Case Study 6:
Category: Poker
This was another hand that took place this evening, and again, involved myself in the big blind, and the small blind. I had been dealt (Js,7s) and made a small preflop raise.
My opponent called and the flop came down (3h,4d,6h) my opponent made a fairly small bet of 600, and I felt compelled to call as at that point, I felt a Jack or 7 would put me in front even if his bet was anything more than a tester bet, and a 5 would make my straight. It was the 7d that fell on the turn, and I began to doubt whether I should have counted the 7 as an out, although the basis for my thinking was still good in that, to raise preflop, I couldn’t see him holding many hands that contained a 5. Pocket Fives were plausible, but I felt when he made another fairly small bet, I had to try and find out whether my pair was in front. I had 4,000 in front of me, and the bet was 600. I reraised to 2,000 and my opponent sat and thought for a considerable length of time. Finally, he folded, showing (K,K). I never felt he was that strong at all, mainly because the standard play would be to force the issue earlier on in case I was holding an Ace and one appeared on the turn or river.
My aggressive table image helped me out here I feel, because he knew I was capable of calling preflop with suited connectors. Also, I asked him afterwards would he have called if I had reraised all in on the turn, and he said he would have because it would have looked so much more like I didn’t have a Five. If I had made a straight he would expect the same type of reraise I made, not too big to force an opponent out but enough to possibly force a flush draw out.
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