[NL10] What does villain's line mean?

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thestoryteller Singapore. May 09 2008 09:01. Posts 319

Submitted by : thestoryteller

POKERSTARS GAME #17305664141: HOLD'EM NO LIMIT ($0.05/$0.10) - 2008/05/09 - 08:34:45 (ET)
Table 'Sniadeckia' 9-max Seat #8 is the button
Seat 1: horacles ($11.60 in chips)
Seat 3: 69PATE69 ($18.30 in chips)
Seat 4: Dream Quiet ($10 in chips)
Seat 5: Daffypatrick ($11.10 in chips)
Seat 6: slayxz ($10.85 in chips)
Seat 7: rudi71 ($9.85 in chips)
Seat 8: Karen668 ($10.35 in chips)
Seat 9: KistaMaria ($2.70 in chips)
KistaMaria: posts small blind $0.05
horacles: posts big blind $0.10
Set8121: sits out

Holecards
Dealt to Karen668
69PATE69: calls $0.10
Dream Quiet: folds
Daffypatrick: calls $0.10
slayxz: folds
rudi71: calls $0.10
Karen668 : raises $0.60 to $0.70
KistaMaria: folds
horacles: folds
69PATE69: calls $0.60
Daffypatrick: folds
rudi71: folds

Flop (Pot : $1.75)


69PATE69: bets $0.50
Karen668 : raises $1.50 to $2
69PATE69: calls $1.50

Turn (Pot : $5.75)


69PATE69: bets $0.50
Karen668 : raises $2.50 to $3
69PATE69: calls $2.50

River (Pot : $11.75)


69PATE69: bets $1
Karen668 : calls $1

So on the turn my spider sense goes crazy though I don't know why. On hindsight, I think it's because with a strong hand like an overpair or a set or a flush that hits on the turn, most people would either shove the flop or call flop check/raise turn. If they have an okay hand like top pair, or a drawing hand, they would call flop check/call turn. So I had a really bad feeling about this and didn't shove the turn like I wanted to. And on the river I just called his cute little bet... basically going into pot control mode.

What does it mean when a villain makes little strawberry sized bets on all three streets? Is it usually their way of saying, "I have a really strong hand and I hope you raise or call and by the way, I'm a retard"? Should I just have shoved the turn?

Results:

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Last edit: 09/05/2008 09:02

SemPeR Canada. May 09 2008 20:50. Posts 2288

this pussy-out kind of line is usually a scared hand (not to say they won't fold. It's 10nl. they're just scared.)

I prefer to call flop because it's very hard to get value from anything you beat on a 3colour board. Imo this is played fine, don't worry about it.