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zolaman
Joined: 09.07.2011

Looking for some advice on this hand. Villain is a calling station. Should I be increasing my bet sizing?

$0.02 NL - Holdem - 8 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

SB: $2.00
BB: $0.96
Hero (UTG): $3.05
UTG+1: $1.53
MP: $1.22
MP+1: $0.79 (VPIP: 80.95, PFR: 0.00, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 21)
CO: $3.16
BTN: $2.08

SB posts SB $0.01, BB posts BB $0.02

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.03) Hero has J♦ J♥

Hero raises to $0.07, fold, fold, MP+1 calls $0.07, fold, fold, fold, fold

Flop: ($0.17, 2 players) T♥ 3♣ 9♦
Hero bets $0.12, MP+1 calls $0.12

Turn: ($0.41, 2 players) 8♣
Hero bets $0.20, MP+1 raises to $0.60 and is all-in, Hero calls $0.40

River: ($1.61, 2 players) K♦

Results:

Spoiler

Hero shows J♦ J♥ (One Pair, Jacks)
(Pre 87%, Flop 79%, Turn 7%)
MP+1 shows J♣ 7♣ (Straight, Jack High)
(Pre 13%, Flop 21%, Turn 93%)
MP+1 wins $1.51


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

There is a general rule : if a calling station raises, he has a strong hand. Your tp+draw may not be good.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Originally posted by nitrol
There is a general rule : if a calling station raises, he has a strong hand. Your tp+draw may not be good.

+1, but you could indeed increase your bet sizing. If you bet pot size the flop you can shove most turns against a MSS passive fish like him.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013

Yes, you could increase your bet sizes. What nitrol said is true but I would still call this. Villain has a short stack, he could be doing this with draws or Tx or anything and we still have OESD.


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

Nothing like it. Tx are not pushing the turn but the flop.
We do not have odds to call as we are not facing just a TP hand.


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YohanN7
Joined: 15.06.2009

It is a cardinal rule (rather a road to winning poker) to manipulate the size of the pot according to the stack sizes of the players (ours and villain's) so that we are the ones with easy decisions and villain has the tough ones. This makes it harder for villain to avoid mistakes. In the long run, he'll make these mistakes if we put him in that situation.

This principle probably dictates here that we bet bigger on turn. If we do, then there's a great chance that villain indeed is in there with Tx and draws. If he plays them, he must go AI. He'll hate to fold them Tight passive nit or not. He is in the tough spot, not we. Calling a river shove is then trivial.

On a side note: I don't interpret every flop call by villain as indicating stone colds nuts. He can have any soooted T if he is a station. Or whatever. Best is to not think about what he holds it too much because putting calling stations on hands is just as hard as putting them on a thought. Just make good solid bets. Then stack sizes have it that you can't get away. Bad luck. Next time he won't have the nuts.


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zolaman
Joined: 09.07.2011

These were all immensely helpful tips. Thank you!

I was quite sure I should have been more aggressive with bet sizing. I really need to adjust this part of my game against short stacks.


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

Just remember that you should bet until he re-acts. When a calling station wakes up - it is not a TP he is holding...


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