limit or no limit?

1) check raise,

if he doesn't have a king or a flush draw he'll probably fold. If he re-raises I think that you can call the one additional bet and hope to hit your potential gut-shot.

2) raise the maniac,

try and get heads up with him. Whether you hit the flop or not you can often call a complete maniac down. I find playing passively against a maniac is profitable.

3) raise against the loose raiser,

again try and get him heads up, if the flop looks really bad you can take one stab at it if he checks to you.

damn....was prepared to analyze. you dont care what I have to say about limit.

#1 typically check fold, I am not very imaginative.

#2 Did the CO just limp? If so I am just completing. Not raising for anything with ATo.

#3 is tough too, I may just fold, I may raise sometimes if I am feeling adventurous, may call sometimes too - and see the texture of the flop.

Originally Posted by Steve-O

Limit Hold Em, stakes irrelevant fairly tight tables

Hand 1 - 5 folds, an average player raises everyone fold to you in the BB with and you call.

Flop is . What do you do?

1) Bet out

2) check fold

2) check raise

Hand 2 - All fold to the cutoff (a habitual blind stealer who will cap post flop with nothing) you are in the SB with . What do you do?

1) Fold

2) Call

3) Raise

Hand 3 - a loose player raises fro UTG and you are next to act with , if you call you can expect at least the BB and possibly another player to come along, if you raise it will probably be heads up but the BB like to call and may call as well. What do you do?

1) Fold

2) Call

3) Raise

Hand 1 - check-call (looking for gutshot str8 on turn). If I hit a diamond on turn but not the gutshot, then I'll check-call again for the gutshot Str8 and backdoor flush - other wise I'm folding

Hand 2 - call - I never like to expose the strengh of my hand when in the blinds (except for big pp). Let the flop dictate how to play the A-T.

Hand 3 - This early a position probably just call. From a later position and folded from UTG to me, then raise to get HU vs a known maniac.