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    Default Flopped trips - most profitable way to play?

    First hand at a new table. Thinking going in is this:
    • Lots of uncertainty in my game because I've played < 2,200 hands in ring and know I've got a lot to learn
    • Slowplaying seems to be how new players play a solid hand by default.
    • New players don't know this, so any bet on a scary board will scare a few off.
    • There's always the risk of hitting a third flush card on the board, and low limits seem chock-full of folks who'll play any 2 suited, and will play along hoping for a 3rd spade so their 23 has a shot @ winning.
    • I know I'm probably overthinking this -- if they're one-tabling microlimits, there's a good chance they aren't even thinking about their own hands properly.


    So, micro limits, first hand forced blind. How would you have played this, and how should I play it in the future?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em, $0.10 BB (6 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

    saw flop|saw showdown

    BB ($9.60)
    UTG ($9.45)
    Hero ($10)
    CO ($9)
    Button ($16.40)
    SB ($3.25)

    Preflop: Hero is MP with 8, 7. Hero posts a blind of $0.10.
    1 fold, Hero (poster) checks, CO calls $0.10, Button calls $0.10, SB completes, BB checks.

    Flop: ($0.50) 8, 8, A (5 players)
    SB checks, BB checks, Hero checks, CO bets $0.4, Button folds, SB folds, BB folds, Hero calls $0.40.

    Turn: ($1.30) T (2 players)
    Hero checks, CO bets $0.4, Hero raises to $1.8, CO calls $1.40.

    River: ($4.90) Q (2 players)
    Hero bets $3, CO calls $3.

    Final Pot: $10.90

    Results in white below:
    Hero has 8c 7s (three of a kind, eights).
    CO has 4d Ah (two pair, aces and eights).
    Outcome: Hero wins $10.90.
  2. #2
    Lead the flop.

    I also never post a bb until I am 2 spots from the button. The blinds are your biggest losing positions, you don't want to post extra ones.
  3. #3
    Preflop: Dont post in UTG+1

    On the flop I would lead for close to a PSB and continue that aggression on the next streets.

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