Over sometime now either on TV or playing online I have come across some tricky plays. Wether it be in NL or limit it's kinda the same deal. Say in limit your middle position with AJs and the guy UTG raised it. The bet is to you wether anyone else called the raise or not and you have decided to call regardless if you should or not. So, instead of just calling you re raise to now 3 BB's. The theory behind this is one, make the guy who raised think you have even a stronger hand (of course he could have aces and may or maynot cap it when it comes around for deception). Two, it's easier to protect your hand since the BB will often call just one more bet to see the flop and you don't know if anyone else if going to re raise so you do it to make sure.

Then the flop comes and say there are 3 people who are in, the guy UTG, one guy in front and then myself who re raised. So the first 2 guys check and I bet. Then the first guy check raises me and the next guy folds to me. Here is the next scenario, though I didn't hit the flop but bet out anyhow like most people do. The flop is say K,4,10 rainbow where I have an inside straight, backdoor flush and one over card. It's very possible this guy doesn't have anything either right now but it's hard to argue with it since you don't. Since the pot odds won't be that great vs. my outs I will probably give it up. BUT, you might play back if you think he doesn't have anything either, now were playing poker!

Now in a similar situation but this time the flop is A,4,Q (top pair decent kicker) the guy who check raised before just calls and the same guy folds to me. We now see the turn and the card is an 8 with now no flush draw possible. He checks and I bet again but this time he check raises. Hmmm, does he have me out kicked, top 2 pair, trip 4's or an inside straight draw and semi bluffing? At this point I'm either going to fold or re raise to find out what is really going on (I think a lot of times this is a bluff). Just calling puts him in the lead and being lost.

Then the next situation is straight forward. The BB is raised and there are 3 people in to see the flop. The first guy checks (who raised it pre flop), the second guy bets out right and the last guy folds. Regardless if the other guy folds, checks, calls or re raises this same guy will always if not bet to him after the flop takes a stab at the pot no matter what. This way you never know when he has something or when he doesn't and he could win the pot right there. This isn't a bad play IMO based on 3 people in and he can always fold if re raised and he doesn't have anything.

What are your thoughts?

Originally Posted by LearnPoker

Say in limit your middle position with AJs and the guy UTG raised it.

Yea, he's talking limit. He meant 3bet, in which case in was small bets since it was PF.

What is this limit of which he speaks?

Limits? We don't need no stinking limits.


Honestly...limit is foreign to me...does anyone ever fold?

no limit is the cadillac of poker...
limit is more of a rusty taurus...

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