Ok, Just Tell Me “Don't Fold” and I'll Move On

[shipitfish]

Here's another one of these. I am only even considering I made a mistake because the player in question was extremely tight.

In a $1/$2 NL HE $200 Max online, 10 players, the hijack seat limps, cutoff raises all-in for $8.50. I reraise to $25-to-go (having started the hand with $250) from the SB with K K. An Ultra-Tight player in the BB (who has me covered) smooth-calls and the limper folds. I have Ultra-Tight on QQ or AA, maybe AKs, but he probably folds even the latter 90% of the time in that spot.

The flop is A K Q. I check with the intention of raising, since I know he probably flopped a set. He bets $20, I raise to $100, and he goes all in and I call immediately, expecting to either see a set of queens or of aces. It's aces.

I should never, ever consider just betting out and being done with the hand if he stays in the pot, right? I should try to get the money in, right?

Man, playing poker this many hours yields set-over-set too often. :)

Comments

[roryk.livejournal.com]

you flopped a set the goal is to get all of the money in

if you check raise you give him a shot to get away from hands like AK
or AQ or KQs or something if he has those 20.

if you lead out, he has to fold those hands for 20 which he will never
do. he will probably raise you. if he does raise you then he is putting in 100 and now it is easier to get the rest of his money in when you reraise all in since he is more pot committed.

also if you put him on QQ or AA then he is even money to have both those
hands. so you have 50% equity vs his range and you can never fold because of the dead money in the pot. you spend your time worrying about the wrong things.

[shipitfish.livejournal.com]

Thing is, in the games I'm playing in, there is nothing else to worry about. What I'm actually thinking about all the time that is too detailed to post about quickly (but which I want to post about soon) is that I don't think I want to play poker much longer primarily for the income, because, while I can obviously pick games that I'm a huge favorite to and can make substantial income in them, I don't really like it all that much and don't like how I'm spending my time. More on this on future posts, but I think you'd probably agree that is thinking about the right things. :)