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200nl - overbetting the pot against a fish

Postby Stelvask » Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:17 am

This is one of my favorite plays, though i rarely ever use it.
200nl on stars. 1/2 blinds.
have $195. UTG has $100. he is very loose - he's a sooooooooted player.
I'm dealt [As][Qs] in the SB.
UTG limps. folds to me, I limp, BB checks.
$6 pot - 3 way
Flop: [3s][9c][8h] - checks around
turn: [7s] -checks around
river: [Ts] - Ok, now i get to have some fun.

The way i look at this board, i figure i can either win uncontested if they have nothing, win a smallish pot if they have a piece of it, or win a big pot if i overbet and they have a piece of it.

I bet $12. BB folds, and UTG min raises me. Yahtzee. I'm fairly confident that utg has either a Jack or two spades. so my only question now is how much can i extract from him? i reraise to $48, he calls with [Jc][9h] and i win a pot about twice as big as i would have if i had lead out for $6.

Now, against your average player, it should seem fairly obvious what i held. Against fish though, overbetting the pot can be oh so much fun.
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Postby iceman5 » Fri Feb 18, 2005 12:56 am

I agree with you but I swear that every time I do it they fold. When I raise big as a semi bluff they call. I cant figure it out.
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Postby kennyg » Fri Feb 18, 2005 2:08 am

Nice hand. I like to voerbet and over raise sometimes like that for two reasons. Make it loko like I'm trying to buy..and to build that pot ;-)
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