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 When to cap when someone plays back at your semi-steal?, noiseboy, 14. Oct 2003 12:23 | ||
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| This stems from an earlier debate that Grant and I had on a hand below where a steal goes awry because the opponent gets lucky on the river. OK, let's say you are in late position, it's folded to around to you and you raise on a semi-steal. In the SB is someone who you've been beating on and taking away their blinds a lot. This time they play back and 3-bet you. Basically, you aren't positive, but you think they might not have much and are just sick of you pounding on their blinds. How much more liberal would you be on going ahead and capping the pot so that you have the initiative to go with your position after the flop? What hands would you cap it with? How would that depend on what type of player you are up against? Thanks in advance for any replies! | ||
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| Re: When to cap when someone plays back at your semi-steal?, KJo, 14. Oct 2003 14:01 | ||
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| If you call the raise, it indicates that you were just stealing. If you cap it, it indicates that you weren't. What you do depends on how you want to appear, factoring in also possibly using the reverse psychology of doing the opposite. I prefer to cap in those situations (unless calling offers more deceptive value), there doesn't seem to be much positive in "conceding defeat" by calling when it will only cost you maximum one more small bet. Capping raises the amount of hands you can portray. And most importantly, if you feel that the player is just fighting back because you've been pounding him, cap it- keep control of the hand, whether you have anything or not. You can always dump it on the flop. Eli on 14. Oct 2003 12:23 noiseboy wrote: > This stems from an earlier debate that Grant and I had on a hand below where a > steal goes awry because the opponent gets lucky on the river. > > OK, let's say you are in late position, it's folded to around to you and you > raise on a semi-steal. In the SB is someone who you've been beating on and > taking away their blinds a lot. This time they play back and 3-bet you. > Basically, you aren't positive, but you think they might not have much and are > just sick of you pounding on their blinds. How much more liberal would you be > on going ahead and capping the pot so that you have the initiative to go with > your position after the flop? What hands would you cap it with? How would that > depend on what type of player you are up against? > > Thanks in advance for any replies! | ||
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| Re: When to cap when someone plays back at your semi-steal?, noiseboy, 14. Oct 2003 19:09 | ||
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| I guess a lot depends on the player you are against and how sure of your read you are. Thanks for the reply, I agree that capping and keeping the initiative is many times the best option. | ||
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