Flopped straight, overtaken by FH

playing .05/.10 hands.

im dealth A10 BB, one guy raises from .10 to .40. i call.

KJQ comes down, im thinking he has 2 pair, but ive flopped a straight. he pushes $2 in, i go all in $8, he calls.

The turn brings another 3 and river like a J.

He gets his full house, he is sitting with QJ.

Im beginning to think all-in was a mistake, but i put him on 2 pair. Next time just look out for this and be more cautious?

You mean you had A-10 right? Anyway, you were holding the nuts, let him pay to outdraw you. Even if he had a set of K's, you were still a 65% favorite to win the hand, if he had 2 pair you were even more of a favorite. If you can get all the money in the pot on the flop you should do it, nothing wrong with getting your money in, you just got unlucky to be beat by a FH on the river

yeah, changed that. yeah i kinda think i should have seen it coming

What should you have seen coming? If you hold the nuts vs 2 pair and the only way he can win is by catching a FH you should be glad to stick your money in the pot, because you'll win roughly 80% of the time. If he lucks out on you, so be it.

Fold PF?

tonymaclennan said:

Fold PF?

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does that P stand for Pre or Post, and why would i fold at either stage?

captaincow said:

does that P stand for Pre or Post, and why would i fold at either stage?

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I assume he means preflop. I would also fold this one preflop.

This is not a very good hand to play against a raiser OOP. It depends upon the player, the stack sizes,(btw, make sure you include so that it is easy to read the hand) and the players position among many other things.

If raiser is from EP, I fold A10 100% of the time (KQo is about at the bottom of the range and we aren't a huge favorite). If raiser is in MP, I fold 90% and reraise 10% if he is known to try to steal the blinds from far away. Same thing for LP. To cold-call a raise preflop, you need a monster hand (JJ, QQ) and even then, I'll probably play back at him if I'm alone with him if I have such hands.

Cold-calling a preflop raise with AT OOP is almost never a good idea in a cash game since villain's range includes a strong ace plus two broadway, plus any med to high pair and we're small favorites to huge underdogs to his range. Unless you guys are both deep and you plan on calling the flop only if you flop two pairs or top pair, you are giving away implied odds by doing so.

Even a crappy hand such as QJo isn't that big of a dog to you since if a Q or J shows up, you need to spike an A to stay alive.

cool, im afraid ur too knowledgable for me, lol can u explain some of ur shorthand like EP, MP, LP. Im guessing it means early, mid, late. also what do u mean by both 'deep' and giving away implied odds?

thx

captaincow said:

cool, im afraid ur too knowledgable for me, lol can u explain some of ur shorthand like EP, MP, LP. Im guessing it means early, mid, late. also what do u mean by both 'deep' and giving away implied odds?

thx

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https://www.cardschat.com/forum/tou...d-analysis-lingo-i-promised-months-ago-80492/ here's something that may help you

ah yeah, it definitley has and will help. ive bookmarked it for future referral.

thx

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