Top 2 against a TAG

[trustme]

BB bets $9, I raised to $27, he thinks for about 10 seconds then pushes, $60odd for me to call (pot is $130), I ??

This could be the point to lay the hand down for me, you've defined your hand with the first raise and for them to reraise all in its rarely going to be on a bluff or a drawing hand.

By raising the turn bet its easier to get away from the hand than it is to call the turn and then call the river.

[PokerWoody]

Call then find out your beat by trips

We have a winner!!! He had 44.

Personally I think my raise is horrible, sometimes I just need to slow down. Playing mulitple tables means I make a lot of quick descions, but that is no reason to compremise the quality of the descions. There have been a few hands recently where I have acted and then imeadiatly thought 'that was the wrong play'. STOP IT WOODY!

[Raiser]

Boooooooooo..... its all the rage on here, post a hand and everyone says its beaten by trips and it is... please no more obvious hands! I wrote off tpirs cause i thought you wouldnt be so obvious... i think u double bluffed me?!

[POB666]

Call then find out your beat by trips

Technically it was a set not trips. My bad

[Raiser]

Technically it was a set not trips. My bad

????

[POB666]

A set is a pocket pair that catches a 3rd on the board. Trips is when there is two on the board and one in the hole

[Raiser]

A set is a pocket pair that catches a 3rd on the board. Trips is when there is two on the board and one in the hole

well ive learnt something today admitadly.... i just call them 'three bastards' its saves all the confusion.

(ps good googling)

[POB666]

(ps good googling)

I never googled it, i learnt from the one and only Mike Sexton!

[PokerWoody]

Boooooooooo..... its all the rage on here, post a hand and everyone says its beaten by trips and it is... please no more obvious hands! I wrote off tpirs cause i thought you wouldnt be so obvious... i think u double bluffed me?!

Obvious is good. Spotting when your oppoeent is very likey to hold trips will save you a ton of money.

[PokerWoody]

By raising the turn bet its easier to get away from the hand than it is to call the turn and then call the river.

By rasing the turn we are effectivly bluffing. Our hand is not hopeless, we most likey have 4 outs when we are behind so we'd like to see the river. Also, if he is bluffing we give him a chance to bluff again on the river. Raising the turn is also going to cost us about the same as calling turn and river so we don't lose much more by calling, but we give ourselves the opportunity to win more.