To my surprise, he flipped up KJ here. Awful call on his part, since even if i'm going crazy with AA here he's behind. Best case scenario he can really hope for with that call with
![[Kc]](https://livepokerforum.com/images/smilies/Kc.gif "The King of Clubs")
Xc, or a straight + flush draw. there's really not much he can be ahead of once i push. As far as leading out with trips, I do it for two reasons.
1: I want to build a big pot. Ice (I assume it was Ice who said this, and if I'm giving credit to the wrong person i appologize) said about a year ago "in order to win a big pot, you have to build a big pot". I'm seeing a multi-way flop. Yes, if no one has either a 6 or a J, i'm getting no action. But if someone does, I can maximize my value on the hand by getting money in as fast as possible and committing them to put in chips.
2: I'd lead out with a range of hands here, including the J, the 6, almost any PP, and from time to time a flush draw just to keep people guessing ( I don't bet draws very often in multi-way pots, and even less on paired boards).
By leading out with this range of hands, my goal is to make it impossible for opponents to figure out what I hold here. I could have trips, in which case i'm going no where. I could have the J, in which case I still like the hand. I could have a pair and will be letting it go if I get any action at all. I could have a flush draw in which case i'll be extremly cautious. I could have JJ here hoping someone has a 6 or is willing to bluff me given the board (though I would never limp JJ, so that argument would be more valid on something like an 866 board when i hold 88, or a 688 board when i hold 66.
Either way, I don't expect to win very much here very often. But on the occasional time when my opponent does have a piece of the board, I expect to have him crushed. The rest of the time, I'm able to keep up my LAG looking image.
Statistics: Posted by Stelvask — Thu Oct 05, 2006 12:15 pm
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