Question of the Day - 1st December

[muzzington]

Some people would probably have seen a similar hand online.

Blinds: 1/2
Your Stack: $200
Villain's Stack: $200

Background

Your hand: [7h] [9h]

It's another six-max game online, and in this hand an aggressive player raises to $7 from the cut-off, and you elect to call on the button. Both blinds fold. The flop comes [5c] [6s] [Kh]. The cut-off bets $12

What should you do? Fold? Call? Raise?

[Bacon]

bennyjam!

[muzzington]

Bennyjam is the invisible 4th option.

5th option is you've folded pre-flop out of turn - the Bruce option.

[Bacon]

my first instinct is that he's not hit that board, and is trying to bet u off.

I would be folding, because i can wait for a better spot.

Online, this hand would hit runner runner flush though

[bennymacca]

bennyjam!

i would probably say that you can pick better spots there - if you raise and he calls, you are in a lot of trouble, and are going to need an 8 or runner runner hearts

its a tough one though, because if you flat call and spike your 8, then there are probably implied odds as your opponent probably doesnt put you on 79 as you called a raise.

also, if he is standard c-betting, he will most probably slow down on the turn if you call,, so a call then raise on the turn might be good enough to take it down if he has anything less than a strong K

bennyjamming is never good idea

so i would say that either fold and pick a better spot, or call and then raise the turn, which should see him fold anything less than a strong King

[gundog]

My first reaction is to chuck it away.

Gee it hard I hate trying to draw a gut shot straight but, being that he/she has been an aggressive player, a flat call is not too much of a drain on your stack to see the turn card, you wont be in a world of pain if you dont hit, but the outs are good for a turn call.


What did you do ?

[Garth Kay]

I would fold.

Playing against an agro player this hand will cost you a lot more money on later streets unless you do hit that magical 8.

I would possibly call the flop 25% of the time and see what the turn brings. If he checks behind it still doesn't mean he is weak as he could be pot controlling with AK, KQ, KJ etc...

[Chelsea4thewin]

fold, fold, fold

[muzzington]

Call. You have a gut-shot and a backdoor flush draw. Also, your opponent is aggressive and is likely c-betting this flop with his entire range. You can call in position with your gut-shot, backdoor flush draw, and also add a float to your equity pool. If your opponent checks the turn, don't be afraid to take the pot away from him with a bet.

Pokerlistings.com user poll results: Fold (38%) Call (33%) Raise (29%)

Again, the answer is from one experienced players opinion, and doesn't come from the result of the poll.

[Origami]

Bennyjam is the invisible 4th option.

5th option is you've folded pre-flop out of turn - the Bruce option.

some chase !!

some bet... !!

some exercise the " Bruce Option". . .

shucks guys almost sounds as impressive as the "Heiniken manouvre".