Re: whats your move amd why?
« Reply #14 on: April 06, 2007, 07:08:29 pm »
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It's results-orientated to think that pushing or reraising a committing amount is "good play" because he passed.
He passed because he had nothing. You basically got a hand to pass that had very little chance of beating you. Congratulations. If he has a set or flush or king he calls, which means you nearly always get called when you are behind and nearly always get a fold when you are ahead.
There's a poker maxim that your bets should be designed to get worse hands calling and better hands folding, an it's a good one. Obviously it's possible he does call with a worse hand such as the or smaller pp like TT or 99with a diamond, but this is fairly unlikely.
There are times when for various reasons you want to fold out draws but here if he has a draw it is a weak one.
If you want to be results orientated then clearly a better strategy would be to call, and check call any river ( bar a non-diamond ace, this would be a tricky one) as he has nothing and you make chips from his bluff.
Otherwise, check calling is better than raising here, imo as he has nothing a lot and you get chips when he has nothing and dont stack off when he has something strong.
The only merit to pushing the turn is to save a potentially tough decision on a diamond river, but this is an unlikely scenario and for the reasons above is a bad play imo.
I think JungleCat makes some good points in this post.
However, when our opponent re-raises on the turn it is at this point that I feel he has nothing. Not when he passes. The move was out of context and only makes sense if he holds
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I agree that calling and check-calling is a smart alternative.
But with the draw he may call the all-in...many on the internet do. I'm never surprised by what I see on-line!