Hand from a homegame

**dancoles** · 11th June 2007, 01:52 PM

Ok here is a hand from a homegame I played in recently.

It's a £10 double chance, 5,000 chips per chance. Blinds are still 25/50.

Player A has approx 4.5k.

Player B has already taken his double chance when he lost 2 large pots when flopped 2 pairs got beaten by a flush and a better 2 pair. In the previous hand he flopped a set and won the pot at showdown so now has about 6k.

Player A gets dealt AK suited and raises to 200. Player B re-raises to 600. Blinds fold and Player A re-raises again to 1,600 total and player B flat calls.

Pot is 3,275. Flop is 8,8 5, rainbow. Player B checks and Player A checks behind with his AK.

The turn is another 8 and Player B pushes all-in for his last 4,400.

Should Player A call the bet with approx 2,900 remaining in his stack ?????

**Raiser** · 11th June 2007, 02:00 PM

yeah why not! i feel like giving to chairty.

**dancoles** · 11th June 2007, 02:01 PM

Originally Posted by Raiser

yeah why not! i feel like giving to chairty.

Sensible answers on a postcard please.

**Raiser** · 11th June 2007, 02:05 PM

Originally Posted by dancoles

Sensible answers on a postcard please.

OK my sensible answer - Where was the bet on the flop from either of the donks in the hand??

**Raiser** · 11th June 2007, 02:08 PM

Oh and if i was AK guy i would have called preflop instead of reraising a reraise! unless they were loose...

**dancoles** · 11th June 2007, 02:34 PM

Originally Posted by Raiser

OK my sensible answer - Where was the bet on the flop from either of the donks in the hand??

Originally Posted by Raiser

Oh and if i was AK guy i would have called preflop instead of reraising a reraise! unless they were loose...

Yes and yes. I agree completely. But you still haven't answered the question. As the hand stands as it is would you call the all-in ?

**FirePhil** · 11th June 2007, 02:57 PM

Looks like a pretty clear fold to me without a good reason not to. What hands will call a 4-bet OOP that we beat?

It seems like player B is in the blinds, where is player A? If they're in the CO or on the button is may widen player B's 3-bet range a touch and checking the flop might make a turn bluff a bit more likely, but still not calling here.

**Raiser** · 11th June 2007, 03:03 PM

Originally Posted by dancoles

But you still haven't answered the question. As the hand stands as it is would you call the all-in ?

Please see first answer - Depends if i felt like donating to chairty

Its a clear fold... unless i had an uber read.

**PokerWoody** · 11th June 2007, 03:04 PM

Originally Posted by dancoles

Should Player A call the bet with approx 2,900 remaining in his stack ?????

No, he should have pushed it in on the flop and sucked out on the river.

**dancoles** · 11th June 2007, 04:18 PM

I was Player B and had pocket Queens. Player A was an unknown to me but by all accounts is fairly new to the game and I figured he had Aces, Kings, or AK.

I checked the flop to him for info really. If he'd pushed it I'd have had a real decision but by checking behind me his play was ultra weak and I figured him for AK straight away.

I jammed the turn and yet he still called and spiked his ace on the river.