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  1. #1

    Default Call or reraise?

    I find situations like these some of the most difficult to play in poker; when you have a fairly good, but not excellent hand and someone is playing back at you. In general, do you guys think you should call or reraise in these situations, and why?

    PokerStars Game #2263441094: Hold'em No Limit ($0.50/$1.00) - 2005/08/04 - 19:55:56 (ET)
    Table 'Taurus III' Seat #7 is the button
    Seat 1: slicksam24 ($36.60 in chips)
    Seat 2: Bighouse33 ($88.15 in chips)
    Seat 3: He'll Move ($62 in chips)
    Seat 4: dsaxton ($122.95 in chips)
    Seat 5: RonDworkin ($88 in chips)
    Seat 7: pepperpot ($90.65 in chips)
    Seat 8: josef21 ($116.65 in chips)
    Seat 9: jja12181 ($44.10 in chips)
    josef21: posts small blind $0.50
    jja12181: posts big blind $1
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to dsaxton [Ah Kd]
    slicksam24: folds
    Bighouse33: folds
    MattySokol leaves the table
    He'll Move: folds
    RMonk joins the table at seat #6
    dsaxton: raises $3 to $4
    RonDworkin: folds
    pepperpot: folds
    josef21: calls $3.50
    jja12181: calls $3
    *** FLOP *** [5c Kc 7h]
    josef21: checks
    jja12181: checks
    dsaxton: bets $9
    josef21: raises $16 to $25
    jja12181: folds
    dsaxton: calls $16
    *** TURN *** [5c Kc 7h] [4s]
    josef21: checks
    dsaxton: bets $25
    josef21: calls $25
    *** RIVER *** [5c Kc 7h 4s] [8s]
    josef21: checks
    dsaxton: checks
    *** SHOW DOWN ***
    josef21: shows [Ac 9c] (high card Ace)
    dsaxton: shows [Ah Kd] (a pair of Kings)
    dsaxton collected $109 from pot
    *** SUMMARY ***
    Total pot $112 | Rake $3
    Board [5c Kc 7h 4s 8s]
    Seat 1: slicksam24 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 2: Bighouse33 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 3: He'll Move folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 4: dsaxton showed [Ah Kd] and won ($109) with a pair of Kings
    Seat 5: RonDworkin folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 7: pepperpot (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
    Seat 8: josef21 (small blind) showed [Ac 9c] and lost with high card Ace
    Seat 9: jja12181 (big blind) folded on the Flop
  2. #2
    I play tourneys mostly but when I get in this spot I definitely re-raise him to see if he likes his hand enough to re-re-raise. In a cash game though I probably wouldn't because I'm scared money in ring.
    I'll be a rootin' tootin' shootin' damn fool, protectin' my chips.
  3. #3
    his turn check makes me suspicous of the FD.. he was blatently looking for a free card. These situations are tricky, at my min stakes i normally continue the aggression at the turn even though they c/r me at the flop. if they re raise the turn its time to slow down or even get out depending - but at my stakes they quite often have TPGK.
    Experimenting - 200NL 5max.

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