Limit Texas Holdem Quiz #21, Question Three

[Matt]

You are on the button with 9:diamonds:9:spades:. Everyone folds to you. You raise, the small blind folds, and the big blind calls. The big blind is a loose-aggressive player who almost always defends his blinds. He seems to assume that anyone who open-raises from late position is raising with trash. The flop comes A:diamonds: 2:hearts: 9:hearts:, giving you a set of nines. The big blind checks and you bet. The big blind raises. You call. The turn is the 9:clubs:. You now have quads. The big blind bets. What's your move?

[notcalebsheridan]

first two questions are fairly standard...

1) you bet out the flop b/c he won't respect it and obviously check/raise
2) you call his check/raise so he makes a turn c-bet

now... Here i'm torn between a call and raise.

I chose call, but i believe it could go both ways and it depends on his previous actions (ie does he ussually have air, draw/weak hand, or strong hand here and does he 3-barrel river) I think it depends most on how often he leads the river here... I'm very interested in your analysis

[Matt]

first two questions are fairly standard...

1) you bet out the flop b/c he won't respect it and obviously check/raise
2) you call his check/raise so he makes a turn c-bet

now... Here i'm torn between a call and raise.

I chose call, but i believe it could go both ways and it depends on his previous actions (ie does he ussually have air, draw/weak hand, or strong hand here and does he 3-barrel river) I think it depends most on how often he leads the river here... I'm very interested in your analysis

You nailed the first two. I think a lot of inexperienced players would misplay the flop, especially if they're transitioning from NL to Limit. Slowplaying in Limit Hold'em is a lot different from slowplaying in NL. Slowplaying incorrectly means missing bets that you otherwise would have earned.

I think raising is the correct play here. I'll post more about this later. I still need to address some of the older quizzes.

[Nima]

I believe raising is the correct move too.

If he is going to put you on a 9 and fold, he'll more than likley do the same on the river. However if he does want to call/raise you, you have just earned yourself an extra or more bets.


Cheers,
Nima

[Matt]

Raise. In the past, your opponent has not respected any of your late-position raises. There's no reason to think he'll act differently in this situation. He may interpret your raise as a scare-card bluff. In any case, he won't fold if he has caught any piece of the flop. If he's on a heart draw that comes in on the river, you will extract even more money from him.

Here is how the hand played out:

Full Tilt Poker
Limit Holdem Ring game
Limit: $2/$4
8 players
Converter (http://www.neildewhurst.com/hand-converter)

Pre-flop: (8 players) Hero is Button with :diam9: :spade9:
5 folds, Hero raises, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: :diamA: :heart2: :heart9: (4.5SB, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero calls.

Turn: :club9: (4.25BB, 2 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BB calls.

River: :heart8: (8.25BB, 2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB raises, Hero 3-bets, BB calls.

Results:
Final pot: 14.25BB
Hero showed :diam9: :spade9:
BB mucks :heartQ: :heart3:

[Nima]

Nice river sir.

Nima