I HATE being OOP

What is your play here? No reads on villain..

Hand #11535803-14186 at Mcalester (No Limit Hold'em)
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Started at 13/Feb/06 23:16:05

IMAPornStar is at seat 0 with $5.
jchatton is at seat 1 with $7.75.
isthatallugot is at seat 2 with $11.85.
HoldmH1gh is at seat 3 with $16.27.
freechus is at seat 4 with $9.45.
tallpaul64 is at seat 5 with $2.69.
U-wong is at seat 6 with $3.30.
Whlgnr is at seat 7 with $16.93.
2Sure is at seat 8 with $9.22.
asshgrrs is at seat 9 with $2.40.
The button is at seat 1.

isthatallugot posts the small blind of $.05.
HoldmH1gh posts the big blind of $.10.
IMAPornStar posts out of turn for $.10.

IMAPornStar: -- --
jchatton: -- --
isthatallugot: -- --
HoldmH1gh: -- --
freechus: As Ks
tallpaul64: -- --
U-wong: -- --
Whlgnr: -- --
2Sure: -- --
asshgrrs: -- --

Pre-flop:

freechus raises to $.60. tallpaul64 folds. U-wong
folds. Whlgnr re-raises to $2.05. 2Sure folds.
asshgrrs folds. IMAPornStar folds. jchatton folds.
isthatallugot folds. HoldmH1gh folds. freechus
calls.

Flop (board: 9d 3d 5h):

freechus...

Check/fold. No reason to believe he doesn't have a big pair.

What if the flop was Axx or Kxx?

I fold this pre-flop to the re-raise until someone gives me a good reason to call or 4-bet this.

I think half the time they would have QQ or less.. If you hit on the flop, then you can c/r a c-bet. If they 3-bet, then you can dump. Blank flop, I think check/folding works.

Originally Posted by freechus9

I think half the time they would have QQ or less.. If you hit on the flop, then you can c/r a c-bet. If they 3-bet, then you can dump. Blank flop, I think check/folding works.

Doesn't sound like a winning plan to me. You do realize that if you play like that, any 2 cards are getting the best of you (even if they never 3-bet bluff)?

Originally Posted by freechus9

I think half the time they would have QQ or less..

NH sir, I fold.

Originally Posted by freechus9

What if the flop was Axx or Kxx?

Then you're playing for stacks. If you're worried about AA or KK you should have folded PF. With an A or K high flop you should be willing to die with this.

I CR all in.

I fold this preflop. Against an average player, you stand to either win a small pot or lose a big one. AK plays badly against a reraise, esp out of position.

Originally Posted by Jimmy Mac

I fold this preflop. Against an average player, you stand to either win a small pot or lose a big one. AK plays badly against a reraise, esp out of position.

agreed, although against a very agressive player who will 3-bet preflop with a very wide range I think this statement doesn't necessarily hold true. To the point where it's probably worth a call. (discuss?)

As far as playing OOP, yeah, it sucks.

More specifically, playing OOP in marginal situations (like this one) sucks. Just fold preflop...

Originally Posted by Lukie

agreed, although against a very agressive player who will 3-bet preflop with a very wide range I think this statement doesn't necessarily hold true.

Up into the 200NL level you can pick most of these guys out with-in 2 or 3 orbits. Until then, everyone is too passive pre-flop until shown otherwise. Folding AKo to a positional re-raise from an unknown player is a far smaller mistake then continuing to play against AA/KK/QQ/AK out of position.