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PokerStars No-Limit Hold'em Tourney, Big Blind is t20 (9 handed) Poker-Stars Converter Tool from FlopTurnRiver.com (Format: FlopTurnRiver)

saw flop|saw showdown

MP3 (t1500)
CO (t1400)
Button (t1570)
SB (t1530)
BB (t1500)
UTG (t1500)
UTG+1 (t1500)
Hero (t1500)
MP2 (t1500)

Preflop: Hero is MP1 with A, K.
2 folds, Hero raises to t80, MP2 calls t80, 2 folds, Button calls t80, 1 fold, BB raises to t280, Hero calls t200, MP2 folds, Button folds.

Flop: (t730) 7, 5, K (2 players)
BB checks, Hero checks.

Turn: (t730) 3 (2 players)
BB bets t360, Hero calls t360.

River: (t1450) 7 (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets t400, BB raises to t860, Hero calls t460 (All-In).

Final Pot: t2310
Main Pot: t3170 (t3170), between BB and Hero. > Pot won by Hero (t3170).

Results in white below:
BB has Jc Jd (two pair, jacks and sevens).
Hero has Ac Kc (two pair, kings and sevens).
Outcome: Hero wins t3170.

I rarely exploit but this is why I did in this situation. When he reraised i figured JJ+ so I flat preflop avoiding flipping for my chips so early. when he checks in2 me i instantly think 1010/JJ/QQ, betting out now means I prolly lose them so I chk behind enducing that bet on the turn. I decide to flat again because now i have narrowed ther hand down i am not really scared of any river, so anyone getting at the cheap river that is why. When they check river its obv I am ahead and bet they repush because they cant put me on a king because iv made it look like a steal.

So from a hand that could of ended on the flop with just a bet i have managed to stack them.... ur thoughts?


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When he reraised i figured JJ+ so I flat preflop avoiding flipping for my chips so early.

postflop is fine. However, next time, just fold to the reraise. Calling isn't +ev vs. jj+ here. Gets the job (not flipping) done too.


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007
Elite Grinder

Originally posted by helemaalnicks

When he reraised i figured JJ+ so I flat preflop avoiding flipping for my chips so early.

postflop is fine. However, next time, just fold to the reraise. Calling isn't +ev vs. jj+ here. Gets the job (not flipping) done too.

i would shove behind on the river. he raises you too rarely here, and is committed to a call anyway.

also, i think calling for this given the dead money is OK if you can stack them a good percentage of the time when your TPTK holds. but this is borderline. folding is definitely OK especially if they are a reg.


Originally posted by chenny8888

Originally posted by helemaalnicks

When he reraised i figured JJ+ so I flat preflop avoiding flipping for my chips so early.

postflop is fine. However, next time, just fold to the reraise. Calling isn't +ev vs. jj+ here. Gets the job (not flipping) done too.

i would shove behind on the river. he raises you too rarely here, and is committed to a call anyway.

also, i think calling for this given the dead money is OK if you can stack them a good percentage of the time when your TPTK holds. but this is borderline. folding is definitely OK especially if they are a reg.

if gemgem says JJ+, i think jj+, in which case youre up against aa-kk ~30% of the time, and jj-qq 70%, Cant really be +ev if youd ask me.


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007
Elite Grinder

i'll do the calcs later at home i guess..

side note: at uni just finished my assignment. i can have my life back ;D


Originally posted by chenny8888
i'll do the calcs later at home i guess..

side note: at uni just finished my assignment. i can have my life back ;D

doesnt matter, poker>life anyway, so you mean you have your poker back?


shakin65
Joined: 17.09.2005
PokerStrategist

I wouldn't call preflop to check behind on that kind of flop. What's the point of checking instead of betting? The way you played it preflop doesn't make sense if you don't bet with TPTK.


chenny8888
Joined: 03.10.2007
Elite Grinder

Originally posted by shakin65
I wouldn't call preflop to check behind on that kind of flop. What's the point of checking instead of betting? The way you played it preflop doesn't make sense if you don't bet with TPTK.

i guess to max value against JJ-QQ, which we are WA/WB against. if you have their range nailed that narrow (exactly JJ+), and they're bad enough to stack off, i think this is OK


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