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5NL AQs turned trips

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ChangNoi77
Joined: 27.06.2012

Poker Stars, $0.02/$0.05 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 9 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

BB: $5 (100 bb)
UTG+1: $6.60 (132 bb)
Hero (UTG+2): $5.20 (104 bb)
MP1: $5 (100 bb)
MP2: $3.80 (76 bb)
MP3: $4.82 (96.4 bb)
CO: $3.32 (66.4 bb)
BTN: $4.72 (94.4 bb)
SB: $3.73 (74.6 bb)

Preflop: Hero is UTG+2 with Q A
UTG+1 calls $0.05, Hero raises to $0.20, MP1 folds, MP2 calls $0.20, 2 folds, BTN calls $0.20, 2 folds, UTG+1 calls $0.15

Flop: ($0.87) 2 K A (4 players)
UTG+1 checks, Hero bets $0.40, MP2 folds, BTN calls $0.40, UTG+1 folds

Turn: ($1.67) A (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $0.55, Hero calls $0.55

River: ($2.77) 5 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $1.95, Hero calls $1.95

Results:

Spoiler

$6.67 pot ($0.28 rake)
Final Board: 2 K A A 5
Hero mucked Q A and lost (-$3.10 net)
BTN showed 2 2 and won $6.39 ($3.29 net)

Villain is 21/9 177 hands

Not sure if I get 3 streets of value here, with the FD as back up I thought checking turn was an option, maybe he can also bluff his Kx and worse FD


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w34z3l
Joined: 03.08.2009

Hey ChangNoi77,

Preflop iso-raise is good here.

flop cbet for value is good. Sizing is very good.

I think we have a value bet on the turn at least, and potentially 3 streets of value also.

Nothing overly wrong with protecting our turn checking range and x/c twice. We should not fold river.


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ChangNoi77
Joined: 27.06.2012

What do you recommend about bet sizing if I'm betting all three streets? I notice that I can get all the money in without making any over bets, yet I feel that would be overplaying my hand a little. Villain does look somewhat bad though, so maybe I'm being a little cautious.


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w34z3l
Joined: 03.08.2009

Value is not just made thin by the number of streets we get, it's also closely related to our bet-sizing. For example if we were to min-bet 3streets it's clearly not an overplay. Yet if we were to make huge overbets (stacks permitting) on 2 streets it would be an overplay.

So if we are worried value is thin we can just reduce our sizing on one or more of the streets to encourage calls from a wider range. Opponent does look pretty bad here so I really feel it's a lot less thin here just to go for 3 streets without reducing sizing dramatically.


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