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There are just so many factors to consider here. We don't know how this guy (mid-position) plays. Is he loose or tight, etc? Will he open up his pre-flop calling range when he has positional advantage especially against a loose player? Does he get himself sucked into calling 3 streets with air? Does he have a history with the BB? Is he simply a weak player?
We can never know for sure what he had, but we can try to recreate a range for mid-position guy just for fun:)
A half-pot call would only make sense if he was on a draw, but based on the pre-flop action and call post flop on a pretty dry board, this seems unlikely (unless he is calling a 3-bet with 46s??) I'm going to go ahead and take the draw off the table here.
So, if he wasn't on a draw, he may have been playing scared with a big A with a questionable kicker like a J....which is why he didn't raise the flop bet or he hit a set he was trying to slow play. Or maybe he thought his strong A was good against his opponents wide range of starting hands and he didn't want to raise and scare him away. Either way, his error was that he only called the BB flop bet, instead of re-raising the BB. He should have re-raised or folded on the flop, period. Calling is a weak play most of the time.
The most likely scenario, is mid-position did have a strong hand, but he allowed his opponent to get there without making him pay to draw out on him. He lost the hand because he misplayed it.
expandWe can never know for sure what he had, but we can try to recreate a range for mid-position guy just for fun:)
A half-pot call would only make sense if he was on a draw, but based on the pre-flop action and call post flop on a pretty dry board, this seems unlikely (unless he is calling a 3-bet with 46s??) I'm going to go ahead and take the draw off the table here.
So, if he wasn't on a draw, he may have been playing scared with a big A with a questionable kicker like a J....which is why he didn't raise the flop bet or he hit a set he was trying to slow play. Or maybe he thought his strong A was good against his opponents wide range of starting hands and he didn't want to raise and scare him away. Either way, his error was that he only called the BB flop bet, instead of re-raising the BB. He should have re-raised or folded on the flop, period. Calling is a weak play most of the time.
The most likely scenario, is mid-position did have a strong hand, but he allowed his opponent to get there without making him pay to draw out on him. He lost the hand because he misplayed it.
Dec. 26, 2012 | 6:07 a.m.
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