Online Poker Forum - How would you play this heads up hand?

leighs · Four of a Kind Joined: 14 Sep 2005 Posts: 301

I felt like I was being trapped the whole way so I folded to the raise on the river. Should I have called all in on the river or done something different at another point in this hand?

Some background info that may be relevant. Generally, he seemed like a good player. I caught him bluffing in a recent hand and had doubled up on the previous hand when he put me all in when he had bottom 2 pair on a paired board and I had top 2 pair. When he raised preflop he seemed to have good hands. All of this made me think I was beat here by at least a better A but I don't like folding top pair heads up.

FullTiltPoker Game #253103287: $10 + $1 Sit & Go (1626195), Table 1 - 100/200 - No Limit Hold'em - 14:40:14 ET - 2005/10/15
Seat 2: leighs (6,640)
Seat 5: IrishAce05 (6,860)
IrishAce05 posts the small blind of 100
leighs posts the big blind of 200
The button is in seat #5
*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to leighs [Ad 6d]
IrishAce05 raises to 600
leighs calls 400
*** FLOP *** [Ah Kc 8d]
leighs bets 800
IrishAce05 calls 800
*** TURN *** [Ah Kc 8d] [3c]
leighs bets 1,400
IrishAce05 calls 1,400
*** RIVER *** [Ah Kc 8d 3c] [2c]
leighs bets 1,500
IrishAce05 raises to 4,060, and is all in
leighs folds
Uncalled bet of 2,560 returned to IrishAce05
IrishAce05 mucks
IrishAce05 wins the pot (8,600)

GripHoldOn · Posted: Sat Oct 15, 2005 8:34 pm Post subject:

I'd say you're probably beat, and folding is correct. The problem is, although you were able to assess accurately the strength of your hand on the end, it cost you a large bet on every street to do so. Still, with top pair here, it's possible he's calling with a weaker hand, so I like how you played it. I don't think I would have done anything differently.

KGBlovesOreos · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 3:18 am Post subject:

i think you played it perfectly... he either slowplayed a set or just had you out-kicked... good laydown...

GripHoldOn · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 9:41 am Post subject: Re:

KGBlovesOreos · Posted: Sun Oct 16, 2005 4:49 pm Post subject:

or just chased the runner runner flush Smile

lol

WatZot · Full House Joined: 23 Jun 2005 Posts: 216

My thought is he had Ace small of clubs...

Funkay Flex · Straight Flush Joined: 22 Oct 2005 Posts: 487 Location: VA

either way, he had you. good laydown.

UrbanMeyer1 · Posted: Wed Oct 26, 2005 12:17 am Post subject:

This is fine, I don't even mind going broke here, maybe check in to the raiser on the flop. Check/raise, then maybe fold if you can is my line.

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