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NL5 - A5s vs top pair

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Not sure that I loved the way I played this post flop.

Can we consider check / raising as we have to call the shove from villian on flop anyway given the stack sizes?

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;SB$8.3:82/65/11/0.8/35/25/25/24;Hero$8.64:///////;MP2$1.44:43/26/9/3.3/27/25/-/25;[/tg]
0.03/0.05 No-Limit Hold'em (6 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: PokerStrategy.com Elephant 0.102 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is BB with A♥, 5♥
MP2 calls $0.05, 3 folds, SB calls $0.02, Hero raises to $0.20, MP2 calls $0.15, SB folds.

Flop: ($0.45) T♥, 6♥, 6♦ (2 players)
Hero bets $0.26, MP2 raises to $1.24 (All-In), Hero calls $0.98.

Turn: ($2.93) K♣
River: ($2.93) 2♥ (2 players)

Final Pot: $2.93

Results follow (highlight to see):
MP2 shows (Tc 9h)
Hero shows a flush, ace high (Ah 5h)

Hero wins with a flush, ace high (Ah 5h)


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veriz
Joined: 20.07.2008

Hello Philfox1985,

Preflop: Don't see why we should raise it here and face exactly such a spot postflop. :) Rather just Call and play in smaller pot while you even have a small stack in the pot.

As played
Postflop: Exactly this happens. :) You get a draw and then want to go broke. You will rarely have any fold equity with the Check/Raise anyways, if he has a hand he is willing to go broke anyways. And as played it's pretty much a flip for us anyways here:

Board: T♥6♥6♦
       Equity     Win     Tie
UTG    36.56%  36.49%   0.07% { Ah5h }
UTG+1  63.44%  63.37%   0.07% { 66, ATs, A6s, KTs, QTs, JTs, T9s, 76s, 65s, ATo, A6o, KTo, QTo, JTo, T9o, 76o, 65o }

We need ~34% equity. :) But exactly to avoid such spots, I don't see why you couldn't just Check it preflop?

Best Regards.


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