AJo – River Ace – PokerStrategy

lynius

Joined: 15.01.2011

17.03.2011, 22:05 0

I think I was playing this hand down with pot odds and couldn't put the player on any reasonable hand. Turns out he was bluffing all the way until the river.

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Play hand

$0.05/$0.1 Fixed-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Preflop: Hero is BU with A:c, J:d.
2 folds, MP1 raises, 3 folds, Hero calls, SB folds, BB calls.

Flop: (6.4 SB) 3:s, 4:h, 7:h (3 players)
BB checks, MP1 bets, Hero calls, BB folds.

Turn: (4.2 BB) 9:c (2 players)
MP1 bets, Hero calls.

River: (6.2 BB) A:h (2 players)
MP1 bets, Hero raises, MP1 calls.

Final Pot: 10.2 BB.

Results follow:

MP1 shows a pair of aces(Ad Kd).
Hero shows a pair of aces(Ac Jd).

MP1 wins with a pair of aces(Ad Kd).

2 replies

taavi1337

Joined: 29.05.2009

Posts: 5,153

19.03.2011, 00:17 0

3bet it preflop, avoid coldcalling.

As played, postflop seems fine to me.

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Dawnfall26

Joined: 30.07.2008

Posts: 3,117

19.03.2011, 02:12 0

Hi!

Reread articles, against 0-1 players we NEVER coldcall preflop.In this case AJ is borderline and I dont really mind to fold against more nitty players.When he is raises loose or is in any way bad postflop you can easily go for 3bet

As played I like the flop call on your outs+chance to be ahead

On the turn you equity vs ,,standard,, MP1 OR range looks something like

Equity Win Tie Loss Hand
Player 1: 59,617% 56,133% 6,968% 36,900% 66+, A8s+, KTs+, QTs+, JTs, ATo+, KQo
Player 2: 40,383% 36,900% 6,968% 56,133% AcJd

That is when he bets his whole range on flop and turn but since he is unknown I would assume he does.In this case you look very good with 40% so calldown is fine.

River raise is actually very close but since you underplayed your hand is probably fine.He has worse Ax,pockets,... in his range that may call you, problem sis only that I dont find a fold when he 3bets but feeling really sick when he does it.Safe way is to just call for now and get a read first(AQ is an easy raise though+)

ps: his play is very good all the way through and dont think he is bluffing.He is actually valuebetting against all possible overcards/draws(and there are very many since you would usually raise a pair on this flop).

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