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NL50 Zoom QJo 3bet pot

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clawindsouza
Joined: 08.12.2009

Poker Stars, $0.25/$0.50 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 6 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

Hero (BTN): $59.53 (119.1 bb)
SB: $54.21 (108.4 bb)
BB: $126.24 (252.5 bb)
UTG: $44.56 (89.1 bb)
MP: $45.31 (90.6 bb)
CO: $36.76 (73.5 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with Q J
2 folds, CO raises to $1.25, Hero raises to $4, 2 folds, CO calls $2.75

Flop: ($8.75) 5 Q 9 (2 players)
CO checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($8.75) J (2 players)
CO bets $7.56, Hero calls $7.56

River: ($23.87) 7 (2 players)
CO bets $25.20 and is all-in, Hero calls $25.20

Results:

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$74.27 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: 5 Q 9 J 7
Hero showed Q J and lost (-$36.76 net)
CO showed T K and won $71.77 ($35.01 net)

On hindsight I'm not sure if I shouldve 3bet here against unknown especially after looking at his stack size. I guess I went into autopilot mode and 3bet. Only saw his stack after he called. I usually 3bet QJo against players who have a fold to 3bet of over 80%.

Villain unknown. 27/27 over 11 hands

Looking at his stack size I felt he was a fish. Decided to check back to control pot and also cause I felt I was in a way ahead/way behind spot.

Should I be folding river. He does have QQ, JJ,99 and 55 in his range but also has AQ, KQ, AA, KK too. Really not sure what to do on the river here. Also is flop check back ok?


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w34z3l
Joined: 03.08.2009

Hey Clawindsouza,

3bet bluff is typically ok vs these positions and will be slightly stronger than flatting. This is assuming unknown 100bb full-stack. Villain is not unknown though, looks like a fish given his stack size so no need to 3bet bluff here.

Given we hit top pair and the texture is not that dry I recommend value-betting the flop here. In some senses it is a WA/WB situation, but this is always less the case on a drawy texture. The value of protection goes up even if it can sometimes be tough to get called by worse. And our opponent is a fish, he can likely call flop with enough worse hands.

Turn call is fine. River call is fine. I would even shove turn for value vs fish here.


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