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76s blind defense

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kavboj84
Joined: 16.06.2011

Party, $0.25/$0.50 Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players
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Preflop: Hero is BB with 7 6
MP folds, CO raises, 2 folds, Hero calls

Flop: (4.4 SB) 2 Q A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

Turn: (3.2 BB) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, CO bets, Hero calls

River: (5.2 BB) A (2 players)
Hero checks, CO checks

Results:

Spoiler

5.2 BB pot (0.2 BB rake)
Final Board: 2 Q A 8 A
Hero showed 7 6 and lost (-2.5 BB net)
CO showed T J and won 5 BB (2.5 BB net)

Hi,

The opponent is a standard TAG, no special reads. The question is, should I checkraise the flop ? You may say yeah ofc, cause you can make better hands fold than a 7 high, but I thought it over a bit. If I have a made hand here its most of the time a top pair. So what kind of aces do I have here ? I would 3bet AT-A9 against CO so I can have A8-A2, and with these I play a wA/wB situation which means that the vast amount of my range is called here. If my opponent is a thinking one, he could spot that a check raise on the flop from me is most likely a flushdraw. I may decide to check raise 2pair+ here ofc but I wont hold those too often which means my check raise range would be narrow as an ants schwang. Hence I have been thinking to peel my entire range here. Or do I have to start to widen my cr range maybe even like cr-ing even second pair ? That would be too loose against a CO range here I guess ? And if I peel my entire range on the flop, how do I balance my turn cr-s and what should I do If the opponent checks back a lot on the turn ? What do you think about this ?


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Boomer2k10
Joined: 22.09.2010

This is but one of the many reasons I don't 3-bet out of the BB in a HU pot.

You are correct that not 3-betting here means you can't have a big Ace but that doesn't mean you can't x/r even if you want to 3-bet form teh BB

The other thing here is that I wouldn't play WA/WB with a weak ace here. He's raising from the Cutoff, he's going to have his share of Queens, lower pps' and even 2's in his range so an Ace should be an easy x/r for value

The original thought is correct, you are at the bottom of your high card range but you have a ton of equity, your opponent has to fold almost never for x/r'ing here to be profitable

This is a very standard x/r and barrel off and tbh I don't see many other ways to play the hand which don't involve either playing very scared with our good made hands or being extremely predictable with our raising ranges


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