Moxie Mike
Full House
Setting: Event #2 of the Moxie Poker League. 13 players started, 8 remain. Final table.
Game is NLHE. Rebuy period is over. Entry fee: $60 including bounty. $30 add on at first break has already elapsed.
Pays 3 places. Hero is also participating in a $20 last-longer prop-bet with 8 other players although that's probably not a huge consideration at this point.
Blinds: 1000/2000
Relevant stacks/reads:
HERO: UTG with ~60k. HERO's table image to the group is solid LAG. HERO is the 2nd strongest performer in league play through 3 seasons in terms of avg. points/event.
MP: ~200k. Built his stack by coming out on top of a under-full < over-full < quads hands that felted 2 players. Has consistently been one of the weaker performers through 3 seasons of league play due to LAG-Donkish tendencies. His play has improved in recent events with more disciplined folds and better preflop standards but he is still one of the soft spots in the game.
Button: ~58k. League's best player by results. PF range can include pretty much any hand worth taking a flop with in position against multiple opponents. Plays well enough to not go broke if he doesn't hit the flop hard enough.
Action:
HERO has and raises to 6k.
MP calls. There's more than a hint of reluctance in his body language as he pushes his chips forward.
Button checks his hole cards when the action reaches him, caps his cards and calls with no hesitation.
Both blinds fold. Pot: 21k.
Flop is: .
Action is on HERO.
It's nice to have an overpair to the board but this is a pretty terrible flop. Aside from maybe the offsuit nines and the other two 10s, there really are no safe turn cards in the deck. Options are check to gain information; c-bet to gain information; or jam.
Your thoughts?
Game is NLHE. Rebuy period is over. Entry fee: $60 including bounty. $30 add on at first break has already elapsed.
Pays 3 places. Hero is also participating in a $20 last-longer prop-bet with 8 other players although that's probably not a huge consideration at this point.
Blinds: 1000/2000
Relevant stacks/reads:
HERO: UTG with ~60k. HERO's table image to the group is solid LAG. HERO is the 2nd strongest performer in league play through 3 seasons in terms of avg. points/event.
MP: ~200k. Built his stack by coming out on top of a under-full < over-full < quads hands that felted 2 players. Has consistently been one of the weaker performers through 3 seasons of league play due to LAG-Donkish tendencies. His play has improved in recent events with more disciplined folds and better preflop standards but he is still one of the soft spots in the game.
Button: ~58k. League's best player by results. PF range can include pretty much any hand worth taking a flop with in position against multiple opponents. Plays well enough to not go broke if he doesn't hit the flop hard enough.
Action:
HERO has and raises to 6k.
MP calls. There's more than a hint of reluctance in his body language as he pushes his chips forward.
Button checks his hole cards when the action reaches him, caps his cards and calls with no hesitation.
Both blinds fold. Pot: 21k.
Flop is: .
Action is on HERO.
It's nice to have an overpair to the board but this is a pretty terrible flop. Aside from maybe the offsuit nines and the other two 10s, there really are no safe turn cards in the deck. Options are check to gain information; c-bet to gain information; or jam.
Your thoughts?