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Sky Dave asks "What Would You Do?"
Sky_Dave
Member Posts: 3,288
Morning all,
Following on from a hand I posted in the Omaha section of the forum, I thought I'd try put another one together for the hold'em players, and it's the heads-up players amongst you who will enjoy this one the most.
We're playing 25p/50p heads-up and the session has been underway for around 50 hands. We've three-bet preflop 4 times, mainly with our decent hands, one of which (AQs) got to a winning showdown on a xxxQx board. The last time I three-bet I was also in the big blind, but that time he folded preflop.
Our opponent so far has been playing pretty snug. He's three bet us a couple of times so isn't without aggression but is perhaps a little on the tight side. Hard to be sure though considering we've only been sat with him for 50 hands or so.
To the hand in question. We're in the big blind and find the lovely sight of pocket aces...
As in the Omaha thread, aggressive actions are in red, our actions have been bolded.
Hero (BB) (£58.90)
SB (£66.90)
Preflop: Hero is BB with As - Ah
SB bets £1.50, Hero raises to £5.50, SB calls £4
Flop: (Pot: £11) 2d - Tc - Qd
Hero bets £8.50, SB calls £8.50
Turn: (Pot: £28) [2d- Tc - Qd] 2h
It's us to go. Our questions are as follows:
1) Do we bet here or go for a check-raise?
2) If we bet and get raised, what do we do there?
3) If we bet here, how much should we make it considering our stack sizes?
4) Are we ever folding this hand?
Fire away!
Sky Dave
Following on from a hand I posted in the Omaha section of the forum, I thought I'd try put another one together for the hold'em players, and it's the heads-up players amongst you who will enjoy this one the most.
We're playing 25p/50p heads-up and the session has been underway for around 50 hands. We've three-bet preflop 4 times, mainly with our decent hands, one of which (AQs) got to a winning showdown on a xxxQx board. The last time I three-bet I was also in the big blind, but that time he folded preflop.
Our opponent so far has been playing pretty snug. He's three bet us a couple of times so isn't without aggression but is perhaps a little on the tight side. Hard to be sure though considering we've only been sat with him for 50 hands or so.
To the hand in question. We're in the big blind and find the lovely sight of pocket aces...
As in the Omaha thread, aggressive actions are in red, our actions have been bolded.
Hero (BB) (£58.90)
SB (£66.90)
Preflop: Hero is BB with As - Ah
SB bets £1.50, Hero raises to £5.50, SB calls £4
Flop: (Pot: £11) 2d - Tc - Qd
Hero bets £8.50, SB calls £8.50
Turn: (Pot: £28) [2d- Tc - Qd] 2h
It's us to go. Our questions are as follows:
1) Do we bet here or go for a check-raise?
2) If we bet and get raised, what do we do there?
3) If we bet here, how much should we make it considering our stack sizes?
4) Are we ever folding this hand?
Fire away!
Sky Dave
Comments
My answers would be:
(1) We bet here in case guys flushing and we don't want a check behind to give him a free card.
(2) Shove all in.
(3) I'd bet £18 - £20 to leave £25ish back so it shows opponent I'm not going away.
(4) No
I would bet out and i would bet a decent amount £15 to pot size, any less and you would e pricing him in, if he is on a flush draw. If we are raised then in it goes. If we are behind then so be it.
If the SB has a big hand preflop, and is tightish then i would expect them to re-raise and not just call. On the flop, even if they have hit a set, again i would expect this type of player to raise, to protect against the flush of straight.
To say that we can never fold this hand is daft, its is situational, at this stage probably not, but if the board doubles up, and i dont count the double 2 as that does not come within the range i put them on, or the flush does come in, then yes you can fold AA.
Finally, we need to think about their hand range. Given your brief and the fact that they make it 3 times the BB preflop, i would guess at AK AQ AJ A10, and any pair from 9s up.
If it were me and you had been at it a few times by re raising on your BB and i had a big pair JJ QQ KK AA then i would bet at least the pot(preflop).
This might come across as gibberish, but hey ho, there goes £58 lol
col