nlhe ring hand. flopped trips.

jojobinks · #1 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:19 PM

Saw Flop | Saw Turn | Saw River | Saw Showdown | Won

PokerStars Game #8174070775: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2007/01/28 - 23:11:30 (ET)
Table 'Laetitia II' 9-max Seat #8 is the button

Rush3420 - $36.15
dekme222 - $4.75
CaptSmith - $14.40
DanielG1414 - $30.50
txmarauders4 - $24.30
jojobinks - $17.30
Mr3157 - $44.80
mystang2005 Button - $23.90
pokermumof3 - $4.95

PREFLOP ($0.10/$0.25)
jojobinks is MP3 with 7

T

2 folds, DanielG1414 calls $0.25, 1 fold, jojobinks calls $0.25, 2 folds, pokermumof3 calls $0.15, Rush3420 checks.

FLOP $1.00 (4 players)
T

6

T

pokermumof3 bets $1.25, Rush3420 raises $3 to $4.25, 1 fold, jojobinks...??

no reads on anyone.

Harlequin011 · #2 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:27 PM

OB1

This is not the flop you're looking for.

Fold.

Anything else marries you to this marginal hand.

hachkc · #3 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:41 PM

That's a toughie. The reraise could simply be checking for a T with his overpair, protecting trips from a flush draw or just an allout bluff figuring a T in EP might not bet. Without any reads on anyone, its tough to say. I hate to say this but given position, I probably go into calling station mode. If he doesn't have a T, he will probably check the turn seeing as you cold called a bet and raise. If he bets out the turn, reevaluate. I just have problems folding trips here even without a kicker.

Dwight87 · #4 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 10:49 PM

For $17.xx, push it. If he outkicks your set, rebuy. If he's on a draw, you got it in with the best, win or lose.

TheMightyJim2k · #5 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 11:02 PM

$17 is a big overbet and you are only getting called by a higher T, a full house with a pkt 66, or maybe 8d9d.

This is one of those situations where I really have no idea how to play it in NL. you have know way of getting any more info without commiting your stack. I hate the call down here because you are letting drawing hands dictate the pot odds, and may end up getting squeezed between two players. i think this is a reraise to 7.25 or 7.50 or a fold. i know it seems like a pretty bad place to fold, so i think i reraise keeps in the hands that you are beating, hurts the draws you are trying price out, and nets you the most money long term.

i honestly don't know if that is a horrible play or not, but i feel like it might be your most +EV play.

Poboy · #6 (**permalink**) 01-28-2007, 11:10 PM

Can't say I like the preflop limp from MP at all.

As is, I'd push. If you were deeper, I'd re-raise $10.

VARoadstter · #7 (**permalink**) 01-29-2007, 12:25 AM

Happy to lose ~$17 if it comes to that. I raise it 3x and want to get all in.

jojobinks · #8 (**permalink**) 01-29-2007, 12:35 AM

i pushed. he thought for a long time (a long time), and as he thought, i thought.

i decided he had a ten with a marginally better kicker. he did. he called. i lost.

thanks for weighing in guys. lesson: do your thinking about the hand before you bet, not after

BrettButter · #9 (**permalink**) 01-29-2007, 12:59 AM

Now that the answer is out, just a suggestion..

It shows it highlighted in green that the other guy won the pot in the OP, and you may want to change that to make it a little more dramatic. I already knew he won the pot before you showed the question

TheMightyJim2k · #10 (**permalink**) 01-29-2007, 01:02 AM

lets say you tried the play i mentioned above. You repop to 7.25, the initial bettor folds, and then villain three bet pushes for the rest of your stack.

There is now about $26-27 in the pot, and you have to call $10 more. You are getting 2.7-1, but unless this guy is a total spew-tard you are almost definitely behind. Seeing as you had no read do you call or fold?