Eriol
10 points
I would happily call if hj shoves, and if btn is an aware reg should be 3betting a lot vs the fish. It's a pretty clear 4b imo
April 26, 2018 | 11:04 a.m.
Yes, 3b size seems too large.
I'd go for a 1/3 pot cbet and reevaluate turn if called, fold if raised. You should still have some equity vs theyr calling range
April 21, 2018 | 3:53 p.m.
I think flop cbet is fine, given villain's fold to cbet isn't very low. Board is super dry, pot is Hu, we should be supposed to cbet close to 100% of hour range.
Once you have 2 pair there's no reason not to try to go for 3 streets of value.
As played river is a fine call I think
April 20, 2018 | 12:11 p.m.
Is he fishy enough to play T9s this way?
In a vacuum I think I'll fold River, his line seems very strong.
On the other hand of I saw him making those spewy bluffs with missed draws before I'll be happy to call.
Really depends about the reads you have on him imo
April 18, 2018 | 5:58 p.m.
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April 18, 2018 | 1:32 p.m.
Would you 4b/call JJ?
April 18, 2018 | 1:20 p.m.
Pretty easy call imo, he'll have a lot of weird things
April 18, 2018 | 7:53 a.m.
I don't see any problem in folding these hands when EP and SB are regs.
SB 3b range to EP open should be quite tight.
If SB is on the aggro side or EP is weak and SB an aware reg I could see a 4b/f with blockers (AQ/AJ/KQ).
Don't really like cold calling the 3 bet, unless I expected EP to basically never 4b, and I prefer the call with pairs.
April 18, 2018 | 7:47 a.m.
What's the point about betting smaller otf?
1/2 pot is my default in 3bet pot, should I go for 1/3pot? And why?
April 17, 2018 | 10:18 a.m.
I think he's prb doing it with most of his aces, plus fh and some air, if he's not a disguised reg.
Vs a know reg I could see the fold, vs unknown I prefer the call
April 17, 2018 | 5:25 a.m.
SB: $17.58 (Hero)
BB: $7.53
UTG: $2.60
MP: $24.69
CO: $17.91
Rake is $0.60
April 16, 2018 | 9:13 p.m.
Do you think pre is a call 100bb deep too?
April 16, 2018 | 11:17 a.m.
SB: $15.19
BB: $12.64
UTG: $10.53
MP: $22.33 (Hero)
CO: $16.38
Rake is $0.67
April 15, 2018 | 9:03 p.m.
I don't think he's going to call your flop push with anything you beat.
Just calling his flop raise keeps all his draws and bluffs in. Then you can push most turns. I Think I'll be happy to push any no 8, no A turn.
April 13, 2018 | 7:24 a.m.
SB: $5.44
BB: $3.67
UTG: $5.10
MP: $13.67
CO: $13.23
BN wins $4.25
Rake is $0.24
April 10, 2018 | 5:16 p.m.
SB: $5.85
BB: $5.77 (Hero)
UTG: $3.45
MP: $2.77
CO: $2.59
Rake is $0.29
April 10, 2018 | 5:10 p.m.
Idk, i feel like Hero here should be 3betting pretty wide since pot is so large already and so the open raiser should fight back quite often and I don't really like calling since there are 2 players behind.
But this could not apply at nl10 or I could just be wrong
April 10, 2018 | 1:25 p.m.
Why should be better shoving than 4-bet calling?
Sometimes you'll be 4b-folding with blockers in this spot, seems weird to just shove AK if u 4-bet fold KQ/AJ.
April 10, 2018 | 12:33 p.m.
Sorry of I just add more questions and not real answer, but, assuming villain's a reg:
Wouldn't be better for him to 4b-call AK since there are 2 more players yet to act and he Hero could be squeezing wide?
Assuming villain decides to call some of his Ax the correct play for him is to float the flop with something like AsK or AKs?
April 10, 2018 | 9:53 a.m.
Hi, just a brief introduction: I used to play poker for a living, played up to NL100 on Fulltilt.com and on Italian sites after the online poker regulation in Italy. I wasn't a big winner, but did quite well at least up to NL50.
Eventually I stopped playing about five years ago, due to burnout. I'm happy with my decision, life's going well and I don't regret it.
Recently the love for the game kicked in again and I deposited some money and starter playing NL5 zoom. I have no plans to play for a living anymore, still I want to be a winner and to study the game as much as I can while enjoying it.
Now the bitter part: I played under 20k hands, so nothing really relevant, but I feel like I'm not supposed to beat this level at the moment, which is kinda a surprise to me.
I understand that poker has gone a lot far (solvers weren't a thing 5 years ago), but what bothers me the most is the fact that some concepts that were widely considered true five years ago seems wrong now, at least in my small Experience so far.
I don't really know if that's due to the fact I'm playing quite lower than what I was used to or the fact that people is a lot better.
I'll try to point out some general impressions, so you can give me your opinion.
I feel like the necessary hand strenght to win at showdown is much higher. Overpairs are not winning big hands like it was before, top sets are constantly losing to flushes, flushes to nut flushes etc. While when I've the nuts rarely I'm able to stack someone. This could be just variance, could be me playing bad or could be that NL5 just play a lot passive than what I'm used to (preflop dynamics doesn't seems so passive tho).
ranges with I'm willing to stack off pre flop seems too wide given what capable villains are showing off. Rarely I see someone broke pre with AK or JJ-QQ and almost never with weaker hands. Even in BvsB situation.
Again could be just a micros' thing.5 years ago calling a 4bet pre was considered an huge mistake. Today I feel like I should have a range to call 4 bets with, the value part of this range could be JJ-QQ, AK while in position given what said in the point before. Not really sure what I should add to balance it tho
bet sizing is much different today. When I was playing a 2/3 pot c-bet was the to go size. Now I see much smaller sizings. I can see the merits of this, but I should study the math behind this (if you could suggest a video about this topic would be nice)
I don't want to put out too much things, so I'll stop there. Thanks to everyone that will help me by answering
April 10, 2018 | 8:16 a.m.
SB: $8.70
BB: $6.39
UTG: $16.96 (Hero)
MP: $10.20
CO: $10.00
SB is 51/33 over 109 hands
(those stats at the end of the session, when I played the hand I had way less hands played vs them)
Could be a better choiche trying to isolate the fish with a 4bet?
Maybe should I just shove?
Rake is $0.56
April 5, 2018 | 8:43 p.m.
Given his stats I'll probably just fold pre.
As played I like to raise the flop.
OTT I'm not sure, either trying to steal and taking the free card seems fine to me.
Once he c/calls the turn either he has some weak hands or he's trapping with QQ imo. I Think I would have bet big, even shoving seems fine to me, I dont think we have showdown value and he could have some qx hands he'll fold
April 3, 2018 | 8:43 a.m.
Since I'll cbet a lot of my 3bet for value hands on that flop (everything that has a club and the sets/overpair basically), I like balancing by cbetting the nuts also.
If I'll get called I would c/r the turn, to try to induce and let a freecard to Kcx hands
April 3, 2018 | 7:16 a.m.
I think I would have bet a little bigger the flop.
Ott I'd probably fire a second barrel, but pot controlling is something I'm very bad at, so your line could be better.
OTR have you thought about a blocking bet?
If you bet smaller as he did maybe you could prevent bigger bets from some 2 pairs hands.
The 1p hands he would fold to a bet are probably the same he'll check behind so you shouldn't loose too much value, and I don't see many missed draws he could turn into a bluff.
As played I like the river call, he'll have 2p+ a lot, but not enough to make it a fold imo.
April 3, 2018 | 5:55 a.m.
How do you play this spot when you have AK/AQs? If you go for a x/c or x/r then x/f here could be good.
You need to be quite sure he'll fold JJ/TT to a 4bet tho. Consider you are blocking 8 of his AK combos.
I think I'll prefer a small blocking bet, about 1/3 of the pot.
Easiest call ever, if someone with 36bb shoves pre his range is basically any 2
May 14, 2018 | 11:01 a.m.