Coralpocker.com – Case Study Part 3
This is a hand I was involved in the other evening.
At the earliest blind levels, two plyers had called preflop, and considering the very small amount it would cost to see a flop, I called too with (Ks,5s) in late position. The flop came down (4,6,8) and after the first player had checked, the second player put in a small raise. I went ahead and called because I felt I had value to do so when I considered that a King on the turn would probably put me in front if my opponent was betting with any sort of hand.
My inside straight draw was of course the card I really wanted to hit more than the King however. The 7 came on the turn to complete my straight, but I was wary about the possibility of a bigger straight, despite the fact that his betting patterns would seem strange if that was what my opponent had.
Sure enough, the bet from my opponent on the turn was bigger, three times the amount in fact, and I was concerned, but decided to flat call in the hope he wouldnt make it too expensive for me to call on the river. The river was another 4 and I quickly called another reasonable, but not overly harmful, sized bet. As it happened my opponent had (6,4) and I was in front right up until he hit a full house on the river. So part of me feels that I should have reraised earlier in the hand, but on closer inspection, I feel that any reraise would probably have been called by this particular player with his two pair, and once I had gotten in deep, I would have lost quite a few chips on the river when he made the full house.
Perhaps I never should have limped into the pot in the first place. The main point however, is that I was alert to the fact that my hand was vulnerable, and so by flat calling with my straight, I lost the minimum chips I could have, unless I had made a very unlikely fold on the river of course.
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