LH asked: I was playing at a 1/3 limit game at a casino. I got dealt A-7 on the big blind. All but three others fold, and then I checked to see the flop. The flop comes out A-3-3. A woman bets $15. One of the other two folds, the second calls. I call. Turn comes out 6. The woman bets $15 again, and the other remaining person folds. I called, wanting to see if she could give me a bit more info on the river. The river came out an A, so now the board shows A-3-3-6-A. I now have aces full. Now, the woman goes all in, with a stack of nearly $400. Immediately, red flags went off in my mind. I actually put her on quads, and thought she was trying to disguise her bet as a bluff. But… I also knew the chances of her having pocet 3’s were minimal. I called, she turned over pocket 3’s, i lose. So, my question is this. In a hand where you see such minimal odds that you are behind, do you make the call as I did even though I put her on 3’s, or do you lay it down? Bad beat or bad play on my part?
I could not put this in before because I ran out of space, but this woman had been playing pretty loose the entire game. If she had been playing tight, I would have put higher odds on her having either a 3 or an ace
i suppose i should also be more specific with my question. Once faced with the all in decision, once i had aces full, even though i lost, did i still make the correct decision despite reading her for quads? obviously after the cards were turned up i knew i made the wrong one, but, statistically and through poker common sense, did i make the correct call?
The reason i am asing this question is simple. Every time a poke rplayer gets cleaned out like this, they ask themselves what they would have done differently, did i get because i am a bad poker player, or just because of pure bad luck. i knew i should have trusted my gut. i dont do it enough. but at least from everybody’s response it will make it that much easier for me to get back on the horse.
Cheryl
