In middle position I’m dealt:
A player in early position bets, three players including myself call and we see a flop:
The original bettor bets, I decide to just call putting him on AK and one of the other two players also calls. The turn comes:
Giving me a full house, the early position player bets, I raise and we’re heads up. He re-raises and I cap to see the river:
And we cap the betting again, I get ready to scoop in a huge pot until he turns over:
For quads! QUADS!
Even though I was behind the whole way and even though pocket 10′s also would have beaten me I don’t think I’d play this hand any differently given my time again, at least not at the limits I’m playing at (this was at .25/.50). Hey, at least on those rare times that I’ll lose I have an interesting story for the blog!
with a 1x raise why would you automatically put him on AK and only AK? What about AA, KK, QQ, JJ, 1010?
or even K10!
You are right of course, he could have had any of these hands. The reason I thought AK was due to the bet on the flop, I’d have expected this particular player to try something a little more tricky with anything stronger.
Thing is at this level you run into a higher set/full house (or quads) a lot less often then you run into someone over playing their top pair. While this is profitable most of the time, this hand was an example of where that kind of thinking can be dangerous and end up costing you (or, more specifically, costing me
).
Another poker lesson learnt, I still don’t think I’m folding this hand but the argument for slowing down after the turn is definitely a strong one.
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