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When you get squeezed you have to fold almost anything since you’re already capped. That’s 3bb lost per hand, 300bb/100hands.So when you call you have to recover that 3bb you lose every time you fold plus the rake you pay. If the rake is low and the population doesn’t squeeze much, you can call much wider.One reason you defend wider on the BB is that you’re guaranteed to see a flop.Folding vs a squeeze after you call an open raise will hurt your EV a lot.

You gain some EV when BU folds preflop and you lose some when BB or BU 4bet.You need to account for these too.

I like checking with AA OTF.Villain may not have sets here but he has straights, 2 pair and a lot of high equity hands like combo draws and pair+draw.
OOP i don’t want to bloat the pot when i’ll be forced to slow down on so many turn or river cards.Also, AA doesn’t need protection here.As played I’m calling river vs this size expecting to see some Jx.

I would start by checking otf.Bu has both range and nut advantage, it's a bad flop for utg.
You have 2 pair but a lot of turn and river cards are going to be tough to play oop.Turn i think is close vs this size, anything bigger and it's a fold.As for the river i'm not calling here with worse than Jx.Most of his flop calling range connects well with the river and turn cards.What is he bluffing turn that's not Jx or fd?

In general in these 3b spots OOP you're using a bigger size on low boards if they're not connected.My guess is for protection, since you have a big range advantage you don't want to let him realize equity with his overcards, which is a good portion of his range.

Yes i use 3x and 5x.From what i've seen 4x sometimes is not big enough but it probably depends on the situation.

I'm not saying that's the case here but if you don't allow bigger than 3x raises you'll see more 1/3 bets.

Am i the only one who folds OTT?This is one of the worst Ax we have, I'd rather call A9-A4 or pair+gutshot hands than call this.

Don't raise flop.These connected boards play differently, especially vs a tight UTG range.You can't xr tp here and even xr with 2pair is questionable.Any Tx hand has 45%+ equity against your tp, any Jx has 35%+ and you're playing oop.

I think having a heart is very important here.This hand has very poor equity you need the added fold equity from blocking part of his calling/raising range OTT and the ability to bluff a heart OTR.

I think the OOP player is supposed to donk alot on this flop but if he just auto-check when he calls a 3bet then checking your range is probably better.

I think you overvalued your pair OTT.You have better hands to continue, you don't have to call this.OTR with AJ you don't have good blockers.Again you don't need to call this you have better hands.

tree > eliminate currently selected...
is that what you want?

I would bet 1/2 or 2/3, but there's no difference probably.

JJ TT is much better.He is more likely to bet OTT with AQ, KQ than with QJ, QT.Also having a diamond is better because you don't block some of his flop calling range with backdoor FDs.However, especially against a recreational player, you want to bet JJ or TT OTR.

@28:00 with AcQc
I feel like this hand might be a call, at least with some frequency on the river.As you mentioned he's probably betting with Jx on flop or turn and most players will bet with 4x on the turn.I think with this sizing on the river he is not value betting 5x 6x and 7x will probably bet the flop.

Thank you for your explanation :)

Sorry, what i wrote wasn't clear enough.I am talking about his strategy on the turn.Given your high CBET frequency i thought his AJ was strong enough to bet IP, after you check the turn.
Do you think on the turn he should check back all his AJ combo or bet only without the Ad?
If you're going to bet with some AJ combo isn't it better to bet when you have the Ad and keep the pot smaller when you don't have a diamond?

Hi,
@43:00 on the monotone flop do you think he should check all his AJ combo or only when he has the Ad.Isn't AJ strong enough to bet especially IP?

Hi Stelios,
i think on the 5c4c hand if you want to bet the turn a river bet is mandatory.you will not get enough folds on the turn alone, especially vs the range you assume he has.
on the 44 hand when you bet the turn with this sizing do you bet your whole range?assuming he's checking hands like AK AQ AJ, isn't it better to have a more polarized range and bet size here?can you explain a little more how your turn betting range looks?