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Can I call with the worse hand?
jugglegeek
Member Posts: 623
I feel I should have bet the flop bigger here. My reason for only betting half pot was because there is only the straight draw to protect against. I thought that a king would have made a raise on the flop so I thought I was up against a queen or a draw. Once the jack comes completting any gut shot draws with AT/9T I figure I can get value from two pair broadway hands by betting. The check-raise from the small blind on the turn leaves me convinced I'm up against 9T or AT now. Can I still call to see the river as long as I fold if the board doesn't pair?
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB | Small blind | £0.02 | £0.02 | £4.15 | |
| BB | Big blind | £0.04 | £0.06 | £1.21 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| UTG | Fold | ||||
| CO | Call | £0.04 | £0.10 | £3.14 | |
| jugglegeek | Call | £0.04 | £0.14 | £4.25 | |
| SB | Raise | £0.06 | £0.20 | £4.09 | |
| BB | Call | £0.04 | £0.24 | £1.17 | |
| CO | Call | £0.04 | £0.28 | £3.10 | |
| jugglegeek | Call | £0.04 | £0.32 | £4.21 | |
| Flop | |||||
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| SB | Check | ||||
| BB | Check | ||||
| CO | Check | ||||
| jugglegeek | Bet | £0.16 | £0.48 | £4.05 | |
| SB | Call | £0.16 | £0.64 | £3.93 | |
| BB | Call | £0.16 | £0.80 | £1.01 | |
| CO | Fold | ||||
| Turn | |||||
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| SB | Check | ||||
| BB | Check | ||||
| jugglegeek | Bet | £0.60 | £1.40 | £3.45 | |
| SB | Raise | £1.20 | £2.60 | £2.73 | |
| BB | Fold | ||||
| jugglegeek | ??? | ||||
Comments
don't call, you would still have a bunch of outs if oppo shows u straight
I agree with rancid though. I'd want to get it in and wouldn't be afraid of gut-shots that called on the flop. People don't call flop bets, multi-way with gut-shots that often. If he has done, then good luck to him. We can still pair the board and we'd fancy ourselves to get value from this guy in future. I think two-pairs or better sets are more likely than straights, to be fair.
As for the OP and his question. On the call you are getting fine odds to call if that is the question, as you are about 4:1 to hit your outs with pot odds of slightly bettter, and thats without implied odds if you hit. Though i will agree with Borin that getting it in here is no bad thing either. We don't set farm to lay them down to often when we get them unless the board really has got bad and we see good cause from a good player to think we are behind.
Really though calling here to fold if you don't pair the board would be bad against most unknowns. Certainly a raise at turn at low limits will normally mean one pair is no good, but with only couple of likely hands ahead of you i don't think you can be thinking about calling for just pairing the board and laying down if you miss. Really getting it in at the turn and then hoping to hit if you are behind is better as you put the choice on them to make on calling or not, and thats normally far better.
I still don't think I'd be too worried about it, though. Straights are less likely than two-pairs. "Our opponents are bad" isn't a reason to polarise their range to only the nuts when they raise.