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RRReyeMMM's picture
Flopped top pair on dry board (10 reg speed)

Vilain was loosing player and it was third hand of the match.I c-bet smaller size cause dry board.After his re-raise I was scared that he have set...Was my call good on flop?Then like you can see I hit lucky turn...But I am not sure whether I am good here more often like a 50% of the time?  No Limit Holdem Tournament • 2 Players$10.00+$0.50 Hand converted by the official HUSNG.com hand converter SBHero1470  BBbegunov1530  Effective Stacks: 74bb Blinds 10/20 Pre-Flop (30, 2 players) Hero is SB Hero raises to 60, begunov calls 40 Flop (120, 2 players) begunov checks, Hero bets 70, begunov raises to 180, Hero calls 110 Turn (480, 2 players) begunov bets 260, Hero raises to 600, begunov goes all-in 1290, Hero goes all-in 630 River (3000, 2 players, 2 all-in) Final Pot: 3000 Hero shows two pair, Kings and Nines begunov shows a pair of Kings Hero wins 2940 ( won +1470 ) begunov lost -1470

chugenemes's picture
you need to call 600 to win

you need to call 600 to win 2400. that's 25% of the time to be profitable, so yeah snap call :P.

RyPac13's picture
Very well played. There

Very well played.There aren't a ton of cards on the turn that hurt your hand, so flat calling with a less the stellar top pair hand early on and not only excercising a bit of pot control (not nearly every player will get you all in by the river once you flat call their CR, even when they do have stuff like sets) but also keeping all their bluffs in their range... good job.Once you pick up such a strong hand on the turn, especially one that can make pairs or draws out of bluffs or make weaker top pairs feel more comfortable (you're also now beating any king aside from KK), value raising is good.  Calling the shove is standard, there are more likely weak hands that will get it in here from the average opponent than strong hands, and it's not even necessary for him to have 50% weaker hands, as Chuge mentions.  Very profitable spot and well played.The only thing about your uncertainty that worries me is that you're thinking "Set" when you see somebody CR the third hand on a dry board.  That's much too narrow (and rare) to be concerned about so specifically.