NL Cash Game

[Nem]

Here is a hand from a HU NL cash game.


Villain is a good aggressive player, 50 hands ago Villain got lucky and busted the Hero's  with . Villain keeps on consistently raising OOP with a various range of hands.

Blinds £10/£20

Hero OTB has £3264

Villain has £4233

Hero is dealt

Villain raises to £60

Hero raises to £180

Villain calls

Flop: 

Villain checks

What now...?

[12barblues]

No idea where I stand, so bet £240 (two thirds of pot) and see what happens.

I don't care much for the pre-flop re-raise. I would be a lot happier betting £80 into a £120 pot.

That said, £10/£20 HU cash is so far above my lowly level that I get a nose bleed even thinking about it. Scary stuff. I am very interested to see what some of the site's big guns suggest here.

[Newmanseye]

I aggree with 12barblues a strong bet with two thieds of the pot, he will probably come over the top if he's bluffing particularly if he's a loosey goosey, However if he flat calls you might be in schtook, so if the flat call comes take the free card.

[thetank]

I'm not even going to touch it, NL cash not my game at all.

I'd check, fold, cash out and play a tournament.

[NoflopsHomer]

I'm not even going to touch it, NL cash not my game at all.

I'd check, fold, cash out and play a tournament.

[snoopy1239]

His check is a sign of weakness.

Bet.

[ifm]

His check is a sign of weakness.

Bet.

Or strength

[thetank]

His check is a sign of weakness.

Bet.

Or strength

Worry about that when you're raised. Free cards are not to be bought out of position with a check.

[ifm]

I realise that, i was implying you have no idea at all what he has (monster or nothing), the only thing to do is to bet to gain info.

[Nem]

Here is a hand from a HU NL cash game.


Villain is a good aggressive player, 50 hands ago Villain got lucky and busted the Hero's  with . Villain keeps on consistently raising OOP with a various range of hands.

Blinds £10/£20

Hero OTB has £3264

Villain has £4233

Hero is dealt

Villain raises to £60

Hero raises to £180

Villain calls

Flop:   

Villain checks

What now...?


OK, on to the turn...


Hero bets £300

Villain calls £300

There is £960 in the pot



The turn card is the   


So the flop is: 


The Villain checks


What now...?

[12barblues]

OMG!  20 outs but only 1 is definitely clean......what a 'mare.........

A 'normal' size bet runs the risk of being check-raised all in and being blasted out of the pot as I don't see how we can call?

If we check and miss completely or, worse, hit a 'tainted' out we still don't know where we stand.

So, all in.....and then reload when it goes horribly wrong.

[elblondie]

I can only agree. I know it's a huge overbet but I still think I move all-in for several reasons
1. I'm quite happy for him to pass and just collect the pot if he passes, which is quite sizeable. I certainly dont want to lose this pot to a A5 offsuit type hand where I give him a free card to hit an ace
2. if you check you wont really know where you are on the river, and he may well give you a very difficult decision. You may end up folding when you should call or calling when you should fold
3. At this point with a card to come he may make a dreadful call with 10J off suit or similar...and he should miss most of the time

Stick it in and win   

[Royal Flush]

I woul check, flat calling out of position scares the hell out of me. He may well have a set. If we are going to bet on the turn then it has to be all in, but i think that is a bit silly (ducking) as we open up to a set.

Check and take the card, if you hit the river but not hard enough then u can flat call and limit your loss, if you smack the river and it turns out he has nothing he is likely to bluff putting you on a missed ace.

[12barblues]

I understand what you are saying  but, apart from  for the absolute nuts (and  for the non-nut straight flush), what card(s) would you like to see on the river?  And how much would you be prepared to call?  The uncertainty would be too much for me, which is why I want to give him the headache.

I'm perfectly happy to concede that my all in may be a response to being outplayed. At least he can't outplay me on the river. And I do have a lot of outs, even if I don't know what they are.

[The Baron]

As awful a decision as it is, the turn is much more likely to be a horror card for him than it is for you.

I would take the play out of this hand and just go all in. He'll most likely get timed out wondering what the hell you've got.

By the way I think when you are worried about being outplayed in a hand like this, there is nothing at all wrong with taking the skill out of it.