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_Anonymous_

24.01.2011, 16:22 0

Known players:
[tg]Position_Stack:hands/vp$ip/RaisePreflop/AF/WTS/ORL/BBvsSteal/W$SD;BB$15:36/19/11/1.9/44/-/-/75;MP1$11.85:148/16/1/1.7/37/0/-/60;Hero$7.85:///////;BU$8.05:10/80/0/0.0/75/0/-/33;[/tg]
0.25/0.5 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (10 handed)
Hand recorder used for this poker hand: Elephant 0.90 by www.pokerstrategy.com.

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with A♠, Q♦
3 folds, MP1 calls, MP2 folds, Hero raises, CO folds, BU calls, SB folds, BB calls, MP1 folds.

Flop: (7.40 SB) J♦, 7♥, 4♣ (3 players)
BB bets, Hero raises, BU folds, BB calls.

I run into this situation more often that i would like. Usually i 2Bet to kick out the third player (or the first player if he checked). I could call but then i most likely have to fold to a bet on the turn and i'm not sure if that line is too passive. So i usually opt to 2Bet the flop against donk bets.
Turn: (5.70 BB) 9♦ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB calls.

The 9 is not a good for me. Most likely he has a pocket pair (88-TT), or a weak J base on his play on the flop. 56s is also possible. By the way i played the flop, i have to CBet any card on the turn.
River: (7.70 BB) K♣ (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets, BB folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

This is a great card for me. It's unlikely that he has a K in his range and the K is a scare card for him. So, i bet and it worked this time. My question is suppose a blank (2) comes on the river, the way i play it, it feels like i still have to CBet the river also. And that's the problem i have, i end up convincing myself that i have to bet every street.
Final Pot: 7.70 BB

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Dawnfall26

Joined: 30.07.2008

Posts: 3,117

24.01.2011, 17:45 0

Hi!

The way you played the hand is basically turning nut Ahigh into a bluff which is something I would basically never do on these stakes.People are usually just way too polorised between air and made hands(which they will usually not fold) and Ahigh is doing quite well against that range and doesnt need to bluff.

This flop is pretty dry and when BB is normal I dont really see that many bluffs in his range(also his stants look pretty nitty despite small sample).In this regard I would probably just call the flop since I think he will b/3b too often.

However raising here to kick BU and get position is fine as well, especially against chronic donkers or passive SD bound players.

Turn like you realised is pretty bad.His flop d/call looks like a draw ,7x,4x,some Ahigh,pockets and your equity droped significantly with this card.I also cannot see him fold a pair here so I would check back this hand like always and make somewhat optimistic river call to get a read while we still beat some of his hands.
But even just folding the river is certainly not a mistake.

As played river is though but I dont really mind your play.Problem is just that these guys dont think in ranges most of the time and will just blinly call their 66- hands while they actually just beat pure air as they have to expect Ahigh to check.You can also just check and hope to see 56,68 or Ax

Your play is thinking on a bit advanced level adn will often lead you to mistakes but in this perticular case it may be done(since he really should not love the board when that K rivers) but I would preffer to have a bit better picture of the guy before making it.