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gnananandan
Joined: 24.06.2013

Poker Stars, Limit Hold'em Cash, 5 Players

Preflop: Hero is SB with A 9
MP raises, CO folds, BTN 3-bets, Hero calls, BB folds, MP calls

Flop: (10 SB) 7 4 7 (3 players)
Hero checks, MP checks, BTN bets, Hero calls, MP folds

Turn: (6 BB) T (2 players)
Hero checks, BTN bets, Hero raises, BTN calls

River: (10 BB) 3 (2 players)
Hero bets, BTN calls

Final Board: 7 4 7 T 3

Opponent is a OK TAG-26/19/13.4

Turn-Nice spot to Bluffraise? Ofcourse i am betting river after that..


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YohanN7
Joined: 15.06.2009

I am actually folding preflop, difficult to make money with that hand versus 3-bet. As played, turn bluff looks okay, he can fold better A.


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firsttsunami
Joined: 23.01.2006

Fold Preflop, yes. A9s is still too weak to coldcall. You are not a favourite against mP's Openrange and far less you are a favourite against BU's Range. He's got just too many hands that dominate A9s. The Question is where you draw the line. It depends on how much Mp is opening and how wide BU's might be 3betting. As a general approach i would start with ATs as the bottom coldcalling Ax type of hand but rather start with AJs. So you dominate A8s-ATs but with A9s you do just dominate A8s.

Your checkraise on the Turn is spew and you should just check/call and fold the River ui to another bet. The board has got 2 flushdraws and 98s and the question is how many Tx hands you're coldcalling Preflop. There are some like JTs QTs and T9s would those are just a few ones and normally a checkraise is a bit too close. You are just small favourite against his range and you'd be better off by just passively calling down. He might give you some credit for Tx though but as the board is just too drawheavy and with A9s you block some of his Ax combos, the bluff gets even worse.

If the river isnt something like 8♥ or 6 of :heart: , he'll be on the showdown with Ax and you've invested 2more BB. Bluffing with Ax is rarely beneficial and here its definitely not worth bluffing.

c/c Turn c/f River!


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