Question of the Day - 01/09/08

[muzzington]

Your Hand:

Game: No-Limit Hold'em
Position: Middle
Your hand:
Type of Game: Tight, live
Blinds: $1-$2

Question:

This game has just started and everybody has $200 stacks. A player who you know plays very tight/solid from early position limps. You raise to $10 from MP. Everyone folds to the limper, who calls. You take a flop heads-up of . He checks; you bet $16. He calls and the turn comes . He checks. What should you do? Bet or check?

[AceLosesKing]

Your Hand:

Game: No-Limit Hold'em
Position: Middle
Your hand:
Type of Game: Tight, live
Blinds: $1-$2

Question:

This game has just started and everybody has $200 stacks. A player who you know plays very tight/solid from early position limps. You raise to $10 from MP. Everyone folds to the limper, who calls. You take a flop heads-up of . He checks; you bet $16. He calls and the turn comes . He checks. What should you do? Bet or check?

Bet. Unless he has hit a set you are ahead. If he is tight/solid, his hand range here could be AK/KQ/KJ (although that last one is a bit of a stretch). AA/KK are possibilities, if he raises I would be worried. But yes, definitely throw out a bet here.

[bennymacca]

i doubt that the solid player would have limped with KK, AK or AA, and would have folded 22, so this leaves middle pockets, KQ and KJ. 55 maybe?

i would probably throw a bet between 1/2 a pot and pot size, and see what happens. if there is a call or raise though, then alarm bells would be ringing, and i would be checking it down.

i would put him on KJ or KQ

[pommy]

Scene

Blinds: $2/$4

Your Stack: $414
Opponents Stack: $424

You're playing in a tough six-max game online. There are no soft spots in this game and you're just playing to your blinds before you leave. In this hand, it's folded to you in the cut-off and you raise to $14 with . The button calls, as do both the blinds, and you go four-handed to a flop. The small blind checks and the big blind bets $34.

What should you do?

[stevo]

Check, a tight player isn't probably going to call pre-flop and on this flop with an underpair or a weak K which leaves AA/AK/KK/KQ/KJ, two pair or a small set. There aren't many hands there you are beating (and considering the game has just started and this player plays very tight from early position you can't rule out a limp with AA or KK) so just check it and keep the pot small I reckon.

[Grant Pepper]

I would only call BB.

When the turn comes, BB acts first, and may put more money in for me. either way i get more information about BB hand.

If i raise on the flop, i may scare out the player(s). I know this gives the BB another card to maybe make hes hand, or he could even have me beat on the flop, and the turn gives me a chance to better my hand.

But i would bet the pot if he checked to me on the turn. If he does bet as i hope, i would set him all in.

thats my thinking...

[Brett Kay]

Your Hand:

Game: No-Limit Hold'em
Position: Middle
Your hand:
Type of Game: Tight, live
Blinds: $1-$2

Question:

This game has just started and everybody has $200 stacks. A player who you know plays very tight/solid from early position limps. You raise to $10 from MP. Everyone folds to the limper, who calls. You take a flop heads-up of . He checks; you bet $16. He calls and the turn comes . He checks. What should you do? Bet or check?

Rainbow Flop, Top Pair Top Kicker. Probably putting him on mid pair from the pre flop call.

In this situation. Betting will put him out of the pot, but also will give you a fair indication of what kind of hand he has. $42 pot. I would probably be betting $20-30 To try and find out. If he reraises puts me in a spot where you can narrow it down to AA,KK.

On the river, i would be looking at a value bet of around $60. To try and get the most value out of the hand. Roughly 100 spent to win 200.

Would be a bit weary of him leading out on the river, but if it is around the $60 mark i would make the call anyway.

So Bet out 20-30 dollars. Then betting around 60 on the river.

If he has trips well player. If he has AK.

[muzzington]

Answer:

Check. Check. This board is very dry. You should check the turn in an attempt to keep the pot small. Against a tight player on a board where there are no draws you should be wary about one-pair hands. A strong player is not going to call three streets with a hand that you beat. Checking the turn keeps the pot small so you don't have to risk your stack on a one-pair hand. It also may entice a worse hand to bet out or call on the river.

Bet (56%) Check (44%)

[Brett Kay]

Answer:

Check. Check. This board is very dry. You should check the turn in an attempt to keep the pot small. Against a tight player on a board where there are no draws you should be wary about one-pair hands. A strong player is not going to call three streets with a hand that you beat. Checking the turn keeps the pot small so you don't have to risk your stack on a one-pair hand. It also may entice a worse hand to bet out or call on the river.

Bet (56%) Check (44%)

Yet even the % tell you to Bet.

I say it is one of those hands where either action is correct. Depending what kind of image you are representing.

[muzzington]

Percentage is the poll results, which is interesting in itself.