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NL16 A9o dry board

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advancedTN1984
Joined: 29.10.2012

PokerStars - $0.16 NL (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

Hero (BTN): 118.06 BB
SB: 140.75 BB
BB: 104.81 BB
UTG: 182 BB
MP: 62.5 BB
CO: 94.38 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has 9♠ A♣

fold, fold, fold, Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, BB calls 1.5 BB

Flop: (5.5 BB, 2 players) K♣ K♠ 3♣
BB checks, Hero checks

Turn: (5.5 BB, 2 players) Q♦
BB checks, Hero bets 3.5 BB, BB calls 3.5 BB

River: (12.5 BB, 2 players) Q♠
BB checks, Hero checks

I am not sure if I should c-bet here, I think I have to c-bet with backdoor flushdraw. Problem it gets akward on the river if we don't improve. So I chose in this hand for a delayed c-bet on turn and river. But when board pairs I don't think I had to fire river as well, cause I have now some showdown value. On this particular villain I got 820 hands and did some review on him but cannot draw any conclusions yet. His vpip / pfr is 20 / 14 which is quite a gap for a tag player. I caught him once bluffing turn and river with a delayed bluff in 3-bet pot. But don't think he does this often cause not really catched it. 3-bet tendency is somewhat okay, he is 3-betting around 8%, his rfi seems to indicate he is not positional aware. And his blind defense indicates that he chooses sometimes to defend really akward hands against early positions. So far so good. He is not really folding vs 3-bets either over this sample seems to be but I dont know how reliable that is over just 800 hands.

How could I adjust my general gameplan to play against a player like him, whom I meet a little too often at this stake though!??


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Dr1fter808
Joined: 11.10.2017

I would cbet on flop with the 4FD probably always. Turn and River is check-back for me.


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Dandiiik
Joined: 19.07.2009

On this kind of board I think that cbet one and done is not the best option. He is gonna call all pocket pairs at least once so if you choose to cbet you should fire once more. Or check back and try to get to cheap showdown.


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advancedTN1984
Joined: 29.10.2012

I did want to fire river though but with this run-out I got some showdown value in someway so decided to check it back....

But can somebody elobarate a little about the question I put in this hand?


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burek2000
Joined: 16.11.2007

As a general rule in what to do against this reg, just play a solid value poker. Nothing else to do on those stakes beside that. Don't spew, make sure you value bet/raise and you'll crush everyone on NL16.

Now on to the hand.

I would c-bet this board 100% of my range and use 1/4 pot size. And my default line with A9o would be c-bet flop, check back turn and call river as long as his size is not huge(which should be if he's a good player, but there aren't many on those limits).

If he has very low fold to c-bet, you can start barreling turn with small sized bets for thin value and check back your weak value hands on the river while betting big with strong hands and bluffs.

As played, easy check back on the river with showdown value. Never turn SD value into a bluff when you have a free showdown.

Cheers


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