What Am I Holding?

DangerMouse · What Am I Holding?

What am I holding?

I`m sat with $1,230, blinds are $75/$150 and it`s a full table of 10 players.

I`m UTG+1 and call the BB.

Action folds round to the SB who calls (Has $1,865)

BB checks ($2,990)

Flop - Ac 9s 5d

SB - checks

BB - checks

I check

Turn Ks

SB - bets $150

BB - folds

I re-raise to $525

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BlackTyson

slow playing Rockets to get more value out of the hand ?

maybe thats the reason for just limping = hoping for a raise from later positions ?

you flopped da nutz baby and check

on turn you get a bet and raise it up to 525 cuz of a possible flush draw (even gut str8 draw but who knows)

PoolDemon

maybe I'm wrong (& I usually am)

I think your repesenting flopping a set of 5's or 9's, (or maybe really had 'em) or maybe slow played AA, or suited ace with the 9 or 5 kicker...with no real info on anything about he players in the hand, it's a total crapshoot to guess...

if you had any of the above, you needed to re-raise to protect your hand & take it down right then, you don't want a caller...

other option is you might be betting your flush or straight draw...

Y do I always try & guess these when i haven't had enuff coffee yet ???

DangerMouse

Forgot about this post.

Interesting replies.

Niti saw exactly what I hoped she`d see and Rob (who admittedly knows my play far better) was at least a little suspicious.

I actually had 33. Kind of a strange hand for me to play in this method at that stage of a tourney. Usually I`d be either raising or folding but for once I thought I`d limp in and see what happened.

When no 3 fell on the flop I had to decide how to try and take the pot. I didn`t feel my pre-flop play looked like a big ace but it could look like AA or a smaller pp. I decided I`d check the flop and try take it on the turn.

The K falling wasn`t a great card and when the SB bet out I knew she`d probably hit it but had a weak kicker. The min bet looked like an information bet and when the BB folded I decided I`d represent a much bigger hand that I`d slow played to try and get more value from. A push might have looked like a pure steal so I went for a fairly standard re-raise that would leave me a few chips if I was called.

As it happened the player folded, although she gave it a lot of thought.. I don`t know exactly what she had but I did actually show my hand and got a "Doh" from her

She`s a pretty decent player or I wouldn`t have tried to pull off a bluff in this style. It`s not a play that would have worked in a random freeroll.

PoolDemon

nicely played mate

but, that is why I wrote this "I think your repesenting flopping a set of 5's or 9's" and this "with no real info on anything about the players in the hand, it's a total crapshoot to guess..."