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  1. 01-01-2007 #1
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    Default Two Pair on a drawing board

    Am I correct in my thinking that this is not a board to play slow?

    PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t100 (7 handed) Hand History Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

    MP1 (t1860)
    MP2 (t1315)
    CO (t7405)
    Button (t7620)
    SB (t2150)
    Hero (t4172)
    UTG (t1565)

    Preflop: Hero is BB with 5, 3.
    3 folds, CO calls t100, 1 fold, SB completes, Hero checks.

    Flop: (t300) J, 3, 5 (3 players)
    SB checks, Hero bets t200, CO folds, SB folds.

    Final Pot: t500

    Results in white below:
    No showdown. Hero wins t500.
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  2. 01-01-2007 #2
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    Bottom two pair with a flush draw on the board against you.

    Push all in or fold...
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  3. 01-02-2007 #3
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    Bet for value, bottom two is not very good if a card other than the two you have pairs. It's very rarely good to slow play in unraised pots IMO.
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  4. 01-02-2007 #4
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    Nice bet on the flop. The only other thing I might do here is check raise if the CO is prone to taking stabs at pots when it's checked to him. Only you know that though.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dizzy_Fuzz View Post
    Bottom two pair with a flush draw on the board against you.

    Push all in or fold...
    What!?! The pot's only 300 and the blinds are at 100. He's got 4K behind, why would he push this?

    Nice play on the flop.
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  6. 01-02-2007 #6
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    Quote Originally Posted by SeanyBullets1 View Post
    What!?! The pot's only 300 and the blinds are at 100. He's got 4K behind, why would he push this?

    Nice play on the flop.
    You would be suprised how many times KA calls a push here, and not just that but hands such as 77-TT (Hopefully not JJ that is the biggest worry here)

    Lets take a few examples:

    vs KxAc you will win 90% of the time.
    vs KcAc you will win 65% of the time.
    vs JxAc you will win 69% of the time.

    Im a big fan of overbetting this pot. I dont want to get involved with a hand like this. Id like to feel most of the time if we push here we are ahead, JJ is the biggest hand to be afraid of since a lot of people limp with it.

    although I CAN see many different ways to play this....
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dizzy_Fuzz View Post
    JJ is the biggest hand to be afraid of since a lot of people limp with it.
    You see a lot of players open limping from the CO 7 handed with JJ? Maybe from EP, but not here, I don't think we need to be worried about JJ.
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    well played on the flop.
    a certain % of the time i may check-raise however.
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