On that hand if a straight were not already possible then I would take a card off on the flop for 1 bet, to pick up trips, 2 pair or a backdoor flush draw. But even in that case, the problem on the flop is that your call of his bet doesn't close the action and someone noticing the same tendencies in the CO may now checkraise. Plus although someone won't have flopped a straight more times than they would have, there still can fall cards on the river if you hit a card on the turn you like that make a straight especially if more than you 2 had stayed on the flop. As played, when you didn't help on the turn, I would have folded. In fact if he isn't actually a calling station, then checkraising is better than calling to try to take control of the hand and induce a fold then or on the river if he doesn't have much. And on the river as played, all you can beat is a bluff. Indeed again, just betting out as a bluff yourself is preferable to check/calling.
I would also make the general comments that playing looser postflop should generally be done in position, and also that against a player like your opponent here, you lose even in position the value of being able to see a checked river by calling on the turn since you know he will just keep betting until he meets a raise.
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Date: 2006-03-27 06:33 am (UTC)On that hand if a straight were not already possible then I would take a card off on the flop for 1 bet, to pick up trips, 2 pair or a backdoor flush draw. But even in that case, the problem on the flop is that your call of his bet doesn't close the action and someone noticing the same tendencies in the CO may now checkraise. Plus although someone won't have flopped a straight more times than they would have, there still can fall cards on the river if you hit a card on the turn you like that make a straight especially if more than you 2 had stayed on the flop. As played, when you didn't help on the turn, I would have folded. In fact if he isn't actually a calling station, then checkraising is better than calling to try to take control of the hand and induce a fold then or on the river if he doesn't have much. And on the river as played, all you can beat is a bluff. Indeed again, just betting out as a bluff yourself is preferable to check/calling.
I would also make the general comments that playing looser postflop should generally be done in position, and also that against a player like your opponent here, you lose even in position the value of being able to see a checked river by calling on the turn since you know he will just keep betting until he meets a raise.
BluffTHIS!