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flopped bottom 2 in DYM
Is it value town time, or a danger hand that can bust you if you are or fall behind?
In general I hate flopping 2 pair, but I think this is a confimration bias thing and I try not to let it affect my decisions, with varying levels of success.
e.g.
In general I hate flopping 2 pair, but I think this is a confimration bias thing and I try not to let it affect my decisions, with varying levels of success.
e.g.
Hand History #566870475 (17:31 23/09/2012)
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB | Small blind | 25.00 | 25.00 | 4285.00 | |
| luvBWFC | Big blind | 50.00 | 75.00 | 1875.00 | |
| Your hole cards |
| ||||
| UTG | Call | 50.00 | 125.00 | 2820.00 | |
| S1 | Fold | ||||
| S2 | Fold | ||||
| SB | Fold | ||||
| luvBWFC | Check | ||||
| Flop | |||||
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Comments
2 pair is the nuts
Re the above hand you can play it either way (cos its a dym u can take a passive c/c line on the flop)... I would prob bet out tho
u are right to be cautious about bottom 2 but you are going to have the best hand alot so just bet for value is prob best until given a reason to fold.
Like I sat its probably a confirmation biad thing. I remember all the times I flopped 2 pair and got screwed, not so much the times where i take it down with them.
Should I have taken an aggressive line right from the flop? As it happens it would have obv made no diff cos he's coming along with KK whatever with no A on board.
We didn't enter the pot with 24 voluntarily we have stumbled across 2 pair. By checking the flop we may get more chips if our opponent likes to bluff IP. Obv involves having to make decisions on the turn/river too (unless we house up lol.
Obv i agree that betting ~100 is the optimal play tho readless, i was just suggesting an alternative line.
he's given you a free flop and you've struck gold. I rec betting out
A) to protect against poss flush
If he calls and non scary card hits then bet out(even if scary card hits, bet out TBH) again and guage the reaction but two pair is not often beaten in dym's. My only worry is the limp......for some reason players with pocket pairs seem to do this as a 'cheap' option to set mine and trap but in DYM's now limping is prevalent now at low levels (and in my opinion the wrong thing 100%). So if he's a good player limping be cautious especially late on. but as it is lev 3 here and still five players left then conservative chip accumulation is the main objective. Push him to pay to catch as this will pay dividends later as he may need to enter pots with marginal hands.