F Paulsson
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Silver Level
I'm reviewing some hands I've played. One of them turned out to be a bit problematic to figure out for me, because... Well, I won't give it away quite yet. Here's the hand, or rather hands, since I have two versions of it. 100BB stacks in both cases.
1) 50NL, 6-max. I'm in the cut-off and it's folded to me. I open to $2. Both blinds call. The flop comes 7c-7d-4s, blinds check and I bet $4.50. SB check-min-raises me (to $9) and BB folds.
2) Same deal, except I'm called by button and the big blind. On the flop, I bet the same, but now it's button that minraises me, and BB folds.
Which hands, if any, do you flat call in scenario 1? In scenario 2? Can you ever profitably continue with AK? If the answer is "no" do you still always fold unimproved A-high hands and risk getting run-over on dry flops, or do you occasionally bluff re-raise with weak holdings to balance it?
1) 50NL, 6-max. I'm in the cut-off and it's folded to me. I open to $2. Both blinds call. The flop comes 7c-7d-4s, blinds check and I bet $4.50. SB check-min-raises me (to $9) and BB folds.
2) Same deal, except I'm called by button and the big blind. On the flop, I bet the same, but now it's button that minraises me, and BB folds.
Which hands, if any, do you flat call in scenario 1? In scenario 2? Can you ever profitably continue with AK? If the answer is "no" do you still always fold unimproved A-high hands and risk getting run-over on dry flops, or do you occasionally bluff re-raise with weak holdings to balance it?