I was playing a cash table against 4 players. My hand game out pocket 9's which i bet $11 to. Two others folded and i was called by one player.
-The flop - 9(h) j(d) 7(h)
I check and so does the other player
-The turn - 4(c)
I check, the other player makes it $17 which i call.
-The River - 2(s)
I check and the other player goes all in for $189. What's my next move? Bearing in mind this particular hand was on Pokerstars and the player is known for being stubborn but not crazy with his money!
Joined: Dec '09
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Ofc you will call or press it all in if that raise didn't mean that. You will win that hand about 8/10 times i would guess and that is too good to fold.
Posted by gustn: Ofc you will call or press it all in if that raise didn't mean that. You will win that hand about 8/10 times i would guess and that is too good to fold.
ok il stick my neck out...... he played the hand wrong anyway... . cause i would of played it different..
First of all, if you want to say us which hand he had is because you finally call his all-in, am i wrong? In any case, he might have T8, Jacks or simply a not completed flush draw or AK, AQ and pushed because of your weakness. I don't know ...
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How on earth do you call a all in with set? That aint NL10 your on there, nicely trapped and a good read from him id say.. Getting a lucky flop is 1 thing the real skill is know how much you can make from it, wp to him i say. You even say he is "stubborn but not crazy with his money!" <<< Lucky to get your money back IMO.
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why on earth would you not make a c-bet with a set on the flop, dangerous looking board the way you played it you can't do anything but calling that riverbet as he might be bluffing you, trying to steal that pot as you were so passive, unfortunatly for you he flopped his nuts and trapped you.
honestly i think i would bet 3 streets and probably fold to an all in raise on the river if he's tight aggressive, if he's a loose fish i'd still call. but as you said he does not go crazy with his money i'm thinking he's kind of tight and only does this with nuts(mmm now i feel like eating nuts)
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Definitely agree that you had to raise on that flop. You don't say what limits your playing and don't give positions so it's hard to say exactly but I think this was poor play. I am surprised however that he didn't raise the flop either as his hand can only get worse.
If you had bet the flop though it would have been very difficult to fold to a raise. But you could have had a lot more control of the hand. And presuming he hadn't gone all-in before the river it would be pretty easy to put him on JJ or 8 10 if he pushed on a very blank river.
I think though that you were very unlucky this hand. Losing a lot of your stack was inevitable. Very lucky you had a reversal of fortunes the next hand.
