Daniel's Post Flop Play @ Ppt#2 Against Bigler

[JoRaff 0]

Daniel, I just finished watching a hand you played against Bigler at the PPT where Bigler came out betting with AQ out of position. You call with AJ.Flop comes rag-A-ragBigler bets 20k (at 6k for BB) and you call him down, with two checks at the river. (turn and river pair a rag, and another rag)I'm just curious at how you made such a great read against that AQ (on the flop, specifically) with top pair and a great kicker. I mean, you knew it so well that you didn't throw a flop re-raise just to see where you were.Thanks,Joey

[stopsayingfrankly 0]

when call a raise with aj against a decently tight player, you should never be very comfortable when you flop a bare ace. its not a great read at all.

[Petoria 0]

when call a raise with aj against a decently tight player, you should never be very comfortable when you flop a bare ace. its not a great read at all.

If anything I'd say it was a poor read.

[Loismustdie 0]

If anything I'd say it was a poor read.

Yep.

[WonderfulSplash 0]

Very standard to float that flop against a solid player....a raise would have been downright terrible as only better hands will play with you.

[showstopper24 0]

it seemd like he played a lot with bigler-probably picked up on a tell or two

[DanielNegreanu 141]

it seemd like he played a lot with bigler-probably picked up on a tell or two

The way I played that hand is in line with one of the key concepts associated to small ball. I gave Bigler a chance to bluff if he had nothing, and at the same time, I looked to minimize my losses if I was beat.

[gatortom64 1]

Thanks for the tip. I hope to use it soon in Vegas (9 days)!!!!

[psujohn 0]

Seems like a fairly standard way to play that hand. It would have been more interesting if Biggler had made a 1/2 - 3/4 pot sized bet on the turn. Though I can't see him doing that with AQ there.One of the things I'm learning is to always ask yourself - what hands are paying me on this board and what hands am I paying. The hands that will pay AJ on this board are hands like AT, TT, etc. Pretty much all hands that will fold to a flop raise. Hands that are beating you, AK, Arag that hit two pair aren't going anywhere. Against AQ specifically it's possible that DN could have pushed Biggler off the hand but it's risking a lot of chips for a small reward which just isn't part of the small ball philosophy.