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  1. evo evo is offline

    New Zealand

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    Sep 8th, 2007 (9/8/2007 11:37pm)

    We're playing .50/1. I have been playing relatively tight, showed some good folds faced up and never showed a bluff. I've played with Villian before and he's a very aggressive player who rarely checks. Hand goes like this:

    3-4 limpers to the pot, I called with 82os from the small blind, big blind checks.
    FLOP : 889 rainbow

    i checked, big blind bets $3 into a $5 pot. Everyone folds except for villian who calls and I check raised to $11. Big blind calls (i read him as weak), villian reraises to $45.
    Me: ??

    I actually pushed all in for another 30 on top of the $45(regreted did not spend any time to really think about it). BB folds, villian calls and showed K8.

    is this just a cooler or should I have folded then? After the hand I spent a few minutes to think about it and came to the conclusion that a fold would've been the right play. Villian raises preflop with any PP so i did not put him on 99 and also if he was semi bluffing he would've done that when BB bets $3 into the pot.

    What do you guys think? would you call if the only information that you;ve got is villian hasn't got 99.
  2. MYBLUEDOG MYBLUEDOG is offline

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    Sep 9th, 2007 (9/9/2007 12:07am) in reply to evo

    [8,2]os all the lituature says call with NE2 getting better than 7:1 on your money.

    What do you really want to hit with this hand? If you hit, do you really feal comfortable betting/raising.

    I could've made a nice down payment on a car lease with the money I've lost calling with [rag,rag] getting 7:1 PO.

    Even from small blind, I think [8,2] is a fold PF
  3. sathers sathers is offline

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    Sep 10th, 2007 (9/10/2007 6:01am) in reply to evo

    In my opinion this is a fold on the flop but especially preflop. I know you are small blind and its cheap, but I dont call this simply because of the situation above. You have the worst kicker possible. It used to happen to me alot when I would play hands like 6 8 and 5 9. (suited) I would be in the pot and hit the top pair or a set but you just dont know where you are at. Some one playing an A9 K9 is just gonna bet it and take my chips assuming they keep it cheap enough for me not to fold.

    I would have taken slightly more time to consider the call. He clearly has some of the flop or he is one big fish. I would have to consider that 78/89/or picture card with an 8 are a whole world more playable than an 8 2 off.

    Its eay for me to say that I would have folded 100% because I wasnt there. I think the lesson is learnt though of not calling with 8 2 off lol. One thing to ask yourself though is if you had taken a little bit more time to consider the raise would you have still played? A set is a hard hand to lay down at the best of times especially when you know you are playing against an aggressive player who may have had a nine or straight draw...
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