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Hectorjelly

36nl - its late and table is playing fast and loose, but not outrageously so. Everyone is playing bad including me.

I raise utg with KTs, 3 callers including bb and sb. About 90 in pot, Flop is T75 2 diamonds. SB checks BB bets 24 I make it 100, button folds, SB all in for 300. He is an idiot but I cant rememeber why. BB folds and I ?

And another more interesting decision (different game). Utg who seems to be playing tight makes it 30. I have 88 and really want to play this hand because I notice one of my downloads is at 88%. So folding is out, is calling or raising better. Im on the button. I have 1.5k, he has 500; we havent played a hand together. I have not reraised at this table since he sat down, but I have raised plenty of times. All of the hands that I have been showing down have been good.

Rnger

I'm folding the first hand. You have no solids reads on the player and with the amount of players that saw the flop, he more than likely has a better hand (especially in the sb on a flop like this). Bet, you raise, a 3rd player reraises? Get out of there!

With 88, your bluffing it either way on the flop. I think raising is the better option, raising will sow doubt in UTG's mind and let you take it down easier if he misses. He may even fold if he hits and is holding is weak enough. The problem with this is that your building a pot with weak holding yourself, if he plays back at you on the flop then youve got a problem and it could be an expensive one. Your bluffing this whole hand so calling pf and not representing strength is surely the opposite of what you want, it'll be far more difficult to push him off with a call. (Loving the inspiration for this play btw)


I've a feeling theres more to this, am i looking at this as if it is black and white?

hermann

Hectorjelly wrote:

He is an idiot but I cant rememeber why.

classic.



The first hand I just about call, given the description of the game.