2-10 spread limit texas holdem poker hand

[BrianSoddingBoru4]

What should I do

Give up Texas Hold 'Em and switch to real poker.

Boru

[Jackalope]

Could be, but my experience with this sort of game is that both players call a raise in that spot about 100% of the time. Maybe it's different out there, but around here, low limit games are chock full of donks. A pair of fours peels, so do sevens, and a Q or a set are never folding.

I suppose if they both check to you on the turn it might be worth the $10, but I personally look for a far better spot with that hand and that action in a spread limit game.

I don't play too many games with higher limits than $10, and I don't consider myself a donkey. (not saying that you said everyone who plays in low limit games is, mind you) Most donkey games are the $1-$2 No lnmit games. I see those all the time. A $10 limit game, in my experience, consists of far fewer asshats.

That being said, it also depends on the venue and how well you read these players. The more I think about it, the more I attributed prior experiences to these players that I am jumping in one hand out of context. It is really difficult to talk about a hand of poker with no real context.

Well, around here low limit and spread limit games are super donktastic. 1-2NL not quite so much, but they're still pretty bad.

You're right that entirely depends on the venue and your reads on players. In damn near every game I've played in, that tiny preflop raise gets cold called by half the table, and the limpers are never folding preflop. (In 1-2NL, you want to have a prayer of thinning the field? Open with 10-12 with no limpers. Its that bad.)

As far as context goes, yeah, true - my analysis was assuming they were randoms, who I assume aren't completely braindead until proven otherwise (I assume ransoms with no reads are generally weak calling stations.)

Three handed, I fold 88 a lot post flop. Heads up, different story. Against 4 or more players, I want a set, an undercard flop, or a a flop like 976 to put much money in postflop. Save the chips for a better spot.

As far as Heywood's fold with the best hand, second guessing here is meh and being too results oriented. Make good plays and the outcome will work itself out in the long run - and in THIS spot, a weak ass pair with a bet and a call ahead of you with no other reads is something I can confidently fold.

[Jackalope]

What should I do

Give up Texas Hold 'Em and switch to real poker.

Boru

Obviously Boru means Omahahaha

[Heywood]

Three handed, I fold 88 a lot post flop. Heads up, different story. Against 4 or more players, I want a set, an undercard flop, or a a flop like 976 to put much money in postflop. Save the chips for a better spot.

Suppose the hand goes, Limp, raise to $12, folded to you on the button. Raiser is unknown. Do you make it $22 or fold?

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Give up Texas Hold 'Em and switch to real poker.

Boru

Obviously Boru means Omahahaha

I'd play me some H.O.R.S.E. if they spread it anywhere near me.

[Jackalope]

Three handed, I fold 88 a lot post flop. Heads up, different story. Against 4 or more players, I want a set, an undercard flop, or a a flop like 976 to put much money in postflop. Save the chips for a better spot.

Suppose the hand goes, Limp, raise to $12, folded to you on the button. Raiser is unknown. Do you make it $22 or fold?

Preflop? Not nearly enough information. Depends on how the table is playing.


If the raiser is UTG+1 and an unknown and the blinds liable to fold, I probably fold (to a call) and watch him like a hawk to see what he's up to. I don't think you have much fold equity here against the raiser and no way do I want to play a big pot with that holding against an early position raiser. Yeah, position is nice - but absent a read, I'm giving early position raisers the benefit of the doubt until I learn otherwise.

If the blinds and the limper are likely to call, a call to set mine here is fine - and I want Mr. UTG+1 to have aces or kings.

ETA: because our raiser is an unknown, I'm not going to try and outplay him without having some clue as to his preflop range in that spot. I know many players will disagree with me, but personally, I'm more apt to let my reads develop of the course of a few hours rather than take that kind of a risk with a modest hand with showdown value heads up. I don't know what his range is, but I know what mine is, and 88 is a huge dog against most of it, and a flip against the rest.