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  • 7high11

    Member
    September 28, 2022 at 2:33 pm

    This is exactly the kind of feedback I love about this forum! So I did give a little thought to whether or not most players here would be shoving for value, but didn’t think it all the way through. Since it was heads up all-in I was actually verbalizing my thought process and remember saying “But which set?” 22 was statistically more likely than 66 and 88, and I was trying to figure out if he would be more likely to shove one and not another. I came to the conclusion he would shove all, but there definitely are people in this population that would slow play the 88, and I didn’t actual factor that in.

    After the hand UTG said “Of course it is a call! He’s not going to play a set like that!” And the response from the villain (in an aside to me) was “That is exactly how I’d play a set of 2s”. So that does bring up the question if he wouldn’t have with 666 or 888.

    And another point that both you and Binkley made .. if you are not calling here with this, what did you even play 68s for? I never though through the ramifications of a spot just like is (and many more that I might get myself into!) I guess I was just hoping for a straight or open ended straight draw. I absolutely would also have a problem if I flopped a middle flush and got played back at.

    The good news is that this time I made the call instead of folding which 3 months ago without the help I’ve been getting in this Forum would have been what I would have done (remember my folding top set?). I would have folded and once again cursed the poker gods for my “bad luck”.

    So maybe I’m being results oriented based on winning the hand, but it seems like progress!