Celebpocker – Case Study 2
www.celebpocker.com – Playing in a small sidegame after my live game this week, I found myself dealt (Ad,10d). As the action got round to me, I put out a raise of 500 into the pot with the blinds at 200/400. The player to my left then reraised another 800 and it was folded round to me. I immediately knew I was behind, but I also knew the player I was up against was not overly experienced and I might have a chance to outplay them on the flop.
I called another 800 to make a pot of 1,900 despite feeling I was up against a bigger Ace. This might seem like madness to some people, but I just knew that with a low flop, a ten high flop, or two diamonds, I would have a fighting chance to win the pot.
Just as I had hoped, the flop came down (3,7,9). At this point, I felt that I should check, because it gave me a chance to extract some information without risking any more chips. My opponent then thought for a moment before checking too, and I immediately had the possibilities narrowed to a hand like (A,K) or (A,Q) rather than a pocket pair. If my opponent had any sort of pocket pair, my feeling was that they would have bet out in order to try and work out if they were in front, especially as I was likely to have missed a flop like this one.
The turn card was another (7) which I was certain hadn’t helped my opponent at all. I should perhaps have bet out there and then, but something told me that I could induce a raise by checking, and I was correct in thinking so.
Obviously feeling that their big ace might actually be in front, my opponent quite reasonably, raised it 500.
My reraise to 2,000 showed enough teeth to force them off, and I had won a nice pot against what turned out to be (A,K), purely on the basis of reading ability and controlled aggression. celebpocker.com
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