Ok, another 10 dollar tourney between me and 6 friends, last three people, i'm chip leader but by a very little amount, the other two people are complete opposite players, one usually only plays good hands, but once a while he picks a hand to bluff at, and he bluffs hard, we'll call him p1, the other is very aggressive, bets all the time, overbets the pot alot, p2, hands are dealts, p1 folds, i finish small blind, p2 checks i would usually try to steal the blinds from him because by now its worth it, but i'm afraid he'll reraise me and i'd have to fold, so what would you do, after the flop, i'm first to act.

these are made up numbers but this is what the chipcouns were like

me 17k

p1 15k

p2 16k



Preflop: Hero is with , .


Flop: , , [color=#0000FF]


Later on i'll post what happend.

pays 1 or 2?

if only 1- push it. look to double up with the straight and hope you'e not behind to the flush.

if paying 2- push bet and fold to reraise. if p2 smooth calls, try and check it down.

bet pot.

if called and non heart comes bet pot again
if heart on turn check/fold

aslong as no heart, you will win most of time

If he's aggressive and bets all the time, you know he's going to bet at this pot.... unless he has a flush. With a flush, he's going to want to try to trap you.
I check the flop. If he bets, reraise a solid amount, but not all-in. Deny him proper odds to draw to a flush, but don't get your whole stack commited, just in case he calls and a heart hits the turn. This way you at least collect some chips from his bluff when he folds to the reraise.
If he calls the reraise and a heart hits the turn, make a bet (but leave yourself enough chips to mount a comeback). Don't put any more money in the pot after this... just give up on it. He either folds the turn or he has a flush.
If he calls the flop reraise and the turn is a blank, bet the turn and check/call a blank on the river.
Now, if he checks through on the flop, get very, very suspicious. Bet the turn to be sure and fold to a reraise.