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Daily Poker Quiz: Big Draw Facing a Check Raise

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The Situation:You are playing $0.50/$1 NL Hold 'Em 6-Max online and open ah6h to $3.50 from the cutoff. The button folds and the BB calls. You have no information on the BB's style of play. Both of you have $100 in play.

The flop is 8h9h6d. The BB checks and you bet $6 into a pot of $7. The BB check-raises you to $24. What are the BB's likely holdings and how do you play the hand from here?

A) Call and see what the turn brings
B) Move all-in
C) Fold
D) Other


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just callll

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by Srojitas on August 15, 2007 (login to reply)

Flush comes 1/5 its too expensive to call. I think BB trips.

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by penkkis on August 15, 2007 (login to reply)

Just call. You might get big pot if you get your flush.

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by ctrl on August 15, 2007 (login to reply)

The Big Blind has to have a straight if he's not bluffing. He raises 4 times your bet. Thats pretty much to only see the turn, because I'm sure the BB will bet again on the turn and then you'll have to pay more to see the river. I would just fold and try to read his game during the game.
Conclusion: It's going to be too expensive and you don't know how to play, so FOLD!

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by FASTA on August 16, 2007 (login to reply)

You have no information about this player. You couldn't predict his reaction by going all-in, so that should be ruled out. To call you'd have to gamble a quarter of your stack, and that's an incredibly expensive call to make on a nut flush draw with nobody else in the pot. Figure out this guy a bit more before making ballsy plays.

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by jasony on August 16, 2007 (login to reply)

A call is too passive and is not advised.
A move all-in is too risky at this point on the flop, as you do not yet have a hand.
A fold perhaps ?
Let us look at what hand our opponent might have. For such a big raise, he should have made already something. This something must surely be a straight. So, his range of hands is : 57, 7T or TJ in the BB. This is quite possible. Or, he could have a big pair like AA or KK.
Also, it is very unusual to bluff a check-raise. So, the conclusion is : he has a straight or an otherwhise very strong hand.
What are our chances now ? We also do have a strong hand , 14 outs , but if it is true that opponent has a straight, only 9 outs are valid : the ones for a flush.
This results into : win odds of at least 4.1 times our bet are needed to make a call valid. We don't get these odds, when calling his bet of 24 into this pot. The conclusion must be, that we should fold.

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by prontopoker on August 16, 2007 (login to reply)

First if the bb does have a straight thenyou can catch a flush or if you two pair or trip up on the turn you will gain more outs for the river. They don't have to have a straight they could have top pair with a straight draw a set which is possible because they did call a raise preflop. An over pair like J-J or 10-10 is also a possibility. I find that people who make plays like this have big drawin hands so maybe they have the K-Q of hearts or a straight and flush draw. If you call and no heart comes, no straight hits the board doesn't pair and they check to you it may be a great time to move all in because your hand my be the best, your not possibly drawing dead and your opponent may fold a better pair.
Then again they just may be playing the player and knowing that you raised from a good position they knew that you would make a continuation bet and that you couldn't possibly have hit that flop. They could just be making a play based on how you played the hand.

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by king chip23 on August 16, 2007 (login to reply)

BB has 89s and therefore has two pairs, and its too costly to call and HOPE for the flush for turn and morecostly at the river.

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by ProbePro on August 17, 2007 (login to reply)

I folded because to call the check-rerase would be 24% of my remaining stack. And I still only have a draw play, not a made hand.

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by winooski on November 19, 2008 (login to reply)

 
 

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