As you played it, turn play is kinda difficult. I guess it depends on your read but I think you're either tying for the pot or you're behind, so in reality the $10 bet is giving you a maximum of $30 payout so you could probably fold and wait for a better spot. Only time I'd play on would be if MP was a very poor player, sometimes people make odd moves but I agree this looks like he had top set and it's a milking bet, I cant see any other hand a decent player would play like this. Think he'd have raised a straight on the flop, and there's no flush draw, so I assume he has a boat more often than not.
I definitely like the idea of playing straights carefully but I think this is one situation where you're heads up with a player screaming that he likely has a draw, and even if he doesn't it's no big disaster to put your stack in if you're splitting it with another straight. I think you have to raise this flop and discount the all-in player as a factor. It's now you vs MP and it looks like he's the one on the draw. You also have position, so I'd pot it again on the flop.
Monk
xxxxxStatistics: Posted by Felonius_Monk — Sun Feb 13, 2005 8:16 am
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