Critique Please?

Theresalwaysone

Jackpot Cash 1/2

OK so I'm sittin in the big blind, havent seen my cards.
UTG calls
UTG+1 calls
Next Position raises to 10
Call
Button Fold
Call SB
Call Me (BB with a lovely pair of ducks)

Flop 942 two Diamonds.

And sure as hell I flop a set, SB checks, I bet out 25, Fold, Fold and Re-Raise 125, Its folded around to me. I'm thinking overpair.... trying to push me off a potential draw or A9 K9 suited etc( thats what I thought he thought I had) So I deliberate and Push all in for 400, 275 more.

Now, would a flat call here be more profitable, I pushed because I wanted him to think I had a draw and he was ahead or that I was on a complete stone cold bluff. I figured he'd call...thats the only reason I pushed.

Maybe a cold call wud have been better and given him some rope? or maybe a min raise although that mite have looked suspicious?

Finally what do you think he had?

Lads take my game apart if ya want....need all the help I can get.;)

HiCloy

In a live game the push is fine and I'd expect to get looked up by TT or better

You're never going to have a total bluff betting into 3+ players

5starpool

Push is fine I think, as a call and a lead on the flop is suspicious anyhow. It is less than a pot size raise. The next bet you make make will have to be all in, so if you check turn, and he checks behind, he is unlikely to call a river bet with less than 222, unless he hits a second pair or the likes.

Theresalwaysone

He had 92 and folded.... the one that got away huh?

LuckyLloyd

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bops

maybe he was a good player and folded aces??

LuckyLloyd

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phantom_lord

nothing wrong with calling. you've another two street to get your money in.

bops

wow!! - he was the origional raiser?? 92 sweet - i like him already - great fold - it must have been very obvious to him that you hit your set?

Theresalwaysone

Yeah he said 44 straight away, he was a very good player. He said afterwards he raised with 92 and said to himself that if he hit any part of the flop he was shippin it. He was playing relatively tight so he thought he would get the respect....obv my trips were bein very disrespectful.

Jesus Wept

I don't see the point in playing 92 in a raised pot and then folding on a 924 flop...

Theresalwaysone

I see every point if he thinks he's behind.

nicnicnic

there is no way the guy folded 92 here he was telling you

Hectorjelly

nicnicnic wrote:

there is no way the guy folded 92 here he was telling you

yeah unless you saw his hand I wouldnt believe this for a second.

cardshark202

But I would def just call the flop and check-raise all in on turn

Tar.Aldarion

No way would I fold 92, the world of pain.

LuckyLloyd

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gramlab

Theresalwaysone wrote:

Yeah he said 44 straight away, he was a very good player. He said afterwards he raised with 92 and said to himself that if he hit any part of the flop he was shippin it. He was playing relatively tight so he thought he would get the respect....obv my trips were bein very disrespectful.

Relatively tight doesn't raise a 9 2. If he had a mind fart and did, he couldn't have wished for a much better flop.

Liar, liar, pants on fire!!!

scargill

Theresalwaysone wrote:

Yeah he said 44 straight away, he was a very good player. He said afterwards he raised with 92 and said to himself that if he hit any part of the flop he was shippin it. He was playing relatively tight so he thought he would get the respect....obv my trips were bein very disrespectful.

I'm only learing so can someone explain these things to me....

"Yeah he said 44 straight away" - what does this mean ?????

"He said afterwards he raised with 92" - why would someone do this ? Bluff?

And if they were bluffing and hit 2 pair on the flop why fold ?

And could the 92 player not have interpreted the all in of the OP as a sign that they had a decent pair, QQ,KK ???

Theresalwaysone wrote:

....said to himself that if he hit any part of the flop he was shippin it

What does this mean ?


As I said I'm learning...!

Tar.Aldarion

scargill wrote:

I'm only learing so can someone explain these things to me....

"Yeah he said 44 straight away" - what does this mean ?????

"He said afterwards he raised with 92" - why would someone do this ? Bluff?

It means he thinks the other player has 44 in his hand
Disguise his hand/bluff

And if they were bluffing and hit 2 pair on the flop why fold ?

Because he thinks the other guy has a set

And could the 92 player not have interpreted the all in of the OP as a sign that they had a decent pair, QQ,KK ???

He could possibly have, depends on how he reads the situation.

What does this mean ?


As I said I'm learning...!

It means if he gets anything on the flop, to go all in.

scargill

Tar.Aldarion wrote:

Because he thinks the other guy has a set

Thanks Tar.Aldarion !

I see now. If the OP had a decent pair he would've raised preflop rather than flat calling ? The fact that he pushed all in post flop gave a good indication that he had a set. I'm learning !

If I had the 92 I would've lost me shirt !!

Theresalwaysone

Yeah Cardshark I agree, I think I played it particularly badly.

One of my leaks is not gettin paid off with my big hands... Im trying to fix this tho and take some time to think about how to extract as much as possible.

My only real reasons for shippin it were

(a) The board was two flushed and I didn wanna take the chance of him havin AKsuited,

(b) I thought he mite of had an overpair and would call ( i didn give him enough credit for the player he was)

(c) I thought he mite have put me on two big cards, I had been playin relatively tight and was gettin noticeably frustrated, I was hopin he would think I was continuation re-raising ( lol!!! ) with my ak aq or strong drawing hand!

Another thing, I gave him an awful read, I'll know to shut my mouth next time, he said he had a hand that could outdraw me..... So I stupidly said, " 35 diamonds" therefore effectively telling him I had a set.

Ah well... You live and learn