Posted Sat Jun 03, 2006 3:52 pm GMT by cooler 32
Full Tilt Poker Game #684573190: Table Courage - $2/$4 - No Limit Hold'em - 3:02:18 ET - 2006/06/03
Seat 1: Clint Baird ($210)
Seat 2: HokieDragon ($232.60)
Seat 3: chenoaboy ($396)
Seat 4: cooler32 ($494)
Seat 5: ptsuei ($270)
Seat 6: woolverine150 ($336.60)
Seat 7: duker2501 ($321)
Seat 8: TimeToWin ($116)
Seat 9: CASHMEIN ($130)
chenoaboy posts the small blind of $2
cooler32 posts the big blind of $4
The button is in seat #2
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to cooler32  
ptsuei calls $4
woolverine150 folds
duker2501 folds
TimeToWin folds
CASHMEIN calls $4
Clint Baird folds
HokieDragon calls $4
chenoaboy calls $2
cooler32 checks
*** FLOP ***   
chenoaboy checks
cooler32 bets $8
ptsuei raises to $16
CASHMEIN calls $16
HokieDragon folds
chenoaboy calls $16
cooler32 has 15 seconds left to act
cooler32 raises to $80
ptsuei has 15 seconds left to act
ptsuei calls $64
CASHMEIN has 15 seconds left to act
CASHMEIN: ill fold the winner
CASHMEIN folds
chenoaboy calls $64
*** TURN *** 
chenoaboy checks
cooler32 bets $292
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Posted Sat Jun 03, 2006 4:22 pm GMT by crack
I think I'd play it the same, but with an unraised pot you gotta be carful no one has seen a cheap flop with 76 and slowplaying because you are doing the betting for them.
Posted Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:16 pm GMT by Tadzio
If I were to make guesses, I'd say Ptsuei probably has a big overpair that he was hoping to raise pre-flop, and he made a mistake calling your raise to 80 on the flop. Cashmein is just a dork who thinks his A5 was the best hand but is too much a coward to test his theory. I wouldn't worry about Ptsuei too much, but I'd worry about Chenoaboy, because it's possible that he's holding 62 or 76... I'd think he'd put more thought into his call if he held 33 or 44. With 55, or 2 clubs, he'd probably have to consider things a bit more as well.
Your turn bet probably isn't getting called by anything unless you're beat, though... I might've bet whatever Ptsuei had left and then went to a showdown with Chenoaboy (who has a good chance of checking the river... assuming he calls the turn, since you've shown no slowdown in betting). You played it okay, though.
Posted Sat Jun 03, 2006 5:38 pm GMT by tame_deuces
Looks good to me, sets probably call you on the turn, maybe even two pair from donks. I don't worry about a higher straight, if we go the felt so be it. The pot is big, so just push it in.
Posted Mon Jun 05, 2006 8:25 pm GMT by gol4pro
If you're worrying about 76 here, you need to move down in stakes. Unless an opponent makes it blatantly obvious he has 76 (i.e. a min-raise or overbet that I've only seen him do with the nuts on 2+ occassions), then I'm doing everything in my ability to get the money in the middle.
I absolutely LOVE your flop weak-lead. 95% of Mid stakes players will go for a CR on this flop, but fail to realize how much it gives away about the strength of your hand. I also like the size of the flop 3-bet.
On the turn, I don't think I'd make quite as big of a bet. I'm guessing the pot is somewhere around 280, so it looks like you bet the pot.... but I don't see that as being necessary.
I think I'm probably just splitting hairs on this one, but 250 sounds like a slightly better bet to me. I just think betting a little less than the pot might come across as less indicative of a strong hand.
All in all, I think you played this hand just about perfect.
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