can put either of our opponents on a strong range without those reads. We have to give them both a range of possible hands, in which sets will be included, but the fact that there has been a bet and a call, even for full-pot, is not enough on it's own to indicate super-strength.

    Basically we need to give our opponents ranges and decide how our hand plays against those two ranges and compare that perceived equity to the pot odds and implied odds of getting it in. That's an impossible sum to accurately assess but I'd say that unless you have reads that one of these players is super-tight, you should be going with this hand. Simply because one of them had a set this time, doesn't mean it was incorrect to get it in. We could fold and pat ourselves on the back when we see one of our opponents had a set, but that wouldn't mean it was the correct fold.
  • SlipwaterSlipwater Member Posts: 3,593
    edited April 2013
    Yeah, that's such a dry board. We can't just assume the opponent has a set in this instance, and we know he certainly doesn't have a flush or straight. At worst he is open-ended, with 8 9, but that's putting him on a specific hand, which we can't really do. Get it in.
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