Do you push hard on a board hand? |
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Posted Wed Aug 03, 2005 3:02 pm GMT by ErinJeff
Situation: NL home game tourney style is at heads up. Blinds at 10/20.
Stacks: Hero has ~500 chips and Villain has ~250.
I was playing very aggressively and put my opponent on major tilt a few hands earlier when I doubled up with a turned set of Js. Unfortunately for him he check/called pocket Ks through to the turn. Anyway, in an unraised pot we checked it to the river and the board read KQJT9 rainbow. He bets out 40 (pot-sized) from the BB and I immediately raise 60 more. He considers for several seconds and calls. He flips over an Ace for the nut straight. I couldn't believe he didn't reraise me, forcing me to lay it down.
Here's the question: Against a known weak opponent, will you push/raise a board hand like this? The reason I ask is that my wife had a fit that I would raise when the best I could hope for was a split. I explained that I was hoping for a fold (representing the A). Of course, in this case I misread my opponent, but I told her that I would do this every time against a weak player as the only chance I have to make money on the pot is to get him to fold. How would the experts play this? More often than not I can get this group of players to fold when I raise against a strong board hand, thereby increasing my split if it goes to that.
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Posted Wed Aug 03, 2005 4:07 pm GMT by Skribbles
No.
If she re-raises you, you just wasted a bunch of chips because there is no way you can call with an Ace. She played it horridly but that happens at home games.
Only push hard if the nuts are on the board and you're playing against a rookie.
Posted Thu Aug 04, 2005 3:40 am GMT by Muck
| ErinJeff wrote: | | Here's the question: Against a known weak opponent, will you push/raise a board hand like this? |
It depends.
What’s the betting been so far?
What are the stack radios?
What’s your position?
I don’t like the move in this situation. I know there are only 4 aces in the deck but it’s very common in home games and on-line for players to play them. If the board was 76543 then it might be different.
Over all it just comes down to whether the move is profitable, as long as it is do.
Posted Thu Aug 04, 2005 8:18 am GMT by ErinJeff
| Muck wrote: | | ErinJeff wrote: | | Here's the question: Against a known weak opponent, will you push/raise a board hand like this? |
It depends.
What’s the betting been so far?
What are the stack radios?
What’s your position?
I don’t like the move in this situation. I know there are only 4 aces in the deck but it’s very common in home games and on-line for players to play them. If the board was 76543 then it might be different.
Over all it just comes down to whether the move is profitable, as long as it is do. |
No preflop raise. Checked to the river, and then a pot sized bet.
2:1 me.
I'm on the button and heads up.
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