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Keeping the pot small when it's likely a split pot?
I played this hand today:
I got some stick in the chat box about "slow rolling" because I used up much of my timebar pondering the following question:
"Is there any point in raising here?"
It's unlikely but not impossible he has a nine. In which case he snap shoves over my raise and pot odds probably dictate that I have to call. So any raise from me should be a shove. But then what does that achieve. He's not folding a queen and he's not going to call with any PP. He never has KK/AA in this spot.
If he has a queen then raising just creates a bigger pot to split, resulting in more rake for both of us. Is my logic here sound?
| Player | Action | Cards | Amount | Pot | Balance |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SB | Small blind | £0.05 | £0.05 | £9.51 | |
| BB | Big blind | £0.10 | £0.15 | £25.59 | |
| Your hole cards |
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| jugglegeek | Raise | £0.30 | £0.45 | £11.14 | |
| MP | Fold | ||||
| CO | Fold | ||||
| BTN | Fold | ||||
| SB | Fold | ||||
| BB | Call | £0.20 | £0.65 | £25.39 | |
| Flop | |||||
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| BB | Check | ||||
| jugglegeek | Bet | £0.49 | £1.14 | £10.65 | |
| BB | Call | £0.49 | £1.63 | £24.90 | |
| Turn | |||||
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| BB | Check | ||||
| jugglegeek | Check | ||||
| River | |||||
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| BB | Bet | £1.22 | £2.85 | £23.68 | |
| jugglegeek | Call | £1.22 | £4.07 | £9.43 | |
| BB | Show |
| |||
| jugglegeek | Show |
| |||
| jugglegeek | Win | Full House, 9s and Queens | £3.76 | £13.19 | |
"Is there any point in raising here?"
It's unlikely but not impossible he has a nine. In which case he snap shoves over my raise and pot odds probably dictate that I have to call. So any raise from me should be a shove. But then what does that achieve. He's not folding a queen and he's not going to call with any PP. He never has KK/AA in this spot.
If he has a queen then raising just creates a bigger pot to split, resulting in more rake for both of us. Is my logic here sound?
Comments
Personally I think you played too tight. Players don't like folding a FH so they can call with all of their pocket pairs.
Ok there is a small chance he has a 9 but that's unlikely. With how the hand was played and us holding K/Q the chances of them holding Aces/Kings or Queens are slim.