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Master Cash, Edition 3, Question ONE
Tonight, Saturday, is the third edition of Master Cash, Live from the Studio.
We will be looking to read out your e-Mails with varying opinions & views on THREE questions, here's the first.
The e-addy is.... skyopen@bskyb.com
It's a Heads-Up Cash Game, we have £200 behind, Villain has slightly less.
Our hand is 8h, 3h, & we have the Button. We raise to £6. Villain, naturally, Calls.
Flop = 9h 7s 2c
Villain checks to us.
Do we.....
a) Bet £4
b) Bet £8
c) Bet £12
d) Check
And WHY?
Vote now, please, & Post "why". We will try & read out the most interesting replies Live on air tonight, in Master Cash, between 8pm & 11pm.
Comments
I'd play it as though I was holding pocket aces, so bet 3/4 of the pot. If I get called I slow down, if I get raised, I make a re raise. If the re raise gets raised, I admit defeat.
DOHH
If he reraises im out of there, if he flats, the turn card might bring a flush or str8 draw so it would give me licence to fire a second barrel. (or possibly take a free card)
£12 is a little too much to bet imo and if the turn is not healthy, ive lost an extra £4 i could have kept.
Betting £4 is just odd, you may as well check...
The chances are that the Villain hasn't hit the flop any more than we have and therefore by putting in a bet there is a chance that we can take the hand down there and then. £4 would probably not be enough to get the other player off the hand and £12 he might read as a weak hand on our part.
Should he call or reraise we can then get away from the hand relatively cheaply.
If villain then re-raises I can get out of the hand.
re. grimstar....
Well I'm not sure about playing live, I dont do it. But playing cash online especially heads up iyou've gotta be aggressive. Well I think I have. Imagining i'm holding pocket aces/the nuts, makes it easier to make correct, believable, bet sizes and makes the bluff more likely to get through. I make the third raise if it gets that far to get the bloke off an 8. Playing HU with a £200 stack he must be a decent player so i'm not dealing with a top pair donk.
Gimmie position over top pair anyday!
Its an implied play, as if he re re re raises me, probably all in at this point, I have to lay the hand down. Next time, when i DO hold the nuts, I play it exactly the same way and this fella now thinks top pair is always good, so he pays me!
DOHH
That line is sure to be read out tonight, it's a purler.
If you have a view on it, Post it please - this might run & run. Position is SO important, & in H-U, it's monumental.
I would throw out a bet of £8, why well as i was the initial raiser, and heads up is all about aggression and momentum, i definitely do not want to give him a free card. if i get any resistance then i can reassess the situation.
col
Jan x
I fold to any re-raise, I am hoping to take the pot down here.
Dave
I have gone for the bet £8, because, we have been flat called when we bet £6, so villain is either trying to trap, has flushing/straightening pos or has air, we need to find out where we are, so a C bet is in order, if villain has air, they will more than likely fold, if they have the hand they will prob smooth call, we can then re evaluate on the turn card.
The flop itself seems pretty dry and messy, so if he / she has called a riase pre-flop I'd potentially have him on high-ish cards (slightly idealistic, I understand), but I feel like they would be more likely to fold to a pot-sized bet here with KJ for example.
Also, if he has a hand like 10 J, then a £12 bet takes away his odds of calling for the gut-shot completely.
Then if we get a re-raise then I'd fold it all the way, but I think the strong bet gives us the impetus of the hand.
Finally, it minimises the chances of a bluff re-raise from the Villain.
P.S, Rich you said my player alias wrong. Its rico, as in ricoh stadium (coventrys home ground), rambo and then 3 (my lucky number), so ricoramb03!