(1/3NL) Pocket 8s first hand at the table
100bb effective
Hero just sat down, first hand being dealt. Everyone is an unknown.
Villain raises UTG $10, pursed his lips and showed his cards to his buddy next to him.
1 caller. Hero raises to $40.
Villain calls, other V folds.
Before the flop is dealt, Villain says quietly to his friend “this is a good spot to check raise the flop”. He definitely said it under his breath and not intended for someone to hear, but I did, and we made eye contact. So he knows that I heard him.
Flop ($93) - 7s 7d 2s
Villain checks, Hero bets $45, Villain shoves $300, Hero??
Lmao, come on, there are plenty of bragging posts on here and this aint one of them.
Look, i dont think you can say for sure one way or the other from a forum post, and its fine for people to say this should be a fold, because it probably is in a vacuum. BUT, anyone who doesnt know you can get MASSIVE tells when someone shows their hand are people who simply arent looking at their opponents as often as they oughta. Someone showing friends their cards is rare but hand for hand allows for probabl
To add on to this, when I played a lot live I could do this, but it’s not always in a logical way. The thing that happened to me was that sometimes I’d get a feeling and I’d know: “This guy is STRONG.”
I didn’t get it every time, but when I did it was always correct. And I also had to observe to see what each opponent thought “strong” actually meant. But I think most people have some version of this.
A lot of times when I see these “should I fold KK preflop” threads I wonder if that is what’s happening: someone gets that “they are super strong” feeling during a hand but they have KK and are afraid their opponent can be giving off that vibe with a hand weaker than AA. These threads are annoying because we don’t know how to process that feeling online when we aren’t there.
I would just flat preflop.
I'd only bet the flop if I felt comfortable continuing to the incoming check/raise. So if we do, then I guess our plan worked perfectly and obviously snap call. Otherwise I'd check back the flop.
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