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How'd I Play My Set?
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I have 22 . Flop is 2 6 7 , with two hearts . I bet $60 , eveyone folds but one player . Turn is non-heart blank . I bet $200 , lone opponent calls . River is a heart , he goes all-in , I call he shows Kh and another heart , can't remember , unfortunately . This was not a good player so not sure if card I can't remember had also given a gut shot would have played into his decision . I suspect he was calling not matter what my turn bet was .
He had been playing loosely . Going all-in on the flop would have obviously been I a serious overbet . Not sure what this player would have done . Granted a set of 2's is a very good hand , but not exactly safe with a 2 suit , connected flop . Not sure this is sufficient data for you to answer what I did wrong , so generally , what do you suggest against loose players heads up and you have made hand ? I hope this makes some kind of sense .
Answer:
One key piece of information is how many chips did each of you have? That's the main consideration for the river call. If both you and he had a lot of chips left, I'm not sure if you should call the river. Granted sets are very strong hands, but it isn't a mandatory call -- especially against really weak inexperienced players. I wasn't there, so I don't know whether he made similar river bets in previous hands when he didn't have the goods. Also, I have no idea what the river card was. If it were an Ace, I would be much more comfortable with calling than if it were a non face card heart; reason being the player might think his KQ is good if a Q hit on the river, for example.
One thing to keep in mind is that loose players are happy to call with next to nothing, but when they bet or raise, you have to take it seriously. A loose/bad player isn't usually tricky. This is a little counter intuitive. See, I would be much more likely to pay off a solid good player with the set than a bad player. The bad player isn't really thinking about anything but his own hand. The good player is capable of tricks.
How you play against the loose calling stations is to do exactly what you did: you value bet your hands. When they bet though like this, it usually means they have it. A lot of the time the player is so relieved that their hand got there, that they just fire out into you instead of going for a check raise. So one tip is to figure out if an opponent is just a loose straight forward type of player that calls when he doesn't have much and bets and raises when he does or if he is a player who bluffs. It won't be hard to figure out because most inexperienced players who do bluff will do it more often than they should.
Besides the call on the river, which might or might not have been correct based on the chip stacks, I think you played the hand fine. Betting out into the opponents, including the preflop raiser, with a set is good sometimes because you'll get someone to raise immediately. Another way to play the hand would be to check and let someone else take the lead and then either raise then or in a later betting round. The way you played it worked out fine though, except him getting there on the river. I think this was unavoidable. Even if you went all-in on the turn, I think he would have still called and sucked out. Not calling the river is the only improvement (like I mentioned though, that may not have been a reasonable laydown.)
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