how would have played this against a rock?

[Footballguru 0]

I was at a friends last night playing .5-1 NL. I have aboout 55 dollars in chips in front of me. I open for 4 dollars with 7c8c from UTG+2 or 3. The tighest player in the game smooth calls me near the button. He has, for all intensive puposes, same stack as me. Flop comes down 5 6 J rainbow, with 1 club. I lead out for 6 dollars. He re raises me 6 more. I call. Turn is 7. I have pair with open straight draw. I check, he bets 6. I call. Turn is Q. I check and fold.I played this hand so passively. Should I have folded after his re raise on the flop? He made it so cheap though, only 6 more into 20 dollar pot roughly. then on the turn, another small bet. Should I have moved in on the turn, almost knowing he will call? Thanks

[- ThniK - 0]

good fold..

[justblaze 0]

I open  for 4 dollars with 7c8c from UTG+2 or 3.  The tighest player in the game smooth calls me near the button.  Thanks

Here would be your first mistake... opening with a low suited connector out of position for 4xbb will get you into trouble very often.

[Footballguru 0]

I open  for 4 dollars with 7c8c from UTG+2 or 3.  The tighest player in the game smooth calls me near the button.  Thanks

Here would be your first mistake... opening with a low suited connector out of position for 4xbb will get you into trouble very often.

I had been showing down some solid starting hands, AKs AKo and AJ in like the last 10 minutes so figured I could surprise someone.

[Nacho 0]

Personally, and this isn't necessarily "correct poker", but on that I would have gotten out with the raise on the turn...Obviosuly, you were open ended, but still...

[Footballguru 0]

Personally, and this isn't necessarily "correct poker", but on that I would have gotten out with the raise on the turn...Obviosuly, you were open ended, but still...

I put him on overpair or AJ, giving me 13 outs, where I had basically pot odds to call plus huge implied odds if he had overpair

[EgyptianMagician 0]

Well his raise on the flop was so little that it obviously seemed like he was trying to milk you. But yeah I agree that it's never good to open up with a suited connector out of position unless people in your home game are really thinking deeply into things.

[2AceSuited 0]

I don't think AJ is a good starting hand unless it is suited.

[Footballguru 0]

there are a couple of people who do think deeply into things in my home game. I mean, we also have bad players, rocks, LAG but a couple of them like to outhink their opponents, and are quite good players. I would open again with 78 suited, not everytime I get it, but when I have won a few pots in short time, I will open with more hands.

[2AceSuited 0]

What is a LAG?

[Footballguru 0]

What is a LAG?

loose aggresive

[doublesuited 0]

why raise with this hand. you want to play this multiway.

[Footballguru 0]

why raise with this hand.  you want to play this multiway.

There is no cheap flops in our game. There will be a raise about 95% of the time. I would rather open myself, then limp, call raise if I want to play this hand. At least if I open I have taken the lead.

[EgyptianMagician 0]

why raise with this hand.  you want to play this multiway.

And deception value if he hits.. but it dosen't seem like a good idea to do it out of position on a consistant basis.

[JaysonWeber 0]

I would have folded to his initial re-raise off the flop.. the rock is probobly holding a high pair.

[doublesuited 0]

I would have folded to his initial re-raise off the flop.. the rock is probobly holding a high pair.

actually, given that you are in the hand, i would call a reraise sinc eyou can bust him if you hit your hand.

[Footballguru 0]

I would have folded to his initial re-raise off the flop.. the rock is probobly holding a high pair.

You would fold 6 dollars into a pot of of 28 dollars(4 dollars pre flop plus blind, 6 dollar raise, 12 dollar raise) on an open end straigh draw? Plz explain