Hi Guys, was playing a bit of Limit Hold em this morning which is unusal for me as I normally play NL cash games. The following hand occured and I'm wondering what the regualr Limit players on here make of the way I played it and whether or not I got maximum value from the hand.
Cheers
PokerStars Game #18124564677: Hold'em Limit ($3/$6) - 2008/06/14 - 03:36:18 (ET)
Table 'Naos' 6-max Seat #2 is the button
Seat 1: APuk ($43.50 in chips)
Seat 2: DrawinDead ($126 in chips)
Seat 3: newhouse ($56.50 in chips)
Seat 4: GABY-ARG ($201.50 in chips)
Seat 5: bigsoti ($134.50 in chips)
newhouse: posts small blind $1
GABY-ARG: posts big blind $3
Momma Boone: sits out
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to bigsoti [
]
bigsoti: raises $3 to $6
APuk: calls $6
DrawinDead: folds
newhouse: calls $5
GABY-ARG: raises $3 to $9
bigsoti: calls $3
APuk: calls $3
newhouse: calls $3
Question 1: Should I be reraising and capping the betting here?*** FLOP *** [
]
newhouse: checks
GABY-ARG: bets $3
bigsoti: raises $3 to $6
APuk: raises $3 to $9
newhouse: calls $9
GABY-ARG: calls $6
bigsoti: raises $3 to $12
Betting is capped
APuk: calls $3
newhouse: calls $3
GABY-ARG: calls $3
*** TURN *** [
] [
]
newhouse: checks
GABY-ARG: checks
bigsoti: bets $6
APuk: calls $6
newhouse: raises $6 to $12
GABY-ARG: calls $12
bigsoti: raises $6 to $18
APuk: folds
newhouse: calls $6
GABY-ARG: calls $6
*** RIVER *** [
] [
]
newhouse: checks
GABY-ARG: checks
bigsoti: checks
Question 2: Is checking the right thing to do in this situation or does anyone feel confident enough to continue to bet?*** SHOW DOWN ***
newhouse: shows [
] (two pair, Nines and Sevens)
GABY-ARG: mucks hand
bigsoti: shows [
] (three of a kind, Tens)
bigsoti collected $142 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $144 | Rake $2
Board [
]
Seat 1: APuk folded on the Turn
Seat 2: DrawinDead (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: newhouse (small blind) showed [
] and lost with two pair, Nines and Sevens
Seat 4: GABY-ARG (big blind) mucked [
]
Seat 5: bigsoti showed [
] and won ($142) with three of a kind, Tens