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  1. #1

    Default Correct slowplay with top set?

    Too dangerous to just keep on calling without raising here? Should I have been worried about the potential straight draw? JJ and QQ would surely have raised pre-flop, no?

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    Hero (t1560)
    MP3 (t1460)
    CO (t840)
    Button (t1190)
    SB (t1410)
    BB (t1560)
    UTG (t2680)
    UTG+1 (t1550)
    MP1 (t1250)

    Preflop: Hero is MP2 with T, T.
    UTG calls t30, 2 folds, Hero calls t30, 1 fold, CO calls t30, 1 fold, SB completes, BB checks.

    Flop: (t150) 6, 4, T (5 players)
    SB bets t60, BB folds, UTG calls t60, Hero calls t60, CO folds.

    Turn: (t330) Q (3 players)
    SB bets t60, UTG raises to t120, Hero calls t120, SB calls t60.

    River: (t690) J (3 players)
    SB checks, UTG bets t1560, Hero calls t1350 (All-In), SB folds.

    Final Pot: t3600
  2. #2
    Preflop is ok, you might consider a raise, but a call is fine.
    Flop is excellent for you, no obvious draws (unless someone is playing 3 5, which is highly doubtful). Calling here is fine, or min raise to sweeten the pot a little.
    Turn is a scare card, not so much for QQ (which would have raised), but for the flush draw. I would reraise here (to 250-300 or so), to push out a flush draw. Likely, one player has a Q, and might very well call. If a spade hits on the river and you just called down the turn, facing a big bet, could you throw it away?
    River is semi-dangerous, as AK might have likely called everything down and hit, although unlikely as there was no preflop raise. My guess is on 2 pair, and u take his money.
    Just my 2 cents.
  3. #3
    Turn is bad, you need to raise.
  4. #4
    A general rule that I follow is if there are no likely draws (player-dependant), then slowplaying it is often okay - as soon as there are draws put on the board, then you need to make them pay for their draws.

    In this case, I would have bumped the turn to 450 at least.
  5. #5
    I like raising the turn here... but no need to get crazy. I like a raise into the 350-450 range.

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    raise PF, and raise to 400 on the turn.
  7. #7
    The Q is a scare card, you need to raise the turn, I would raise to about 300.
    I would also consider raising the flop a bit, to about 150, since the pot is three -way, but calling is fine two.

    [quate]JJ and QQ would surely have raised pre-flop, no?[/quate]
    QQ would probably raise preflop, JJ might limp for the same reason you limped with TT


  8. #8
    three way I'm raising the flop, one of them likely to either have a T or a PP they are getting married to, turn may scare them away.

    River I pay off the str8 all day.

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