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T8 semi bluff short stacked

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TeamCupcake
Joined: 03.06.2014

This is on a shallow 50NL table...

Hero (BTN): $38.40
SB: $21.10 (VPIP: 26.32, PFR: 5.26, 3Bet Preflop: 0.00, Hands: 19)
BB: $19.75 (VPIP: 23.57, PFR: 20.38, 3Bet Preflop: 21.15, Hands: 160)
CO: $21.10 (VPIP: 25.64, PFR: 19.60, 3Bet Preflop: 9.63, Hands: 975)

SB posts SB $0.25, BB posts BB $0.50

Pre Flop: (pot: $0.75) Hero has T :diamond: 8 :diamond:
fold, Hero raises to $1.50, SB calls $1.25, BB raises to $5.00, Hero calls $3.50, fold

Flop : ($11.50, 2 players) 4 :diamond: 7 :heart: 9 :spade:
BB bets $6.00, Hero raises to $33.40 and is all-in, BB calls $8.75 and is all-in

BB had a huge 3bet range, but also only folded to 50% of 4bets...my thoughts were to call the 3bet IP and hope for a board like this, maybe with a 6 though...or a FD or pair with BDFD...once flop comes I believe my play is right...though the bet doesn't contain much FE with him being short stacked...and any 88, TT-AA, AK, AQ call...AJ, AT might leave...KQ, KJ and QJ probably fold...

I'm now thinking the speculation hand doesn't have enough payoff with his kind of stack size... :f_frown:

Cheers,
TC


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Zolt4n
Joined: 31.05.2010

Hi,

I have never played these shallow tables but I would certainly decrease my openraise size to 2 or at least to 2,5 bbs @ BTN especially with a 3b happy guy in the blinds.

I would just fold here vs a sqz, stacks are quite shallow and our hand plays better with deeper stack sizes imo. If I want to widen my 3b flatting range against him I would start with holdings that have at least 1 high card like let's say K7s.


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TeamCupcake
Joined: 03.06.2014

Originally posted by Zolt4n
Hi,

I have never played these shallow tables but I would certainly decrease my openraise size to 2 or at least to 2,5 bbs @ BTN especially with a 3b happy guy in the blinds.

I would just fold here vs a sqz, stacks are quite shallow and our hand plays better with deeper stack sizes imo. If I want to widen my 3b flatting range against him I would start with holdings that have at least 1 high card like let's say K7s.

That is a great call with the PFR sizing...I've been working on expanding past ABC poker and maybe went a little rogue on this hand :)

Thanks for your input!


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Hi TeamCupcake

Preflop: definitely steal for 2x or 2.5x (normal tables or shallow tables but more so at shallow tables)

And vs a 3-bet, with this stacks, we can just fold.

Postflop: The problem with shallow stacks is exactly this: no room for semibluffs.

Given that he 3-bet and made a cbet he has so little behind that you virtually have 0 fold equity. And that is bad when we hold T high.


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