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Catonthemat
Joined: 01.08.2016
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The villain I have played a lot of hands with now, and I think in some spots I am playing way to weak against him due to him crushing me several times when I have gone all the way to showdown thinking I was in the lead.

Party, $0.05/$0.10 No Limit Hold'em Cash, 4 Players
Poker Tools Powered By Holdem Manager - The Ultimate Poker Software Suite.

SB: $12.29 (122.9 bb)
BB: $10.15 (101.5 bb) VPIP: 23, PFR: 19, 3B: 11, AF: 3.3, Hands: 1099
CO: $3.06 (30.6 bb)
Hero (BTN): $14.61 (146.1 bb)

Preflop: Hero is BTN with K♦: Q♣:
CO posts BB OOP, CO checks, Hero raises to $0.25, SB folds, BB raises to $0.95, CO folds, Hero calls $0.70

Flop: ($2.10) 2♦: 3♣: K♣: (2 players)

BB bets $1.30

I put him on AA, AK or AQ due to the preflop bet. Sort of feel I shouldn't have called him preflop?

Spoiler

Hero folds

Results: $2.10 pot ($0.10 rake)
Final Board: 2♦: 3♣: K♣:
BB mucked and won $2.00 ($1.05 net)
Hero mucked K♦: Q♣: and lost (-$0.95 net)


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Mozzek
Joined: 16.07.2016
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Call pre-flop is ok imo, as his 3 bet stat is pretty high. I would call flop. I don´t think u can put him on AQ+/AA. Look at it this way: you are on the button, so your range is wider and he knows that, so he can 3 bet you with wider range. His 3 bet is really high, when I look at equilab 11% is JTs+, QJo+, ATs+. We flopped top pair and have a decent kicker, his flop bet (1/2 of the pot) doesn´t seem strong as well (seems to me like he is on flush draw or c bet with A high).


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010
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Your iso raise is too small. Villain's 3b % is quite big so he has a wide range. Flop is perfect for him to cbet with his whole range and we should call.


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013
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The first problem is your too small iso-raise.
The second problem is this:

I put him on AA, AK or AQ

Villains overall 3bet is 11% over 1k hands and you put him on 2.8% value only range from these positions... In reality villain has a lot wider range with a bunch of bluffs and this flop is great for him to cbet and you should have called here.


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Catonthemat
Joined: 01.08.2016
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Cheers, the more hands I post the more I am finding that after the flop I am very scared of mainly flushes/straights. I guess I remember more times when those have beaten me then haven't.


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Mozzek
Joined: 16.07.2016
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Originally posted by Catonthemat
Cheers, the more hands I post the more I am finding that after the flop I am very scared of mainly flushes/straights. I guess I remember more times when those have beaten me then haven't.

Don´t be scared of flush, it ain´t come around that often :).


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Saren113
Joined: 06.03.2009
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It's hard to get a pair, it's even harder getting a flush :) U should probably run some scenarios in flopzilla to get a hang of how rare combos are.


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Afulibador
Joined: 21.08.2009
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Answering ur question directly: Yes, u are playing weak.
How much villain folds to a 4bet?


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Catonthemat
Joined: 01.08.2016
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Originally posted by Afulibador
Answering ur question directly: Yes, u are playing weak.
How much villain folds to a 4bet?

Can't remember now and can't find the hand. However I think I have figured out the problem. I have been watching to more broadcast poker. Even thought I know it was edited, it still didn't really think of it that way. Meaning I was use to hands coming up all the time as they would in a TV broadcast because they cut out all the hands where nothing happens. So it is something I am going to work on, watching twitch streamers seems to be something I might try as they stream the whole thing so can see all the hands where nothing hits.


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la55i
Joined: 27.01.2013
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It is fun to watch others play but unfortunately watching pros playing live tournaments doesn't help you much. You should be watching strategy videos here, participating in coachings and reading books + articles :)
If you want to watch Twitch streamers and learn from them they should be 1. good players 2. playing NL10


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Catonthemat
Joined: 01.08.2016
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It is more to get use to seeing more hands that I don't have to pay myself to see what the other person had But hopefully as I play more I will get a better feeling of how often hands come up.


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Afulibador
Joined: 21.08.2009
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I think its a great idea watching streams on twitch to see what is really going on.
Do this:
When on ur meals (if u eat slowly like me), put a big stream and let it run. If the stream is too long, u can even divide it throughout ur meals periods. Its a great way to turn ur time eating somewhat useful and ll help w this issue u found.


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robin261187
Joined: 04.01.2011
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If villain's overall 3b percentage is 11%, his 3b percentage in the BBvsBU is higher. About 15%, maybe 20%.

Preflop you can call and of course you should call on the flop and if villain checks the turn you should bet.

About your problem of being used to see a lot of good hands coming all the time because you wartch live tournaments, why not just getting a starting hands chart and sticking 100% to it for a while? That way you get used to good hands coming not so often.


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Catonthemat
Joined: 01.08.2016
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I am working off range charts, it is just after the flop I tend to give the villain credit for a strong hand too often.


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