Thursday, March 26, 2009

When Vilian's Gin Card = Hero's Gin Card

Quick update from last night. Played 16 sngs and finished up $39. Not bad. Played cash for 22 hands, yes, 22 hands. Finished up 2.5 buyins. One big hand was AA vs KK so nothing special there. The other big hand was TT and I thought I played it pretty well...

I open on the BT, BB 3bs, and I flat in position. Flop comes T73 two tone. He cbets and I contemplate raising to protect against straight/flush draws. Then I decide that his range is more likely strong As and JJ+. JJ+ I'm probably going to stack regardless of what I do, barring a scare card on the turn. The hands I need to keep in are his bluffs, especially w/ strong As, and hope he either a) 2barrels or b) catches his overcard. The turn is an offsuit A and I'm pretty pleased with it. It may have killed my action against JJ, QQ, or KK, but if he is a thinking player, I don't have too many As in my range after calling the flop, unless I'm on a total float. On the other hand, that A smashes his range and he is thinking he just hit his gin card. He checks the turn. This is player dependent, but a lot of players will bet that A as a scare card if they are bluffing, and they will put a feeler bet out there with JJ-KK. However, I've seen so many players bluff a flop, hit their A on the turn, and check behind. Therefore, his check actually indicates more strength than weakness to me. If I bet the turn, he could easily be going for a checkraise w/ a strong A, and he might call once w/ JJ-KK, and he may call with draws as well. So I think betting here is clearly the best option. I bet, he snapshoves, and if it were possible online, my chips would have been in the pot quicker than his, Hellmuth-style. He flips over AJo and his gin card on the turn left him drawing dead. Ship it!

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