Partypoker.co – Case Study 2
Posted on February 16, 2009
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Partypoker.co.uk – With a hand of (10,10) in late position, you raise the pot to three times the big blind, and only the player in the small blind calls. The flop then comes down (10c,Jc,Qc). You can safely say that as players, we love to make a set with any pocket pair on the flop, but it is not often that we also find ourselves seriously concerned about the other board cards on the flop. We know that our situation is precarious, but we do have a fairly strong hand at this point.
If we make a raise here, it is very unlikely it will force out a sizeable flush draw or open ended straight draw, and so with these as our main concern, perhaps raising is not the correct choice. A reasonable raise might be enough to convince your opponent to fold a top pair or two pair, but some players might still reraise you with a nut flush draw, and they probably will do with a hand like (A,K).
Personally, in this situation, we do not want our bet to look like a tester bet, and so I wouldn’t bet first, I would check to my opponent, and if they choose to bet, then reraise.
This type of play looks much stronger and shows a lack of fear on your part, so your opponents response that follows will give you much more information about their true strength. If they have a straight or flush already, I would expect them to come over the top with another reraise, and if they have neither of these big draws, they will probably fold. If they check behind your initial check, they could be slow playing something big, but at least in this case, you know that the board pairing will probably win you a big pot even if they do have, or complete, their straight or flush. www.partypoker.co.uk
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