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  1. #1
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    Default Another difficult hand for me

    Guys,

    I would like to hear your comments here?
    It seems that lately I've been having several of these hands ...

    PokerStars Game #6943396242: Tournament #35433747, $5.00+$0.50 Hold'em No Limit - Level I (10/20) - 2006/11/08 - 15:32:29 (ET)
    Table '35433747 1' 9-max Seat #1 is the button
    Seat 1: Mandarina (1500 in chips)
    Seat 2: fun4umike (1500 in chips)
    Seat 3: HitondaRiver (1500 in chips)
    Seat 4: 95Hambone (1500 in chips)
    Seat 5: jimmy44a (1500 in chips)
    Seat 6: orrell22 (1500 in chips)
    Seat 7: Belden192 (1500 in chips)
    Seat 8: wonit5times (1500 in chips)
    Seat 9: illuzionnn (1500 in chips)
    fun4umike: posts small blind 10
    HitondaRiver: posts big blind 20
    *** HOLE CARDS ***
    Dealt to jimmy44a [Ah Qs]
    95Hambone: folds
    jimmy44a: raises 60 to 80
    orrell22: folds
    Belden192: folds
    wonit5times: folds
    illuzionnn: folds
    Mandarina: calls 80
    fun4umike: folds
    HitondaRiver: calls 60
    *** FLOP *** [9s Js Qd]
    HitondaRiver: checks
    jimmy44a: bets 160
    Mandarina: calls 160
    HitondaRiver: folds
    *** TURN *** [9s Js Qd] [5c]
    jimmy44a: bets 300
    Mandarina: raises 300 to 600
    jimmy44a: ????

    I can put villain on bad hands like KT/T8/QJ/QQ/JJ/99 maybe J8 also. But he could easily have AQ/AJ/KQ/AT/TT or small pocket pair ... but maybe those would have folded on the flop bet ...
    What is villain put me on? maybe AK or AJ/AQ/KK/AA and I guess he his hoping not 99 nor QQ/JJ, but it's true, he beating a lot of those hands ...
    I guess that my bet on the turn was stupid ...
  2. #2
    I assume you recognize how different this flop is from your KQ hand you posted, plus the stack sizes are much different compared to the blinds. You should be much more willing to release your hand here vs there.

    I think the way you played it is OK, now you assume you are beat and fold. If he had smooth called here, you would check any river, fold to a big bet, maybe pay off a small one depending on the river (meaning, don't call anything if the river is the Ks).

    Also you can check the turn and see what he does. If he checks behind, you should assume he is drawing and base your river action on that - usually check call if draw(s) miss, check fold if they hit. If he bets turn, usually give up unless it's a really small bet, because the river will cause issues either way.

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