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Was this new line merited or should I have done it the ordinary way?
ballboy
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On this hand I made a fairly standard reraise UTG with AJ; its folded round to Mistaflop who calls with position to me.
As you can see on the flop I completely miss. The standard move would be to c-bet here, but I tried something different and decided considering he only had £3.20 anyway to check and see if he would bet the flop in an attempt to make me fold. This I think can be useful because it pays to know who bets when the pre-flop raiser checks to them, which can make it a lot of fun when you check all your monsters to him. The pots £75p and he bets out 56p so little over 2/3s of the pot. I decide to then raise it here and put him to the test with a £2 bet with a view to call any shove he makes. He chucks the rest in and I call. I was well ahead and sadly he makes a straight on the river.
The question really is- do people think this check raise was merited? Should I have just done a routine c-bet and probably took down the pot? or was it right to essentially put a carrot in the other guys face where he was probably always going to chuck his remaining money in the middle even if he was beat and expose his failed bluff. This is all baring in mind that i only have Ace high at this point and he could have hit the flop dead in the face and called anyway.
As you can see on the flop I completely miss. The standard move would be to c-bet here, but I tried something different and decided considering he only had £3.20 anyway to check and see if he would bet the flop in an attempt to make me fold. This I think can be useful because it pays to know who bets when the pre-flop raiser checks to them, which can make it a lot of fun when you check all your monsters to him. The pots £75p and he bets out 56p so little over 2/3s of the pot. I decide to then raise it here and put him to the test with a £2 bet with a view to call any shove he makes. He chucks the rest in and I call. I was well ahead and sadly he makes a straight on the river.
The question really is- do people think this check raise was merited? Should I have just done a routine c-bet and probably took down the pot? or was it right to essentially put a carrot in the other guys face where he was probably always going to chuck his remaining money in the middle even if he was beat and expose his failed bluff. This is all baring in mind that i only have Ace high at this point and he could have hit the flop dead in the face and called anyway.
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| xstuart | Small blind | £0.05 | £0.05 | £12.27 | |
| maruff | Big blind | £0.10 | £0.15 | £6.51 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| ballboy | Raise | £0.30 | £0.45 | £9.68 | |
| HewJanus | Fold | ||||
| MistaFlop | Call | £0.30 | £0.75 | £3.25 | |
| xstuart | Fold | ||||
| maruff | Fold | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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| ballboy | Check | ||||
| MistaFlop | Bet | £0.56 | £1.31 | £2.69 | |
| ballboy | Raise | £2.00 | £3.31 | £7.68 | |
| MistaFlop | All-in | £2.69 | £6.00 | £0.00 | |
| ballboy | Call | £1.25 | £7.25 | £6.43 | |
| ballboy | Show |
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| MistaFlop | Show |
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| Turn | |||||
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| River | |||||
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| MistaFlop | Win | Straight to the 8 | £6.70 | £6.70 | |
Comments
Against a shorty I really dont like it, and in general I dont think c/r as pre flop raiser is a good line either with monsters or bluffs
It's a bad flop for a c-bet because in possition the villian will call with any draw and any queen as well as 77+. Just check fold the flop here.
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