How would you play this Im hoping to get as many chips in the middle as possible...

Paradise Poker
No Limit Holdem Ring game
Blinds: $0.05/$0.10
9 players
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Table "Cat Island" (real money) -- Seat 3 is the button
Seat 1: aanaroua ($11.30 in chips)
Seat 3: GusClone ($20.85 in chips)
Seat 4: justin_rules ($7.75 in chips)
Seat 5: Dizzy_Fuzz ($10.00 in chips)
Seat 6: clexon33 ($4.15 in chips)
Seat 7: choook ($26.84 in chips)
Seat 8: jon b ($7.19 in chips)
Seat 9: fjobb ($15.40 in chips)
Seat 10: champaa24 ($17.15 in chips)
justin_rules: Post Small Blind ($0.05)
Dizzy_Fuzz: Post Big Blind ($0.10)


Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with
UTG folds, UTG+1 calls, 2 folds, MP3 calls, CO calls, Button folds, SB calls, Hero checks.

Flop: ($0.5, 5 players)
SB checks, Hero checks, UTG+1 checks, MP3 bets $0.5, CO calls, SB folds, Hero raises to $1, UTG+1 folds, MP3 calls, CO folds.

Turn: ($3, 2 players)
Hero checks, MP3 checks.

River: ($3, 2 players)
Hero bets $1, MP3 folds.
Uncalled bets: $1 returned to Hero.

Results:
Final pot: $3

raise more on the flop

bet the turn

bet the river

you played the hand like you wanted a small pot. in the long run trying to get the biggest possible pot from a strong but 2nd best hand makes you more money than trying to milk average/weak hands for a few $'s. you can just call the flop or raise, but i would lead out on the turn. if he has nothing and folds you wernt winning a big pot anyway, and the idea is to get a big pot by the river so hes committed and you can get all your chips in.

I say call the flop. If you're gonna raise, raise it to at least $1.20

When you flop the nut straight, you can let him catch a pair.

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either, check-raise the flop big (like 1.50-2.00 raise)

OR check-call the flop
then check-raise the turn big.

It's all about playing your opponents at this point.

I had a very similar hand just yesterday, I had 78o in the BB and got let in for free, hit 456 rainbow, SB checked, I checked and the large stack made a raise, SB folded and I waited for a while then flat called. turn was a K and this time after my check the large stack made a big raise, I obviously called. I check-raised (all-in) on the river and he called showing KQ.

In this example I was lucky that he hit top pair but I think he probably would have kept betting anyway as he was that sort of player. My point being, I knew he was aggressive, I knew he would try and push me off as he had way more chips than me so I let him try it until he was commited to the hand then bam all-in.

Obviously if he was a calling station it would be bet, bet, bet. You have to play your opponents styles against them so make sure you keep an eye on everyone!

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Bad Beat of the week 27/08/2006:

:kh :jd

Flop - :jc :3s :6d I raise 2/3 pot, Villian calls.

Turn :kd - I raise to put villian all in, he calls

he flips over :4d :4s :eek:

River :4c :rant: :mad: :rant: :eek: