5/10 at MGM National Harbor. Straddle round. Effective stack roughly $2,500.
UTG+1 is a pro, ST (straddle) is a pretty bad reg who's mostly a station. Hero is a roughly break-even reg at 2/5 and 5/10.
Straddle to $25. UTG+1 raises to $65 (standard raise against the straddle). Hero calls with 9h8h in the cutoff. ST calls.
Pot: $210
Flop: Th9d6s
ST checks, +1 bets $125, Hero calls, ST calls. Seems like a pretty standard call for me -- middle pair, gutshot, backdoor hearts. Didn't expect ST to call.
Pot: $585
Turn: Jh
Board: Th9d6s Jh
ST checks, +1 bets $310, I call, ST calls.
This is where I wasn't sure how to proceed here -- I picked up so much equity with the Jh that maybe I should raise? If I didn't have the pair and ST wasn't in the hand, this seems like an obvious raise spot, but I'd don't know that a raise folds out both of them, plus if I'm looking at this as a marginal made hand it seems like a call again. Really not sure what ST is calling with here.
Pot: $1,515
River: Td
Board: Th9d6s Jh Td
ST checks, +1 checks, action to me.
At this point I have roughly $2,000 behind. Again, it seems like this would be a $1,200 bet (or even an overbet shove) if I had, say A8hh and I was against one villain, but I don't know that a bet, even a big one, is going to fold out both of them (ST could definitely have a T that's never folding), plus I do have a modicum of showdown value, although I think a 9 is good here almost never.
I ended up checking back but I didn't like it. Happy to show results if people are interested. Appreciate thoughts, roast my line, etc.
UTG+1 is a pro, ST (straddle) is a pretty bad reg who's mostly a station. Hero is a roughly break-even reg at 2/5 and 5/10.
Straddle to $25. UTG+1 raises to $65 (standard raise against the straddle). Hero calls with 9h8h in the cutoff. ST calls.
Pot: $210
Flop: Th9d6s
ST checks, +1 bets $125, Hero calls, ST calls. Seems like a pretty standard call for me -- middle pair, gutshot, backdoor hearts. Didn't expect ST to call.
Pot: $585
Turn: Jh
Board: Th9d6s Jh
ST checks, +1 bets $310, I call, ST calls.
This is where I wasn't sure how to proceed here -- I picked up so much equity with the Jh that maybe I should raise? If I didn't have the pair and ST wasn't in the hand, this seems like an obvious raise spot, but I'd don't know that a raise folds out both of them, plus if I'm looking at this as a marginal made hand it seems like a call again. Really not sure what ST is calling with here.
Pot: $1,515
River: Td
Board: Th9d6s Jh Td
ST checks, +1 checks, action to me.
At this point I have roughly $2,000 behind. Again, it seems like this would be a $1,200 bet (or even an overbet shove) if I had, say A8hh and I was against one villain, but I don't know that a bet, even a big one, is going to fold out both of them (ST could definitely have a T that's never folding), plus I do have a modicum of showdown value, although I think a 9 is good here almost never.
I ended up checking back but I didn't like it. Happy to show results if people are interested. Appreciate thoughts, roast my line, etc.
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