F Paulsson
euro love
Silver Level
$200 NL HE 6-max: Middle pair top kicker; drawish board
There's no actual HH available for this, because it's a situation rather than a specific hand that I want to discuss. The stakes don't matter all that much either, except that our opponent is pretty good.
We have and the board is
Some scenarios:
Clearly, our decision to bet or not to bet hinges on our opponent's tendencies. If someone was going to say "it depends" you're not getting away with it. I want to know what it depends on. If he peels a lot of flops and never check-raise bluffs, then betting is trivial. If he never peels a flop with a worse hand than ours and will check-raise a balanced mix of draws and big hands, then checking is trivial.
Where are the lines of "a lot of", "never" and "balanced" drawn?
I'm not too hopeful of getting a lot of answers to this for a variety of reasons, not the least that it's a multiple part question and people tend to not reply when they can't give a full answer. Answer whatever part you like. If you're not sure about 2) or 3), then give 1) a shot. If you want to guess or ask follow-up questions, go right ahead. If someone isn't sure why I said the two extremes above make for a trivial decision, feel free to ask; I'll be happy to expand on it.
For what it's worth, I think this is one of the most difficult kinds of flops to play, which is why I'm putting it out there.
There's no actual HH available for this, because it's a situation rather than a specific hand that I want to discuss. The stakes don't matter all that much either, except that our opponent is pretty good.
We have and the board is
Some scenarios:
- We're the preflop raiser and he's in the blinds. He checks to us.
- We flatted in the big blind and he's on the button.
- We raised in the cut-off and he's on the button.
Clearly, our decision to bet or not to bet hinges on our opponent's tendencies. If someone was going to say "it depends" you're not getting away with it. I want to know what it depends on. If he peels a lot of flops and never check-raise bluffs, then betting is trivial. If he never peels a flop with a worse hand than ours and will check-raise a balanced mix of draws and big hands, then checking is trivial.
Where are the lines of "a lot of", "never" and "balanced" drawn?
I'm not too hopeful of getting a lot of answers to this for a variety of reasons, not the least that it's a multiple part question and people tend to not reply when they can't give a full answer. Answer whatever part you like. If you're not sure about 2) or 3), then give 1) a shot. If you want to guess or ask follow-up questions, go right ahead. If someone isn't sure why I said the two extremes above make for a trivial decision, feel free to ask; I'll be happy to expand on it.
For what it's worth, I think this is one of the most difficult kinds of flops to play, which is why I'm putting it out there.