I made $600 last night at the same table, so it must be working a little.
Sure was hard to let go with that Jc falling on the river. Frustrating, but we both made great decisions.
Well done, Piers.
Statistics: Posted by Cactus Jack — Sat Sep 23, 2006 11:18 am
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For the first time I raised a small amount (7.00) with
![[Ah]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ah.gif "The Ace of Hearts")
![[Ad]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ad.gif "The Ace of Diamonds")
instead of limping or raising a larger amount preflop after UTG limp. I was UTG+1. In retrospect I don't like my small raise here and I was pretty sure that a larger raise would have cleared the table given my image at the time. I think a limp would have been the best play in this case. CJ calls my raise as well as two others and there is 30.00 in the pot on the flop of ![[9c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9c.gif "The Nine of Clubs")
![[7c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/7c.gif "The Seven of Clubs")
![[3d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/3d.gif "The Three of Diamonds")
. UTG checked and I lead 20.00 into the pot and CJ raised me to 60.00 and all folded to me and I just called. I didn't put CJ on a flush draw here as I didn't really think he would raise that hand here as I very well may go back over the top and shut him out if I have a big hand. That was the reason I cold called as I really put him on a hand like 10 10 or J J and a set also crossed my mind as well here and decided to wait until the turn to see what developed. I also think in retrospect that a reraise by me would have been a better play in case he had the flush draw and also in case an overcard came that would also kill my action probably unless I was beaten. The turn brought a ![[4c]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/4c.gif "The Four of Clubs")
. The pot was now approximately 150.00. I checked and CJ bet 100.00. I thought about the hand for a while here and still couldn't make myself believe Cj had the flush here and I didn't think he had a hand like ![[Ac]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Ac.gif "The Ace of Clubs")
![[Kc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif "The King of Clubs")
, ![[Qc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Qc.gif "The Queen of Clubs")
as I believe he may have reraised me preflop with those so I figured that if a club came down on the river that I could make a move at the pot figuring CJ couldn't call even if he happened to have the flush on the turn which I didn't think he had but very well could of had 10 10 or J J with a club and have me beat if I checked it down. I called the 100 for a pot now of 350.00. The river brought the ![[Jc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jc.gif "The Jack of Clubs")
, and I immediately bet 200.00 and CJ folded top two ![[Jd]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Jd.gif "The Jack of Diamonds")
![[9d]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/9d.gif "The Nine of Diamonds")
. The main question perhaps is what I would have done had a club not fallen. We both had pretty big stacks with quite a bit of money left behind. If a rag had fallen off I might have made a defensive bet of 150.00 as I really did think I had the best hand but I certainly would not have wanted to call a 250-350.00 river bet.Statistics: Posted by piersmajestyk — Sat Sep 23, 2006 12:53 am
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