Question While Reading Power Hold'em Strategy...

[DonMcCoy 0]

On page 305, or in Daniel's section on "Trash Hands" it states..."If you reraise a late position player with Q-2 offsuit and the flop comes with a queen, don't let yourself get carried away. Look to play a small pot and lose the minimum if you are beat."So, my question is... If the opponent calls your reraise, how do you "look to play a small pot"? How would you handle further betting rounds? What would you do?Thanks!

[SCS 0]

This really depends on board texture, opponents tendencies, what your opponent thinks of you, etc.

[slink 1]

Fold?Cause isn't that they way to lose the minimum when playing trash hands to a reraise?And like Danny says, "If sometimes you're not laying down the best hand you're not very good."

[wildspoke 2]

On page 305, or in Daniel's section on "Trash Hands" it states..."If you reraise a late position player with Q-2 offsuit and the flop comes with a queen, don't let yourself get carried away. Look to play a small pot and lose the minimum if you are beat."So, my question is... If the opponent calls your reraise, how do you "look to play a small pot"? How would you handle further betting rounds? What would you do?Thanks!

If he leads out, call. If he checks, check behind. You don't want to handcuff yourself to a weak hand by taking the lead in betting. Your queen may be good. But you don't want to take a huge hit to your stack with one pair weak kicker.It would suck if he checks, you bet than he check raises you and you have to chuck.

[DonMcCoy 0]

This really depends on board texture, opponents tendencies, what your opponent thinks of you, etc.

In the book it doesn't give us the luxury of this information, so go ahead and give me a few examples... Things according to the situation... If the board looks like (blank)... If your opponent is (blank). Whatever is fine. Just throw some examples in there. : ) Thanks!

[DonMcCoy 0]

If he leads out, call. If he checks, check behind. You don't want to handcuff yourself to a weak hand by taking the lead in betting. Your queen may be good. But you don't want to take a huge hit to your stack with one pair weak kicker.It would suck if he checks, you bet than he check raises you and you have to chuck.

I like this answer the best, so far. Thank you. Question: How much do you call up to? Your hand is crap, so how do pot odds, and outs really go into consideration here?

[A_Bullets_A 0]

If he leads out, call. If he checks, check behind. You don't want to handcuff yourself to a weak hand by taking the lead in betting. Your queen may be good. But you don't want to take a huge hit to your stack with one pair weak kicker.It would suck if he checks, you bet than he check raises you and you have to chuck.

I think this is good advice. Also, against someone less aggressive you won't be too worried about a flop check-raise. Then maybe make a small bet on the flop and check back the turn. This way maybe they try to bluff the river or call pretty light thinking you're weaker than top pair. I play more live though and I think this line might be more effective against those types of players. Casinos have a whole different kind of donk. :)By the way, I have this book too and haven't bothered to read it yet. It's more for tournaments I think right? How is it overall?

[DonMcCoy 0]

I think this is good advice. Also, against someone less aggressive you won't be too worried about a flop check-raise. Then maybe make a small bet on the flop and check back the turn. This way maybe they try to bluff the river or call pretty light thinking you're weaker than top pair. I play more live though and I think this line might be more effective against those types of players. Casinos have a whole different kind of donk. :)By the way, I have this book too and haven't bothered to read it yet. It's more for tournaments I think right? How is it overall?

Well, I must be honest... I skipped all of the other chapters, and went straight to Daniel's chapter on small-ball. This chapter has been AMAZING! I'm still pretty new (studying about a year now), and I must say that this chapter is so much different than all the other books I've read so far. All of the other books I've read have had a lot of similarities, and familiar strategies. This chapter has hit me broad-side. It's completely different, and it's awesome. I love it! I feel like the price of the book is worth his chapter alone. Hopefully the others are a nice bonus. : ) I highly suggest you start reading Daniel's chapter. It's like starting all over, and it feels good. I'm not even done with his chapter yet, but it's been a fun ride so far.

[A_Bullets_A 0]

Well, I must be honest... I skipped all of the other chapters, and went straight to Daniel's chapter on small-ball. This chapter has been AMAZING! I'm still pretty new (studying about a year now), and I must say that this chapter is so much different than all the other books I've read so far. All of the other books I've read have had a lot of similarities, and familiar strategies. This chapter has hit me broad-side. It's completely different, and it's awesome. I love it! I feel like the price of the book is worth his chapter alone. Hopefully the others are a nice bonus. : ) I highly suggest you start reading Daniel's chapter. It's like starting all over, and it feels good. I'm not even done with his chapter yet, but it's been a fun ride so far.

Maybe I better hurry up and read this thing. Thanks!

[JSpencer 0]

Ah read it wrong.I just float it down to the river. Fold to big bets unless I hit 2 pair.IF he leads out for a smallish bet, no harm in calling it. No purpose in betting in this spot though.You both have stacks of 7000Say he bets 200, you re-raise to 400, he calls.Flops comes Q 7 5He bets 200-400 more. No harm in calling this to see the turn. Though if he is calling your re-raise pre-flop you can assume he had some type of hand. More than likely 77+, AQ+. He could easily have a hand like JJ, 1010, 99, 88, AK and is just throwing in a c bet. If he pushes or is betting hard 600+, I'd consider getting off of it.