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QJs Midpair in position

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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

Known Players:
MP2: $1.75 - 35 bb
MP3: $5.29 - 106 bb
CO: $5.00 - 100 bb
BU: $12.56 - 251 bb
SB: $1.91 - 38 bb
BB: $5.05 - 101 bb

0.02/0.05 No Limit Hold'em (6 Handed)
Hand recorder for this hand: PokerStrategy.com SideKick 2.1.20409.2

Preflop: Hero is MP3 with Q♠, J♠
SB posts small blind ($0.02), BB posts big blind ($0.05), MP2 folds, Hero raises for $0.15, 2 folds, SB calls, BB folds

Flop: ($0.35 - 7 bb) K♣, J♦, 9♠ (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero checks

Turn: ($0.35 - 7 bb) 7♥ (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.22, SB calls

River: ($0.79 - 15.80 bb) 3♥ (2 Players)
SB checks, Hero bets $0.20, SB folds, Hero gets uncalled back ($0.20)

opponent is a chromestar 1 tabler midstack

Comment
Beginner strategy
Says I should cbet the flop 2/3 and fold to any bet kater
Adjustment
FLOP
I think this hand plays better as a check back - we can check and call any bet on the turn, call down on backdoor spade, when we hit our gutter so I like a flop check
TURN
When he checks 2x I don't expect any Kx in his range really, so I think I can bet for value against many pair+draw, high card +gutshot hands that he can have
RIVER
his range should be really week, so I bet small to get value out of random pairs


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MJPerry
Joined: 03.10.2011

Exactly how I would have played it, which may or may not be a ringing endorsement of the line!


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Castle93
Joined: 06.06.2011

I like the logic, I'm just curious about the adjustment. Is it important to balance your range on the river? His range looks weak, would you suggest bluffing this amount to, and the same amount with a strong value hand? Or do you think a player at this limit may not think on that level.


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zoty79
Joined: 31.03.2010

i would have played it the same way. But i would have bet bigger on the river. If he calls, than he calls i think i bigger bet to with JT, or TT.


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

Originally posted by Castle93
I like the logic, I'm just curious about the adjustment. Is it important to balance your range on the river? His range looks weak, would you suggest bluffing this amount to, and the same amount with a strong value hand? Or do you think a player at this limit may not think on that level.

Hey, I'd bet small with value hands
and bet some 90% pot with bluffs I have (not many when I x back bet turn)
I would only do this against recreational players who I assume he is (chrome star, NL5, called in sb, snap checked flop + turn so he has rarely a strong hand here)
bacially throw balance out of the window and play against his range.


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LemOn36
Joined: 07.02.2009

Ok promised Snowie analysys
PREFLOP
Snowie just doesn't flat the SB vs 3x with a PSB 3bet so his range looks like this

Our range
FLOP

TURN

It'd check 89% of range here with 50% and 85% with PSB
only hands he bets is slowplays and some KQ + gutter+overs

RIVER

Because the Sb range from villain this will be really skewed.

I think the turn is a clear bet, and can be even bigger that we did as he's really capped, and people call too much in SB at micros in general + are too loose postflop
River I'd just check against a good reg, but definitely a value bet against recreational players/passive straightforward regs the sizing's a question really.


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zoty79
Joined: 31.03.2010
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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

I like the turn bet too. I like to bet when villain checks 2 times.


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