Wednesday, September 24, 2008
Games at a Home and a question.
Played at my home game last night. Chipped up. Had fun. Got down to the next to last hand of the night. I had A2 os in the small blind. It goes 5 handed to the flop un-raised. Flop comes AA4 with two spades. I have the 2 of spades. I check. Cut off bets $7 at the pot. Button flat calls. I have $63 behind me. What do you do?
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IMO I think the CO was trying to steal while the BTN probably has the other A. It now comes down to kicker. If the BTN has the 4 you are dead (with just limping it is possible), otherwise you are behind with hopes of splitting/sucking out. Not sure what everybody has behind them for chips, but if you are dominating them, I'd push and try to take it down right there (only the other A calls you and you are back to the situation mentioned above), otherwise, just call and hope to either hit a 2 on the turn/river and be prepared to either go all or fold if you think the turn/river helped out your opponent(s).
Right on. I had the cut off covered and the button had me by $25 dollars or so.
So what did you do?
I left out some important info on purpose here. I have a tight table image. I had a solid read on the cut off and knew he was betting with either a four or a flush draw. He always checks big hands. He is fairly new to the game. The button is new as well. I thought an Ace was well within his range but had seen him make similar calls with middle pocket pair and flush draws. I ended up pushing. Cut off instant folds. Button thinks for a while and reluctantly calls. He tables AJos. I am dominated. I runner runner him in spades and take it down.
One of the better players called me a donkey for my move. The button said he almost folded.
I liked my play, against better players, I will try to play a small pot, but with these guys I felt that if I called the initial raise, I was going the distance no matter the turn and might as well make them pay for the draw. Last thing I wanted was a pocket pair filling up on me. And I think the button would have folded A8 or worse there. I just couldn't put him on that strong of hand after being limped around to him preflop. Lucky it worked out.
I totally agree with your play. The BTN made the mistake of not trying to isolate pre-flop against many limpers. He then had the opportunity to push on the flop but didn't which then allowed you to put him to a big decision. He finally made the right decision by calling but got sucked out on. That is poker.
Like you said, you were committed to putting all your chips in the pot at some point, so why not after the flop.
I don't agree with the better player calling you a donkey as you were the aggressor after the flop. Does he think that slowplaying in that position is a smarter decision? If you had called an all-in in that spot, then yeah it borders on donkey play. In the end it worked out for you, but you were gambling.
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