66 on the big blind

[Guest Anonymous]

blinds 1000 - 2000 NL holdem18000 in chipstwo callers and small blind folds out. i check my 66 in the big blind and the flop comes down 10h Kh 6show do you proceed to play the hand from here on?

[bmwguy525 0]

Throw out a small bet, making it maybe about 3-1 to get a call from a flush draw. If it hits (any scare card for that matter, say maybe a 9 or an A), proceed with caution.

[Daysleeper 0]

check and see what they do wihth the plan to go all in on the turn in the worst case

[DB10-2 0]

blinds 1000 - 2000 NL holdem18000 in chipstwo callers and small blind folds out. i check my 66 in the big blind and the flop comes down 10h Kh 6show do you proceed to play the hand from here on?

a few questions, first:1. what's the avg chip stack? i assume you were relatively short?2. how many people are left? how many will cash? if you were the bb, you're now first to act post flop. you have to assume you're in the lead on this hand with a safe chance of winning it--the best you can hope for is someone with say q-10 getting two pair on the turn. that you didn't raise from the BB (the wisdom of not raising with two limpers aside) means that they probably won't see your set coming. you could throw a wishy-washy minimum bet out there or check the flop, or very dramatically push your chips in while trying to make it look like a steal. if this is an online tourney, you probably won't get any callers if you do that, so try to string the hand for value with weak leads or check-raises.

[pokerplayer24 0]

check the flop hope someone bets out and u push.

[DB10-2 0]

blinds 1000 - 2000 NL holdem18000 in chipstwo callers and small blind folds out. i check my 66 in the big blind and the flop comes down 10h Kh 6show do you proceed to play the hand from here on?

a few questions, first:1. what's the avg chip stack? i assume you were relatively short?2. how many people are left? how many will cash? if you were the bb, you're now first to act post flop. you have to assume you're in the lead on this hand with a safe chance of winning it--the best you can hope for is someone with say q-10 getting two pair on the turn. that you didn't raise from the BB (the wisdom of not raising with two limpers aside) means that they probably won't see your set coming. you could throw a wishy-washy minimum bet out there or check the flop, or very dramatically push your chips in while trying to make it look like a steal. if this is an online tourney, you probably won't get any callers if you do that, so try to string the hand for value with weak leads or check-raises.

wait, i didnt pay attention to the two hearts on the board. you can't afford to slow play because you won't be able to get away from your set if someone hits a flush.

[Guest Anonymous]

Average chip stack is about 12000 20 people left satellite for 4 seatsabout 300000 chips in play

[NickTheKid 0]

Check till the river and fold.

[cdddc75 0]

Check till the river and fold.

Not bad, but I think this is a perfect flop for the openFarrell.

[dreamcaster 0]

With the blinds at 1000-2000 and the average having 12000 in chips (sounds like a tourney full of players who check down all the way and on the river), you would have to go all-in to grab all the bets you can to have any chance at that crapshoot game.

[lind0 0]

The experts will say to never slow play with any kind of draw on the board. You should definitely bet.Betting a small amount and hoping for a call would be ok, but I would probably make a big raise and hope someone thinks I'm bluffing. Worst case scenerio is you take down a small pot and you're still alive. If you let someone take a free card and make a flush, you're a gone goose. Best case scenerio is that someone with top pair or something like that thinks you're bluffing and calls, or even reraises you. If no one has anything they'll fold either way, and giving a free card is just too dangerous at that stage of the tournament.

[chindi 0]

check and see what they do wihth the plan to go all in on the turn in the worst case

This seems to be a fairly bad idea. Let's say the turn is the Queen of Hearts.... that puts all sorts of limping hands in contention to have you beat and now your great flops is a 12 outter at best and possibly a huge dog against the catastrophic Ah Jh if someone was of a mind not to play it fast. Plus if you check, and they all check behind you the only way you're going to get a call on any kind of bet on the turn is if they make their hand.... since many people are less prone to gamble after the turn when their odds have missed already. Which means you either get called by a hand that has you beat.... or you watch them all fold.For me, it depends partly on the people playing as well... but most likely:I'd say you bet on the flop about 1/2 the pot, repping a hand that's good but that's afraid of the flush/straight (which is, ironically exactly what you have), they're unlikely to put you on the set since you didn't re-raise. You're likely to get a call from flush/straight draws and you might just get a re-raise from the hands that don't want alot of draws in at all (TPTK or more likely Top Two Pair). If you get the re-raise I probably push over the top all-in.Now.. it's possible (depending on the point you are in the tournament) that you get a call from everybody and you're an overall dog (not against a single player but against the total number of cards that kill you), but more than likely you get either a call from the re-raiser and that's it, and unless he's slowplaying KK or TT you're well ahead... unless he has Qh Jh .. which would be bad for you.BTW: Given what you posted before, why hasn't JWebb banned you yet?

[bmwguy525 0]

Jesus Christ..........Has anyone ever heard of maximum profit at this forum?? If you want some real advice I would post it in the Strategy Forum.

[NickTheKid 0]

Check till the river and fold.

Not bad, but I think this is a perfect flop for the openFarrell.

:-)

[SabaAba 0]

Assuming no antes, there is now $7,000 in the pot. Your stack is now 16,000. Picking up the pot right here is going to increase your stack by almost 50%. If you bet any amount, you are either going to get called or pushed all in. You are going to be pot committed to anything you bet, so just push all in and hope someone calls you with a K. I'd rather have 23,000 chips and be in better position to finish top 4 than out because I wanted to get fancy and let the guy sitting with 8h7h catch a cheap flush, or hit the gut shot straight. Also, since this is late in the tourney and the blinds are so big, if one of the callers has a small stack, under 10K, he will call you with top pair hoping you are trying to steal or hoping he gets lucky.Don't slow play in this position, you can't afford to.

[Municipal Hare 0]

Check till the river and fold.

Not bad, but I think this is a perfect flop for the openFarrell.

No, the optimal play is to weakly check-call when they hit their flush draw and openFarrell face-up when the last 6 comes on the river.

[dmoneypoker 0]

Throw out a small bet, making it maybe about 3-1 to get a call from a flush draw. If it hits (any scare card for that matter, say maybe a 9 or an A), proceed with caution.

i think that is totally ridiculous and spineless given the blinds. with only 9 bets left (18k stack in 1k-2k blinds) i bet at least the pot if not move all in right there- if someone is going to draw out on your set, MAKE THEM PAY. a feeler bet here is a weak, terrible move and if you take the pot down here, so be it. can't let em draw for cheap vs your set at this stage, time to make a move.

[kouta43 0]

promise you wouldnt seriously consider someone having the AH Jh for a royal flush- and msot limping hands would make maybe 2 pair at best. Stop being so weak.

[guinevar 0]

Obviously, the correct move is one that eliminates the correct odds for a flush. however, being apparently late in the tournament, you might be met with people who are going to call you down until the end with their flush draw. Do this:Bet out enough to ruin the correct odds for a flush. If you get any callers, especially one, consider him or them on a flush draw. If no heart falls on the turn, then your opponent knows he just has one more chance to hit his flush. This is where I would push, your advantage is the greatest here. If a heart comes, I would probably bet again but I might check to see if I had a read or an idea what this player was capable of.If you run into a greater set "that's poker."Your ideal situation is probably being against two short stacks that are both on heart draws. If it hits, you would lose a portion of your stack while still not being crippled and one opponent would be gone. There is still the chance you might fill up on the turn which could give you more confidence in betting and your opponents a better (but still second place)hand, so I would NOT move in on the flop.guinevar

[AceOfSpaiDs 0]

Id throw in a bet about 2/3 the size of the pot. Someone with a flush draw or K is likely to call, but cant sandbag the trips when there are hands out that can easily outdraw u if u let them. Make em pay to draw to those flushes.

[Dhall901 0]

bet half the pot, if you get raised come over the top, you're hand is strong but u don't want the flush draw hitting.

[TwistedEcho 0]

check, someone will have hit the ten/king almost everytime and bet out, even the last limper will usually throw out a bet. Then push. If you bet out initially, its possibly they both fold. Its not that likely with that board its checked around - i think if either have a flush draw they'd bet it. Chip stacks for opponents would be nice too

[chindi 0]

promise you wouldnt seriously consider someone having the AH Jh for a royal flush- and msot limping hands would make maybe 2 pair at best. Stop being so weak.

And stop being so stupid.No, I wouldn't seriously put someone on having Ah Jh, no I wouldn't seriously put them on anything better than 2 pair and a strong draw... my point (which apparently zoooooomed right by you) is that of all the cards that can come on the turn and river, the vast majority of them are a bit scary (11 hearts, a large variety of cards that might fill straights out of the 47 cards you haven't seen). The last thing you want to do is check and give them a free card to their draw. If you bet this hand correctly, than you can reasonably certain that at least the weakest drawing hands will go away so you reduce the chances of getting burned by the turn (and of course what's worse than the obvious scare cards (the hearts) are the less obvious ones that could be in play. For instance, if one of the limpers likes playing any connecting cards and limped in with 78, a 9 gives them the straight... but it's not one of the obvious cards you're worried about.Don't slowplay your set, when there are stronger draws on the table. Betting here isn't weak, betting here is smart.

[CamelVic 0]

Conditioner back with another post? You should check the hand, catch the last six on the turn, check again, then muck the quads so no-one sees how you play and then you can tell them that they've been "conditioned".

[grass Da 55 0]

check-raise all-in. the hand that wouldn't bet for you is probably a gutshot or a totally inferior hand. this board is most likely to hit one of the limpers and a bet is definite. even if it was checked all around, you should be pretty confident that none of them have a flush draw or open-ender.betting out just causes a draw to gamble w/ you. c/r would win you the pot flatout, unless you're up against certain forum members.