Q&A #70: Playing A Flopped Set In A Limit Hold’em Blind Defense
Don't miss one article! Subscribe to the Full Feed RSS or get NPA in your inbox.
In this hand, Shrike flops a set and plays it in a very typical way. He’s concerned he didn’t get the most out of the hand.
Flopping top set on a relatively dry board. Full ring LHE game online.
Pre-flop: (9 players) Hero is BB with T
T
4 folds, MP3 raises, 2 folds, SB calls, Hero calls.I likely have the best hand preflop but I don’t really want to three-bet as I’ll be OOP the rest of the hand.
Flop: T
3
(6SB, 3 players)
SB bets, Hero calls, MP3 raises, SB 3-bets, Hero caps, MP3 calls, SB folds.Capping cost me a customer. Should I have smooth called the 3-bet and raised any turn?
Turn: 5
Hero bets, MP3 calls.River: 8
Hero bets, MP3 calls.Results:
Final pot: 12.5BB
Hero showed T
MP3 mucks 9
There is another way to play it.
The remainder of this article is insider content available to premium members only. Log in to your account or become a premium member and get instant access.
Tags: blind-defense, blind-play, blind-stealing, flopping-a-set, limit-holdem, poker, shorthanded
Thanks, Ed. You make some very good points, and yes, I was kicking myself for multiple reasons when I posted this hand. 90% of the time, I would have 3-bet preflop.
I also figured my call+cap on the flop was too transparen–as it proved for at least one of my two opponents.