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FlopMeaSet
Rising Star
Bronze Level
2nd post here... I am sure this has been discussed, but something I do that really helps me in the 25/50NL games (.25 and .5 right?) is the way I play sets in this situation....
Typically when a player has something like JJ,QQ,KK,AA or AK AND you see your standard 3x BB raise before we get to them, they will re-raise.... Now what I like to do if the re-raise is really weak is to call and hope I hit a set if I am holding something like 22-1010.
So a scenario might be like
player 1 has a hand and raises to .75
player 2 (our AA/KK etc. holder) does a weak re-raise, something like 1.5-3 bucks.
If the re-aise is something like 3 bucks (and we are playing deep stack, with buy in of 50 bucks) I will ALWAYS risk 3 bucks to see the flop (even up to 5 (depending on his stack size). Risking up to 8ish% of my stack to hit a set 11% of the time.
Then if a set hits the flop, you check or do a simple C-bet. The holder of AA/KK etc. has to think they have the better hand, they usually re-raise pretty big here, I then like to shove or re-raise again in hopes they call.
Now this only works for flops that don't have As Ks or Qs (for me anyway). You want to avoid losing set over set.
Its a great way to bust a player and double up. A set is a very powerful thing.
Typically when a player has something like JJ,QQ,KK,AA or AK AND you see your standard 3x BB raise before we get to them, they will re-raise.... Now what I like to do if the re-raise is really weak is to call and hope I hit a set if I am holding something like 22-1010.
So a scenario might be like
player 1 has a hand and raises to .75
player 2 (our AA/KK etc. holder) does a weak re-raise, something like 1.5-3 bucks.
If the re-aise is something like 3 bucks (and we are playing deep stack, with buy in of 50 bucks) I will ALWAYS risk 3 bucks to see the flop (even up to 5 (depending on his stack size). Risking up to 8ish% of my stack to hit a set 11% of the time.
Then if a set hits the flop, you check or do a simple C-bet. The holder of AA/KK etc. has to think they have the better hand, they usually re-raise pretty big here, I then like to shove or re-raise again in hopes they call.
Now this only works for flops that don't have As Ks or Qs (for me anyway). You want to avoid losing set over set.
Its a great way to bust a player and double up. A set is a very powerful thing.