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MASTER CASH - Make your Play. (1)
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Use this Thread & Poll to make your play.
We are on a 6 seater table. Blinds are 5p 10p. We have £8.80 in play. Our hand is Ks Js. We are in the BB.
There is a Raise, a Call, the SB Calls, & we Call. The Pot is now £2.40.
Flop comes.....
Kd, 10s, 4d.
SB checks, we Bet £2, all fold, SB now CALLS.
Pot is now £6.40.
Turn = 9s
SB Checks.
Do we.....
a) Check
b) Bet £3.20
c) Go All-In.
Use the Poll Option to Vote...
AND
Explain why you chose your Option.
Come on now, you at the back, concentrate!
Comments
two ways of winning ,
need i say more lol
Had the turn not been a spade it may have been right to bet this hand, depending on whether your opponent is trapping or not. But now you have a draw to the nuts, why put yourself in jeopardy of being forced to call an all-in re-raise when the odds are against you (which they would be if he shoved)?
Without the spade on the turn, you can bet and get away from an all-in raise. But with the spade hitting it is probably best to take the free card.
{With the size of the pot I'm never folding to an all-in raise here, but that's a personal thing. To some the £6.20 might be a lot of money. The question might have been better if the player had £8,800 in front of them instead of the £8.80. Would it then be right to bet out £3,200, shove over six grand, or take the free card?}.
There is a major piece of information missing from this question. What do we know about our opponent? If we have been on the table long enough then we should have a reasonable read on what style of player he is and this would give us the vital information we need to make the correct decision
If the river is a blank ill flat call their bet. If we hit the flush then obviously go all in.
Reason for this is our check on the turn looks weak and then the villan is likely to shove on the river what ever the card is. I suppose its a long way round of getting it all in, but doing it this way means more chance of the villan calling imo.
I like to control pots until I am sat with a monster, but if a bet looks like a bullying bet (like an all in on river) I will not be afraid to call.
Why does my brain hurt?
alllllllllll innnnnnnnnn
If you check he may well shove on the river anyway and the decision is back on you. (obviously no decision if you hit your b/d flush) but get your chips in first let him have the decision, theres a good chance he got a diamond draw and by shoving all in on the turn your not giving him the right price to call with it.
It boils down to how you read his checkon the turn tho, surely if he had a set he would get some more money in here cos the board is looking dangerous...so imo he has a King too or a diamond draw
If he has you beat on the turn and he calls youve got outs...
I have top pair with a decent kicker.
If I am behind to A K, K Q or a big pocket pair, I can still win the pot with the gun-shot strait draw or the 2nd nut flush draw. I would also have the strait flush draw, which gives me 12 outs to improve my hand. I would have another 4 outs if the opponent has A A, T T or 4 4.
The initial bet was 6x the BB, so the first raiser could have a big hand or pocket T's or 4's.
I still have £3.00 and I am now virtually pot committed, but I would still make the same play.