Quads (1 Viewer)

[mummel]

I played this hand a couple of weeks back. I meant to ask about it. I cant recall the exact specifics.

I had pocket 7s and was in the SB. I think someone in early position bet 2-3X, and there were maybe 3-4 callers including me.

Flop was 7-7-X (low card, like a 3 or something). I led and bet 1/3 of the pot. Everyone folded.

How do you guys plays these hands? Im pretty sure if I checked everyone would just check all around.

Is the best bet to check and then wait for the turn, and then hope for an A or a high card that may suck someone in? Or if the flop had 7-7-A, then bet a third of the pot? Is the other high card the requirement to get the pot building? TY.

 

[krafticus]

Fold pre...

Kidding. You can go either way, and this time nobody had anything worth playing. on a dry board like this, I would most likely check and see if anyone wants to take stab. If not, check and let someone potentially catch some sort of draw. In this case, with the low board, you won't get much action on any street.

Mark

 

[inca911]

100% Check. Someone needs a hand, and you have all the cards that currently can be used to make any hand. They need to see more cards to catch up....

 

[fish72s]

How deep are you playing?
In general, if there is not much money behind, I'd check and let somebody catch something they can call you with on the turn or river.
If really deep then lead out and build the pot up so you have a chance to play for stacks on the river.

 

[12thMan]

Yeah that's the "problem" with quads, you have everything and it's hard to get paid unless your opponent happens to have aces full or something. I would most definitely start with a check and go from there, if it checks around so be it, just like in your hand a table that checks around probably folds to a bet anyway so whatever. If someone has something you'll eventually find out about it and you can go from there, if someone makes something on the turn you'll hear about it and can react, or maybe somebody just gets tired of checking and takes a stab and you get some chips in the pot that way. I'm not checking the whole hand obviously, but 100% checking flop and there's a possibility of checking turn as well.

 

[upNdown]

I might even check even check the turn on that one. There's money in the pot; somebody's gonna go after it at some point.

 

[links_slayer]

Isn't quads one the hands that you should almost always slow play?

 

[Rhodeman77]

Isn't quads one the hands that you should almost always slow play?

It depends on your image and board texture.
If the flop had been 778 with a suite that connects to a lot more hands. I bet out on that type of board for sure. But I am an aggressive player so players don't give me credit for a hand many times and will play back at me or at least call a lot.

The bonus of being aggressive is getting paid off with monsters that other wouldn't.

 

[joker80]

Or if the flop was A77 you might want to lead out.

 

[Shaggy]

Donking out into a pre flop raiser on a 77x board is a pretty strong play. Either you have a 7... Or an x. If the PF raiser had big cards, they are never continuing. Check/call, donk the turn.

Or check/call, check/check turn, over bet river looking like a bluff. If your image is bluffy, this might get a call... Or maybe he caught on river and will pay you off anyway.

 

[Quicksilver-75]

Personally I would have definitely checked this and hopefully allow someone to hit something. Sadly, when you hit the flop this hard it is often hard to get action.
Often when I'm sitting on quads in a casino setting g I'm playing to lose. I'd much rather have that bad beat jackpot!

 

[Kyle]

Check to the raiser at first. Would still probably be checked around anyway if nobody has anything yet.

Hope for a high card like an Ace / King on the turn and check it again. See what happens and then play accordingly.

If it gets checked again on the turn bet something in hopes of getting called.

Flopping the joint can be some of the harder hands to play. You just have to hope somebody makes something and then gets out of line.

 

[Mr Tree]

Depends on your image depends on the players. Against really good opponents if I think I have a Loose table image I lead out here on the dry flop. The normal assumption is you missed. Against ABC Tag players you have to check.

 

[Kain8]

 

[mummel]

Yeah I got excited and fired too fast. Next time I'll slow play it regardless of the expectation that someone will bet.

 

[Kain8]

Yeah I got excited and fired too fast. Next time I'll slow play it regardless of the expectation that someone will bet.

It happens, with a crummy board like that, even if you checked to the river, you may not have made any more on the hand. While it's a very rare lesson to learn, you should remember well for next time.

 

[bergs]

It depends on your image and board texture.
If the flop had been 778 with a suite that connects to a lot more hands. I bet out on that type of board for sure. But I am an aggressive player so players don't give me credit for a hand many times and will play back at me or at least call a lot.

The bonus of being aggressive is getting paid off with monsters that other wouldn't.

Totally image dependent. I can get away with leading on flopped quads multiway and almost always get a call because I play LAG.

 

[ejot]

Late to the game here but typically in this situation I check to the river then get my stack in against villian bd sf.

 

[WedgeRock]

And I think if you bet the flop and get a call, look to check turn. The ol' stop and go... Or go and stop.

Betting flop is not a huge flaw.. As was said, you might not have gotten anymore in the pot by checking to the river then betting.