bet half the pot..

you may well be up against JT and AQ, KQ.. if someone's played and stuck with A7... he''ll let you know about it...........

watch out for K and 8...

I don't know how passive these guys are.. a trip is also possible... don't get too excited at the river...

I don't mind the flop raise heads up or against 2 people here and there are no real draws here. It's really a test raise to induce a tell of how strong the Aces are. I think a bet of $6 is fine on the turn. I don't see a 7 in the hole over there. KQ or Jacks seem most realisitc. This is your best way to maximize. I might've raised the flop to $5 and bet $8 on the turn, but I doubt he's calling more with Jacks or Tens. You want him to have a Queen and this is a good turn for you if he has KQ or Jacks.

Yea make it $7 to go. That makes it $5 more for the better. You'll gain a lot of information this way. The turn raise is probably good too. Again just too small. He can easily be aq/kq/jj/tt here.

----- TURN ----- [Qc 7d 9s][7c]
colsey9: checks
Jesus: bets $17.50 and is all-in
Mickh123: folds
Mickh123 sits out
Mickh123 sits back
colsey9: calls $17.50
----- RIVER ----- [Qc 7d 9s 7c][5h]
----- SHOW DOWN -----
Jesus: shows [Ac Ah] (Two Pairs, Aces and Sevens, Queen high)
colsey9: shows [Kc 7s] (Three of a kind, Sevens, King high)
colsey9 collected $49.80 from Main pot
----- SUMMARY -----
Total pot $52.40 Main pot $49.80 Rake $2.60
Board [Qc 7d 9s 7c 5h]
Seat 1: Claud2604 folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 2: Cramber (button) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 3: scanner44 (small blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 4: Super_ted (big blind) folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 5: colsey9 showed [Kc 7s] and won ($49.80) with Three of a kind, Sevens, King high
Seat 7: Mickh123 (big blind) folded on the Turn
Seat 8: rzrbackfn folded on the Flop
Seat 9: NYClub folded before Flop (didn't bet)
Seat 10: Alan666 folded on the Flop

it appears i have a lot to learn about cash games. I am an above average SNG and MTT player, but my skills simply do not transfer across to cash games. I didn`t put my opponent on 7`s at all, i thought the raise pre flop and post flop would have gotten rid of someone with a hand like that, however, 77 was a possibility....perhaps a larger post flop raise would have gotten rid of mr bottom pair, but then i didn`t want to scare him off as the flop was pretty nice for AA. oh well

Originally Posted by Beavis68

Bob, what do you think of the flop raise? Seems too small, seems like he should have raised to 6-8 bucks.

My thoughts too.

Originally Posted by poker_roo

Mickh123 sits back

Dude, this is a tell.......

If he's dumb enough to call a raise from early you'll not get him to put down K7 with a few extra BB.

There is merit in adjusting your preflop bet to the smaller stacks in order to fire off a preflop all-in and defend against the small pair trip. In this instance this startggy would have given you the blinds which considering what everyone else held is all AA is worth this time.

By the time you saw the flop you're going to lose this hand. OK he had K7 at the end but an all-in at the flop would simply have won the blinds or caught a trip. In his mind he had a good shot at at least top two pair.

In ring games 60% of the battle is minimising losses. A heavy bet on the flop then turn would show that he had significant strength to tell you that top pair was not enough tho win.

OK this would have only saved you $8 or $9 but when you are looking at a win rate of 8bb/100 = $4/100 that all-in cost you 200 hands of profit - assuming your a winning player.

In many tournaments an over pair all-in is enough to generally catch TPGK. In ring..this sort of play wins you little but loses you a lot.