raised a4 calls a reraise and flops straight - u couldnt make this up!

Msflicky

rebuy 50gt 4 players left	Small blind		100.00	100.00	9435.00
Msflicky	Big blind		200.00	300.00	5825.00
	Your hole cards	Q Q
	Fold
	Fold
	Raise		500.00	800.00	8935.00
Msflicky	Raise		800.00	1600.00	5025.00
	Call		400.00	2000.00	8535.00
Flop
		2 3 5
	All-in		8535.00	10535.00	0.00
Msflicky	All-in		5025.00	15560.00	0.00
	Unmatched bet		3510.00	12050.00	3510.00
	Show	A 4
Msflicky	Show	Q Q
Turn
		2
River
		7
	Win	Straight to the 5	12050.00

silentbob

In fairness it's a blind Vs blind situation. I know I'm certainly raising any ace in that situation & unless I had some super soul reads I'm not folding to your min re-raise either. What you've got to remember is that you've given them 4/1 to make that call & in a BvB situation that's more than big enough odds to make the call.

It seems to me from this & your last post that bet sizing is a leak in your game. This isn't a criticism as I sometimes have the same problem, but you've got to raise bigger & make your opponent make the mistake.

Msflicky

In Response to Re: raised a4 calls a reraise and flops straight - u couldnt make this sh!t up!:

In fairness it's a blind Vs blind situation. I know I'm certainly raising any ace in that situation & unless I had some super soul reads I'm not folding to your min re-raise either. What you've got to remember is that you've given them 4/1 to make that call & in a BvB situation that's more than big enough odds to make the call. It seems to me from this & your last post that bet sizing is a leak in your game. This isn't a criticism as I sometimes have the same problem, but you've got to raise bigger & make your opponent make the mistake.
Posted by silentbob

thanks very much for your honesty - i totally agree with you and thanks for pointing that out will give my bet sizes some attention. x  i have been playing since july so am grateful for any constructive criticism.    

GaryQQQ

Your 3-bet needs to be around 3x his/her raise (ie 1500) to really put him to a decision. Leaving him needing to put just 400 into a pot that will contain 2000 chips to see the flop means he should/will call with any 2 cards. Fair enough, he got very lucky on the flop, all he was hoping for was an ace, but you paid the price for letting him have a very cheap look. Probably the only time to use a min raise here is if you hold AA.

HYPETING

They are never folding to a mid-raise. You might aswell shove pre-flop, then if you get called, thats bad play but otherwise raise more (shove)

unknown_username

Hey

I have had to edit the title, and have removed the name from the Hand History as it does break the forum rules.

Thank you for your understanding

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