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At the end of a tough week,

I want to share a hand with you, which I found particularly tough to play. It doesn't end with a bad beat, it doesn't knock me out, but I would be interested in your thoughts

It's the second level of the Gutshot main event, blinds 50-100

I have 9,000 Chips having started at 8k, in the BB

The button has 6,500

A loose, aggressive player in the SB has 7,000 Chips. He is an American player I am familiar with, and has already advertised pre flop raises with sh*te, and post flop bets with zilch

I have  asp 5s

the button limps, the SB completes, I check (OK, another time I might raise, c'est la vie)

the flop is

 4h 2h 4d

the SB and I check, as does the button

the turn comes the  3c

giving me the nut straight

the SB bets 150 into the pot of 300

I raise to 500, interested in getting a flush draw to pass and finding out some information, button passes

Here's where it gets interesting, immediately the SB raises me to 2000, so I found out, but what do I put him on?

I dwell (legitimately). I'll leave my thought process to later, but I call (Agree? Raise?) I think I'm ahead of a 4 and on a blank final card  (no heart, no low card) I want him to lead out to me 

The river is the  5c

He immediately bets 1,500

I am being asked to call 1,500 into a 5,800 pot, as I ask the dealer to count the pot (just to get mateyboys's reaction to me working out the odds he is giving me) he smiles and quickly stops when he sees I've noticed (we are seats 10 and 1...1 is me, either side of dealer)

Your thoughts here?


Cheers everyone

Very tough, but with the player in question being in the small blind he could have  42 , 22 , 56, 43 so there are plenty of hands you are losing to. He immediately bets out on the river, seems like the 5 on the river didn't matter much to him, i would fold.

Also on the turn you didn't have the nut straight, 65 is the nut straight.

nemesis, you are right about the nut straight obviously


flipping horrible board to work out!

If he rasies pre flop its easier to put him on a hand but u just don't know 65s why not lets see a flop,the 5 on the river would make me fold u still have chips hes gambler i would pick a better spot.

BA

The bet on the end is begging to be called I think. I would be less scared by an all in here.

What happened? I think after the river you are definately behind.

I think we should wait for tikay, he's the expert

Rumour is he's out buying us all a gift for helping make him the lucky bugger player that he is now

Always play straights/flushes cautiously on a paired board.

here endeth the lesson......

 ;)

 ;D :D ;D :D ;D

Come back for another lesson from the original "bubbleboy" next week. ;D

Amen.

I'm in need of confession, not a blinking lesson

"Forgive me father because I've murdered my chips...again!"

Actually thats not a bad idea for a thread mr End - we can have a Sunday confessional - not where you past bad things that have happened to you, but post about really stupid stunts you have pulled during the week and how you regret them now :)

Whadya thunked?

Heid
xx

Good idea batman...start it off then.....


P.S the thread might get a blit long....

Did you call? what did he have?

Your description of the bloke

'A loose, aggressive player in the SB has 7,000 Chips. He is an American player I am familiar with, and has already advertised pre flop raises with sh*te,'    he has only called in sb position, therefore I think he has something like J4

He's hit his set and thinks your 'at it' therfore is betting it, however it's only an opinion I CALL.

Dewi,

Do you think he had J4 suited or offsuit?  ;)

Also if you had trips would you bet into someone where a one card straight is possible at either end?

Probably sooted thought he was getting value   :)up, I believe because of the player it is worth a call, not saying in normal circumstances u should not fold. Having said that I'm rubbish anyway so Im probably wrong. >:?

call. pot to big to fold. if you were goona lay it down you should have layed it down on the turn.

What happened?

I passed (pleased with the discipline I showed)


The 5 on the end was an awful card for me, he's begging me to call, both by the odds he's offering and the tell he has transmitted

I show the A, he shows me 64 off..he's hit top straight on the end

My analysis on the turn was correct, I was beating trip 4's

A blank card on the end and I would have got more of his chips, as he confessed he thought his trip 4's were good on the turn

You have to fold this. He'd have to be a maniac to bluff a board like that. It could suit many bb hands.

I actually put him on 56. Wasn't too far away considering he had the straight on the end. From the description you gave, I would have expected him to be trips pn the flop.

good fold tho.