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4 to a straight, 3 to a flush in a 3-bet pot.

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lotteri3xx
Joined: 03.11.2016

I was messing around on 4nl and wasn't paying attention to the game but I got into an interesting spot.
Hero is on button
Villain 1is UTG
Villain 2 is on BB

Hero dealt: A♣:K♠:
Pre:
V1 raises to 0.12
Hero call
V2 raise to 0.42
V1 call hero call
Flop: [ A♠:J♠:T♠: ]
V1 check, V2 check, hero bet 0.68
V1 folds, V2 calls

Turn: [ K♦: ]
V1 check
Hero goes all in
Villain calls

River [ J♦: ]

Villain has A♥:Q♣: and wins the pot

I flat called on the button as open raise from UTG seemed strong and the player seemed tight although this was my third or fourth orbit so I didn't have much info to go on. I called the re-raise from bb a as I had position and thought it would be too tight to fold .
I bet on the flop as I had top pair and the nut flush draw, I was planning on folding to a shove. On the turn I didn't think he had many :Qx: in his range as :Qx::Qx: wouldn't call a bet on the flop, even with a flush draw, without position, I think villain would just fold. The pot was already big and I had roughly a pot size bet left, even if I was beat I did have some equity but I didn't think he could have a :Qx: in that spot. I also thought I had a relevant blocker so thought he would fold to this semi-bluff, even a straight some of the time.

I guess I should have raised pre and this situation would have been avoided and I usually 3-bet but this time I didn't for some reason.
All help is appreciated thanks :f_cool:


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

Pre-flop seems like a standard 3bet if this is a shorthanded table. If it’s full ring I wouldn’t mind the call against the UTG player, but in general is this a standard 3bet spot and then you have the initiative during the hand as well.

As played I would most likely check behind the turn with our flush outs. I don’t think you will get to often action of worse with shoving and we only beat A9o or worse.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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lotteri3xx
Joined: 03.11.2016

I was semi-bluffing, I was hoping villain would fold, I thought I had blockers to AQ KQ and the nut flush so figured it wasn't a bad situation to turn my hand into a bluff


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

We can 3b preflop and we can d3fend aggressively vs a squeeze.
As I do not see the stack sizes I am not sure about your postflop play.
I do not like turning your hand into a bluff.


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Dadramel
Joined: 10.08.2014

3bet pre...


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lotteri3xx
Joined: 03.11.2016

I know I should have 3bet, not sure why I didn't when I look back at the hand, but as played pre, on the turn I think he folds sets and 2 pair and he doesn't have much Qx apart from pocket Queens as I block a lot of AQ KQ combos. How would you have played? We were ~100bb effective


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nitrol
Joined: 24.07.2010

With possible straight and flush we should not be aggressive.


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msnek
Joined: 01.10.2008

Preflop 3bet and 5bet shove. Make it easy. That way you will also save your self difficult decision in a spot like this. As played ... no... he is not folding sets. He is "hero" calling with them most of the time


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