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Feeling a little weak with TPTK

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  1. #1

    Default Feeling a little weak with TPTK

    Both villains are about 35/7. Semi-Loose passive mini-fish.
    Is this line too weak with 2 callers? I figure KJ or T9 or any J is likely here. If I am raised on the turn I have to drop the hand, so I just check/called. Too weak? Should I be betting/raising to protect against any , K, or 8? Please leave me some detailed feedback on how you play the hand and why?

    Hold'em NL ($0.25/$0.50)
    Seat 2 is the button.
    Seat 1: FoldIt ($18.60 in chips)
    Seat 2: discob ($51.80 in chips)
    Seat 3: kroko17 ($66.67 in chips)
    Seat 4: nesla ($50.80 in chips)
    Seat 5: HERO ($42.75 in chips)
    Seat 6: pdizzy sits out
    kroko17: posts small blind $0.25
    nesla: posts big blind $0.50
    ----- HOLE CARDS -----
    dealt to HERO Q A
    HERO: raises to $2
    FoldIt: folds
    discob: calls $2
    kroko17: calls $1.75
    nesla: folds
    ($6.50)----- FLOP ----- T 9 Q
    kroko17: checks
    HERO: bets $5
    discob: calls $5
    kroko17: calls $5
    ($21.50)----- TURN ----- 6
    kroko17: checks
    HERO: checks
    discob: bets $5
    kroko17: calls $5
    passdsuga: calls $5
    ($36.50)----- RIVER ----- 4
    kroko17: checks
    HERO: checks
    discob: bets $10
    kroko17: folds
    HERO: calls $10

    I even thought about folding the river to a big bet, but getting 4:1 on my money I felt compelled to call? What if he bets $20? Up to how much can I call here?
    Playing live . . . thanks alot Bin Laden.
  2. #2
    I actually think you played this OK. The only thing I don't like is giving odds to draw on the turn ... but discob is not playing this like a draw. If he wanted to draw cheap, he'd check behind the turn, if he wanted to semi-bluff he'd have made a man sized bet.

    Since you are PFR, you can hardly rep 89 (KJ?) well enough to blow someone off their tp/set. I think disco's probe on the turn indicates mid-pair good kicker or q-mid kicker. kroko is probably on a draw (obvious when he folds blank river).

    Nothing about this hands screams out that you should raise turn or river, and I wouldn't fold for so little. If he bets 20 on the river, I think you can still call, but cry more often. Pot sized bet is very close to a push for villian, that is approaching the lay down zone with TPTK here.
  3. #3
    nh. letting them draw free/cheap is bad, but keeping pot small is good. He can easily value bet KQ on river, maybe even KT.

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