ice - on the second hand, i completely agree with you. that's why i pointed out int he post that these opponents were LAG's, and particuarly with the second opponent, the sort of guy who overvalued his holdings way too often. heads up, i normally bet here. in a big multi-way pot, i generaly go for the check raise, as it's easier to feign that i don't missed the flop when there's a lot of opponents. after watching him call off his stack with A6, and with how often he was betting in general, i figured that
A: there was a strong chance he'd bet here, especially since i had folded to all of his previous bets on the flop after i had raised preflop.
B: there was a strong chance he'd view my massive overbet as a bluff. if he had 22 or A2, then good for him. otherwise, while i'm not likely to be called very often, i figured against this particular opponent (once again, note the A6 hand i observed above) that i had a strong chance of being called. In general, i hate checking a strongly hit flop with a monster holding, but that's just because i hate slowplaying - i'm always happier taking down a small pot than losing a big one. still, in this case i felt confident enough that he would bet/call with a JJ type hand, or even an Ax type hand that i could take down a monster from him. i'll be posting a hand later today about that KK situation you just mentioned.
~DustinStatistics: Posted by Stelvask — Thu Dec 09, 2004 11:49 am
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