Saturday, August 23, 2008

Pot control out of position

Here's a fairly common ugly spot. I have an over pair, out of position against a loose aggressive player.

Raised preflop. Snap call.
Bet the flop. Snap call.

Now what? I don't particularly want to build a big pot out of position with only one pair.

One of the best pieces of advice I've picked up from listening to podcasts was Gavin Smith saying "Always bet the turn, check the river", not vice versa. The reasoning was:
- you're continuing the control the hand
- checking the river can induce all kinds of bluffs
- by checking the river you've kept the pot small and can now call most bets/bluffs



PokerStars Game #19845258778: Hold'em No Limit ($0.10/$0.25) - 2008/08/23 - 19:10:03 (ET)
Table 'Deikoon III' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 2: manuelmade ($23.80 in chips)
Seat 3: yipyapsap ($27.20 in chips)
Seat 4: Schnurz ($23.80 in chips)
Seat 5: DDigglerDD ($24.75 in chips)
Seat 6: Forrest Gump ($40.90 in chips)
Seat 7: Seaboat ($26.10 in chips)
Seat 8: jack21221 ($66.10 in chips)
Seat 9: xwarlockx ($28.05 in chips)
DDigglerDD: posts small blind $0.10
Forrest Gump: posts big blind $0.25
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to Forrest Gump [As Ac]
Seaboat: folds
jack21221: folds
xwarlockx: folds
manuelmade: folds
yipyapsap: folds
Schnurz: calls $0.25
DDigglerDD: folds
Forrest Gump: raises $1.25 to $1.50
Schnurz: calls $1.25
*** FLOP *** [9h 8c 3d]
Forrest Gump: bets $1
Schnurz: calls $1
*** TURN *** [9h 8c 3d] [5c]
Forrest Gump: bets $2.50
Schnurz: calls $2.50
*** RIVER *** [9h 8c 3d 5c] [6h]
Forrest Gump: checks
Schnurz: bets $1.50
Forrest Gump: calls $1.50
*** SHOW DOWN ***
Schnurz: shows [Ts Qs] (high card Queen)
Forrest Gump: shows [As Ac] (a pair of Aces)
Forrest Gump collected $12.50 from pot
*** SUMMARY ***
Total pot $13.10 | Rake $0.60
Board [9h 8c 3d 5c 6h]
Seat 2: manuelmade folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: yipyapsap folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Schnurz (button) showed [Ts Qs] and lost with high card Queen
Seat 5: DDigglerDD (small blind) folded before Flop
Seat 6: Forrest Gump (big blind) showed [As Ac] and won ($12.50) with a pair of Aces
Seat 7: Seaboat folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 8: jack21221 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 9: xwarlockx folded before Flop (didn't bet)

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