OSWALDtheLUCKYrabbit

I think flop check and turn bet is fine (could bet slightly smaller on turn since that'll get the same job done). Give up river since he's folding hands you already beat. Hope that helps.

Calling the 3bet OOP preflop with your hand is at minimum a slight mistake. As played, I think folding flop is the right play since all you have is ten high with a gutshot and your implied odds are low and likely to not get paid off if you hit since his range is somewhat wide considering you've pegged him as aggro. Hope that helps.

I think if he wanted to bluff he would most likely lead river

I would say fold, looks like the nut flush.  Ace weak kicker of spades would play this line.

agree, call and take the pot odds

Yea I think 3bet pre is best to avoid these awkward post flop situation with TT. 99s and under I think is good to flat pre.  The way it was played, I think its kinda close and leaning towards checking since they both called your flop raise so their hands look fairly strong... Check call/fold river based on bet sizing.  I know this may not have been the best advice but i tried, haha

Haha, why is everybody so curious? I guess I must sound like a giant fish that everyone wants to scope out haha. I know for sure one will be Bovada, still debating on the 2nd site. Is there something I should know about any sites, or is everybody just curious.

Reply is below... my bad

Thanks Piper!  It is the total bankroll, so right now i have 28 BI at 25NL.

stoved*.  2nd range is (minus QhJh and JhTh) and only includes AhKh and no other AK

I stoves your hand against a range that I thought might be possible against this villain (maybe on the loose side) with: 2 Combos AA, Ak, 99, 77, 33, KhQh, QhJh, JhTh, 6h5h, 5h4h. It gave your equity as 55%. If he's playing tighter UTG (only AhKh, QhJh, JhTh) then your equity drops to 25%.  So if you then he's raising UTG and firing all 3 streets with the first range then its clear call, but 2nd range its a clear fold.  Hope that helps.

Would Villian raise somethin like 5h6h, 78 suited or KhQh pre or is he just raising UTG with big pairs? His stats VPIP/PFR stats seem almost like the first set of hands I mentioned. Without too good of a read I think you made the right play to fold for less variance.  With a better read on opponent that he's capable of triple barreling or double barreling and firing river with Kx then it's obviously a call.

Gotcha, that makes sense. Thanks for the info!

A: Yes, you saved $0 =)

HOTSANDWICH, playing devils advocate, if its that easy then why don't you and everybody else start your own Mark Cuban businesses.  Those are absolutely outliers and a product of variance and their skill set just like there are with poker players.  Now, the ability to exponentially grow your money is much easier with businesses because you have others working for you (for the good or the bad).

Businesses have such a high failure rate and with many of them have such high overhead and other expenses just to operate and break even, on top of their living expenses.  To be just as successful you have to know the right people and be in the right place a lot of times.  Not as easy as what you make it out to be.  P.S. I do own my own small business and it has extremely low overhead in a specialized area where I have a niche.

Personally, I'm kind of split between full time and part time professional poker players.  Part time is obviously the safer route, it limits your upside potential gains but also limits your downside potential losses.  If you are extremely skilled and can handle that pressure, then I say full time might be a good option.  If you have other dependents and have to work hard to be successful then I think diversifying your income is the best route.  If you can own a successful small business that doesn't take up too much time and can play poker then you open up your options and have the best of both worlds.

Now you're really laying the guilt trip on me, haha.  Just shows he seems to be a stand up guy.  Bill Cosby is the man

Haha!  I'm just amazed that nobody offered the suggestion of a retake, or maybe that ended up being the best version......

Haha, thanks for not excommunicating me Phil!  I never left, just had a moment of impaired judgement =).  But seriously,  thank you for all the great work you've put into the site and for giving the time of day to the little guys in poker like me.  I look forward to more of your great videos (btw I loved the last one and the idea of 2 shorter videos).  Happy Valentines Day RIO!

P.S. I guess thats what I get for being a traitor =/

Granted its only 18 hands, but I think just looking at his 55/22/0 stays tells you he's loose passive and he's going to be passive unless he has a nuttish hand... 

Monsters under the bed syndrome.  Shove river, if he has worse, the times he calls shove outweighs the slightly more number of times he calls super small river bet.  If he has AA, AK, you just ran into top of range and nothing to do about that.

His UTG raising range is strong and his line seems super strong.  Your hand seems fairly face up with your line.  IMO his value range consists of AA,KK,99 and maybe 55.  His river bluff range likely consists of JsTs and AsKs.  I feel like he check calls his big Q's and would be very unusual to turn weak Q or middle pair into a check raise river bluff.  

I agree with toothpaste, river bet is almost never getting called by worse unless you have some crazy history with villain.  Hope that helps

Depending on his FCB, CB flop is ok even though not a great board and his stats seem fishy so he's probably calling with his 2 overs+.  CB Turn would've been a good play.  He's probably betting turn with his entire range since you gave up.  His range is so wide so I don't see any reason to not bet turn.  Hope that helps

I think its a close decision, considering no reads or history.  I don't think just saying players never bluff raise on river is a good reason to say it was a good fold, even if its true.  I think the better approach is what is villain's range in this situation.

I think his range consists of missed draws and backdoor made hands.  I think its unlikely he has an overpair or flopped a set of QQ's because we have blockers to both and he likely 3bets pre.  Set of T's or 8's would likely raise flop or turn with draw heavy board and probably won't raise when flush draw hits river.  J9 is possible but again, I see him raising the turn with the 2nd club hitting.

Backdoor made hands are probably any straight draw or pair plus draw with clubs that turned the flush draw and hit on the river.  IMO this is probably the case with his smallish river raise which seems to be a value raise instead of a bluff.  If you're read was he doesn't get out of line then I think it was a good fold, if he made some other spewy plays or river raises I think it makes it a lot closer and probably a call.  Hope I helped!

P.S. your name is awesome, haha, I can already tell I would get along with you

I'm interested, I'm a 25NL player.  I'm US EST zone, but if you're playing till 5am then 11pm for me is perfect since I work during the day.  Not quite at your level of experience but I've been playing for 3.5 years.  I've been trying techniques on my own and I know I'm not good at teaching myself, so I think this would be a great opportunity.  I'm eager to get better so just let me know! Thx