Home Game Final Two Hu, Turn 2 Pair On A Straight Board

[azcardshark7 0]

Villian is pretty aggressive, stacks are about even, he has me covered though maybe 60-40I have 84o and its not raised preflopflop is 876 rainbowi bet 3/4 pot he callsturn is a 4i bet 1/2 pot he doubles my bet, i callturn is a blank, i check, he bets about 1/4 pot, for most of my chipsi thought about it for a bit and folded

[dead money 1]

Villian is pretty aggressive, stacks are about even, he has me covered though maybe 60-40I have 84o and its not raised preflopflop is 876 rainbowi bet 3/4 pot he callsturn is a 4i bet 1/2 pot he doubles my bet, i callturn is a blank, i check, he bets about 1/4 pot, for most of my chipsi thought about it for a bit and folded

What were the stack sizes relative to the blinds? If you were shallow, you should be pushing on his raise on the turn. If you lose to the straight so be it. If you are deep, then I dont mind your play except Im calling the river.

[rrumsey 0]

the only way im playing this hand is if im BB and it is checked. please say your BB, because if your Sb i hate this. check flop imo, we have huge problems on most turns bc any high card makes this hard, low cards are filling out st8s. dont call the reraise on turn if you dont think you can get your stack in on a safe river.oh and if i understand your stack sizes right, just jam turn. but this is ugly imo. which is why if in sb i fold this hand, and i check the flop. only thing that could ever be good on the turn is an 8. only safe turn imo

[redonkulous 0]

checking the flop is so weak...bet the flop if you have any intention of playing out the hand....i only check if i know im just gonna throw my hand away and wait for a better better situation.....but then i wouldnt play it preflop

[rrumsey 0]

checking the flop is so weak...bet the flop if you have any intention of playing out the hand....i only check if i know im just gonna throw my hand away and wait for a better better situation.....but then i wouldnt play it preflop

im actual almost going to say check fold, seeing how this is almost impossible to play profitably.

[redonkulous 0]

im actual almost going to say check fold, seeing how this is almost impossible to play profitably.

+1 unless im really short stacked

[cdipierr 0]

You guys are check folding top pair and a gutshot in an unraised HU pot? Wow, talk about weak.The turn is a good/bad card for us, sure, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.As for how to play this, I think it depends on the villain. If they're the aggressive, get it in with any piece type, then I think we should get it in on the turn. But as people have mentioned, it depends on stack size relative to the blinds as well.

[redonkulous 0]

You guys are check folding top pair and a gutshot in an unraised HU pot? Wow, talk about weak.The turn is a good/bad card for us, sure, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.As for how to play this, I think it depends on the villain. If they're the aggressive, get it in with any piece type, then I think we should get it in on the turn. But as people have mentioned, it depends on stack size relative to the blinds as well.

I wouldn't have even played that s**t preflop...but if I did it would very much depend on the other player and I would bet the flop if I was gonna play out the hand but if I had any intention of folding the turn or river I would simply check the flop and be done with it...weak yes but If I don't feel comfortable I'm not gonna play guessing games for all my chips...I have no problem with check folding if we have no clue how to play it

[cdipierr 0]

I wouldn't have even played that s**t preflop...but if I did it would very much depend on the other player and I would bet the flop if I was gonna play out the hand but if I had any intention of folding the turn or river I would simply check the flop and be done with it...weak yes but If I don't feel comfortable I'm not gonna play guessing games for all my chips...I have no problem with check folding if we have no clue how to play it

Yes, we shouldn't play it preflop, but the OP said it was a limped pot, so I assume he meant he played it from his BB.We should never be at a point HU in a tournament where we have no clue how to play top pair + a draw against a specific opponent. Were we not paying attention the rest of the tournament? OP said it's a home game, so have we never played with this guy before?

[redonkulous 0]

Yes, we shouldn't play it preflop, but the OP said it was a limped pot, so I assume he meant he played it from his BB.We should never be at a point HU in a tournament where we have no clue how to play top pair + a draw against a specific opponent. Were we not paying attention the rest of the tournament? OP said it's a home game, so have we never played with this guy before?

Your right but there's not much in the pot so its kinda like stacking off with 22 preflop....you prolly have the best hand but you don't need to commit suicide

[rrumsey 0]

its a reverse implied odds thing. our st8 chops or worse a lot, 2 pair completes a ton of st8s. and over cards can easily out draw us.

[azcardshark7 0]

THanks for all your replies. I believe I was small blind, so I limped in and he checked.He showed me the straight at the end, he had A5. And the river was actually a 6, not a complete blank as i said. I was pretty tired when I posted thisAlso, the blinds were pretty small compared to our stacks, we both probably had 50 bb's. the game structure wasn't that great and most of the players didn't know how to play. we were the two best players

[TheTiburon 0]

None of this can really be considered a "weak" play considering he was against another blind. The dude could have an Adrian Peterson rookie card and a 5 in this case and have him beat. It's not hard to see monsters in the closet in this respect. Blind vs blind are the hardest to play. IF the guy got there on a gut shot on the turn when two pair was made. More than likely at the point on the river the pot odds being laid would justify the check- call. As with so many of these scenarios you have to go with your instinct on the play considering this guy and his history.Guess you will have to catch it later on TV ( )

You guys are check folding top pair and a gutshot in an unraised HU pot? Wow, talk about weak.The turn is a good/bad card for us, sure, but that's the way the cookie crumbles sometimes.As for how to play this, I think it depends on the villain. If they're the aggressive, get it in with any piece type, then I think we should get it in on the turn. But as people have mentioned, it depends on stack size relative to the blinds as well.

[TheTiburon 0]

So he outdrew you and you saved your stack. Stupid of him to show you how he plays his draws and it was dumb play on his part calling the flop raise. Some times they just get there on you and you sniffed it out. Nice job. By the way, how did you end up?

THanks for all your replies. I believe I was small blind, so I limped in and he checked.He showed me the straight at the end, he had A5. And the river was actually a 6, not a complete blank as i said. I was pretty tired when I posted thisAlso, the blinds were pretty small compared to our stacks, we both probably had 50 bb's. the game structure wasn't that great and most of the players didn't know how to play. we were the two best players

[cdipierr 0]

I completely misread this thread. I thought it was HU the two of you, not just BvB.

[azcardshark7 0]

So he outdrew you and you saved your stack. Stupid of him to show you how he plays his draws and it was dumb play on his part calling the flop raise. Some times they just get there on you and you sniffed it out. Nice job. By the way, how did you end up?

We ended up chopping the pot, it was late and I was down big when we started the HU. We had agreed if I caught up and we were about even we would chop it.