AQ TPTK facing check raise on flop » Small Stakes No Limit Discussion

  • Mariano5 Mariano5 Poker Newbie
    34 Posts
    AQ TPTK facing check raise on flop
    16 Aug 2012 at 3:18pm

    $0.50/$1 No Limit Holdem • 10 Players

    Converted by Bluefire Poker - Hand history Converter

    UTG26.00
    UTG+154.22
    UTG+295.13
    MP1133.21
    MP245.00
    MP399.50
    CO147.45
    me (BTN)109.23
    SB100.00
    BB240.34

    Effective Stacks: 26bb

    Pre-Flop (2.50, 10 players)

    Hero is BTN

    hQ dA

    [MP2 posts 1.00] 3 folds, MP1 calls 1.00, MP2 checks, 1 fold, CO calls 1.00, me raises to 6.50, 2 folds, MP1 calls 6.50, MP2 folds, CO folds

    Flop (16.50, 2 players)

    s3 cQ hT

    MP1 checks, me bets 11.00, MP1 raises to 22.00, me calls 22.00

    Turn (57.50, 2 players)

    hK

    MP1 bets 30.25, me folds

    Final Pot: 27.25

    me shows

    hQ dA

    Opp was 29/7 over 370 hands with check raise of 19%..no other reads on him.  Similar spot to my last post.  Should I muck the flop?  call and plan to call down?..click it back?  Obviously it is player dependent but I'm really struggling with these spots and feel like I'm been heavily exploited..thanks!

  • xXLAMBECHXx xXLAMBECHXx Poker Newbie
    13 Posts
    Re: AQ TPTK facing check raise on flop
    31 Aug 2012 at 4:09am

    Thanks for sharing Mariano5.

    Three things stick out ot me on this hand.

    The first being our preflop raise. 6.5x seems a little large for an isolation raise, we could raise 3.5x-4x to accomplish the same goal.

    The second being villain's min raise. This feels either a value bet of set or a semibluff with a open ended straight draw. Our equity against this range of hands including sets, two pair, open ended straight draws, and pocket pairs Js through 7s. Poker Stove shows us having 3:2 for equity in this hand. (I am less inclined to believe that our opponent would call such a big preflop raise with any two pair combinations.)

    I feel that after the minimum raise our play is 3 bet or fold. I feel that our raise puts our opponent to a decision.

    Board: Qc Th 3s
                      equity           win            tie          pots won       pots tied    
    Hand 0:     59.788%      59.76%     00.02%       37275            15.00   { AdQh }
    Hand 1:     40.212%      40.19%     00.02%       25065            15.00   { QQ-88, 33, KJs, QTs, J9s, KJo, QTo, J9o }

    The third being showing our cards. If that is a habit, I would break it. We are giving our opponent free information about too much of our game.

    I lost my original post but this was the essence of it. Thanks for sharing.