Here's a situation where I never know what's the best play. Assume you're against an unknown who seems like your typical player at NL50. He raises 3x BB in MP and you call in the BB with 77.
Flop: 28J rainbow
There's not many hands you're worried about. JX and big pairs, that's all. But what's the best way to play this type of hand?
Lead out
a) half-pot: He might think it's a weak lead and raise you with whiffed overs, or just call and see if you continue the aggression on the turn. Unless I improve on the turn, I'm done with the hand.
b) 2/3 pot or full pot: Why would you be so eager for him to throw away his hand on a board like this if you were ahead? Then again, your typical player doesn't think too much about his opponent's possible holdings.
Check/call - Harrington recommends this against a continuation bet, but only if you're in position so you can float him on the turn. OOP is much more difficult. The turn can easily bring many scare cards. I don't like this line OOP.
Check/raise - If he doesn't have anything good he more than likely will dump his hand here. But there's one big problem: this is an expensive line to take. Otherwise, I think this is the easiest way to take down this pot, and perhaps most profitable.
My typical line is to lead out betting a little more than half-pot on this drawless board. With a possible flush draw I'd bet closer to pot-size. Occasionally I'll check-raise here.Statistics: Posted by EscapePlan9 — Wed May 24, 2006 11:19 am
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