Jacki Burkhart
long winded rambler...
Silver Level
occasionally situations arise where a player makes a bet and because of the action you are almost positive you are going to chop the pot...but you have far from the nuts.
What is the general thinking and strategy in these situations?
example...today I had AK in a 3 way raised pot and the board was A83 rainbow. player A bets, player B min raises. I put him on AK or AQ the whole time, so I decide to flat the min raise from the button. Player A folds.
Pot contains $1,650
heads up to the turn it is a 2 putting 4 different suits out there. he open jams for $3,600. so more than 2x the pot.
I know I could be crushed here, but there are no 2 pair combos that make much sense. I don't put him on a set because #1 I put him on AK or AQ from the get go and #2 a set would probably play slower to try and extract some value on such a safe board.
so, I tank-call. and I'm right. he had AK and we chop. But i had to risk most of my stack (3600 off my stack of 5,500) to win essentially 800 chips.
At the time I was pleased that my read was correct, but as I got to thinking about it I wonder if I should ever make that call? does the fact that he could possibly have AQ make it any better of a call?
Other situations arise sometimes, too where you know any A will chop the pot, but they bet first. Is it OK to call with your ace to chop the pot, in the hopes that they are maybe bluffing?
What is the general thinking and strategy in these situations?
example...today I had AK in a 3 way raised pot and the board was A83 rainbow. player A bets, player B min raises. I put him on AK or AQ the whole time, so I decide to flat the min raise from the button. Player A folds.
Pot contains $1,650
heads up to the turn it is a 2 putting 4 different suits out there. he open jams for $3,600. so more than 2x the pot.
I know I could be crushed here, but there are no 2 pair combos that make much sense. I don't put him on a set because #1 I put him on AK or AQ from the get go and #2 a set would probably play slower to try and extract some value on such a safe board.
so, I tank-call. and I'm right. he had AK and we chop. But i had to risk most of my stack (3600 off my stack of 5,500) to win essentially 800 chips.
At the time I was pleased that my read was correct, but as I got to thinking about it I wonder if I should ever make that call? does the fact that he could possibly have AQ make it any better of a call?
Other situations arise sometimes, too where you know any A will chop the pot, but they bet first. Is it OK to call with your ace to chop the pot, in the hopes that they are maybe bluffing?