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Posted on May 21, 2009
Filed Under Online Poker
This hand saw one player at my live game on PokerStars.com being dealt (10,10). There was a strong raise before the flop and one caller. The flop then fell (10,3,6) on a rainbow board, and the first player to act made a small raise.
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Our player with (10,10) then proceeds to move all in with a huge reraise, and the orginal raiser folds.
This to me, shows inexperience. I would understand this play more if the board cards showed some obvious danger or cause to protect your hand, but on a rainbow flop, I think the last thing you want to do is force your opponent out. Some might point out that if our opponent had (4,5) they would have a Striaght draw, which would give cause to protect the hand, but considering our opponent called a preflop raise, I think we can usually count out the possibility of them holding (4,5).
You could say that the all in bet would attract a caller from a hand such as (3,3) or (6,6) but if you make a smaller reraise, you will probably be getting their chips either when they come over the top, or on the turn anyway if they do have that type of hand. The advantage of betting small is that if your opponent does have a hand such as (A,6), (A,10), you give them a chance to firstly think they might be in front, and secondly, to potentially hit their other hole card to make Two Pair and improve your online poker rank.
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