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tukioppilas62
Joined: 01.01.2011

Villain 22/18 4tabling 50 hands sample only.

Flop ch/c probably a mistake this would be a pretty good to doublebarrel usually I think cause his range is pocketpair heavy. Anyhow he bet's once w. pocket's and we can sometimes stab river or win at showdown, is my line okay as a bluff? Block 222, block AQ, we rep thin like a set of queens we could sometimes play thisway and mainly set of eights. I still guess ppl. don't take this line as a bluff very often so it should be effective on this texture against his range.

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

BTN: $50 (100 bb)
SB: $45.55 (91.1 bb)
BB: $22.39 (44.8 bb)
UTG: $50 (100 bb)
MP: $57.68 (115.4 bb)
Hero (CO): $53.11 (106.2 bb)

Preflop: Hero is CO with 2 A
2 folds, Hero raises to $1.50, BTN calls $1.50, SB folds, BB calls $1

Flop: ($4.75) Q 3 2 (3 players)
BB checks, Hero checks, BTN bets $2.72, BB folds, Hero calls $2.72

Turn: ($10.19) 8 (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets $5.83, Hero raises to $14, BTN calls $8.17

River: ($38.19) K (2 players)
Hero bets $34.89 and is all-in, BTN calls $31.78 and is all-in

Results:

Spoiler

$101.75 pot ($2.50 rake)
Final Board: Q 3 2 8 K
BTN showed 3 3 and won $99.25 ($49.25 net)
Hero showed 2 A and won $0.00 (-$50 net)


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GingerKid
Joined: 05.08.2007

hi,

I think the line is really spewy. First of all, when you c/c flop 3way with a fish (BB I assume) you nearly never have strong hand. Also if there is no fish in the pot you can hardly rep strong hand. Maybe 88, thats all, but generally when you rep so narrow it is not good to bluff.

Second, his range BU vs CO has actually many more flush draws + Qx than PP. Many of PP are 2nd pairs and he has no reason to barrel it, and he will surely bet draws and Qx.
So with raise you actually dont fold anything, except if he is ultra weak player.

River you dont have to bluff because you already win vs busted draws, and KQ is actually most likely Qx hand in his range which bets twice and calls raise, so I think it is also very bad.

I would cbet the hand as semi bluff, and give up, because it has so little potential. I would only play bet bet shove vs weak players.


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w34z3l
Joined: 03.08.2009

Hey Tukioppilas62,

Preflop is fine.

Flop x/c is not decent here. Hand makes a very poor bluffcatcher. Likely better just to cbet and treat this hand as semi-bluff. That or x/f.

Turn x/r can sometimes make money - but 2 things to keep in mind. 1) Probably not the best hand for it, although the blockers help a little. 2)Villain less likely to two barrel light when the flop was multi-way meaning we potentially have less fold equity. So as played would just x/f turn here.

Gingerkid's comments make sense - we are primarily just going to be folding out worse hands here if we bet so it's not an effective bluff. It's true that we may protect ourself from getting bluffed out by betting ourselves however.


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