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Straight on the turn -- paired board

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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

But what to do on the river?

PokerStars - $0.02 NL FAST (6 max) - Holdem - 6 players
Hand converted by PokerTracker 4

BTN: 30.5 BB
SB: 464 BB
BB: 100 BB
Hero (UTG): 100 BB
MP: 100 BB
CO: 208 BB

SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB

Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has J♦:A♣:

Hero raises to 2 BB, MP calls 2 BB, CO raises to 9.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, Hero calls 7.5 BB, fold

Flop: (22.5 BB, 2 players) K♣:T♣:T♠:
Hero checks, CO checks

Turn: (22.5 BB, 2 players) Q♦:
Hero bets 11 BB, CO calls 11 BB

River: (44.5 BB, 2 players) 8♣:
Hero checks, CO bets 21.5 BB, Hero ???


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EmiyaKiritsugu
Joined: 13.08.2013

Its snap fold preflop. Not even 1% chance i'm ever calling there troublemaking hand like AJo to squeeze.
As played I prefer to bet/fold river myself. If you check then you have to call to that sizing. He can be valuebetting worse hands and you block a lot of flushes from his range with Ac.


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SDK1987
Joined: 12.11.2008

It would be nice to have more information of the villain in this hand.
Villain need to be aggressive pre-flop and you play out of position post-flop. That makes calling here tricky.
River I would value bet and based on reads on villain I would call or fold.

Cheers,
SDK1987


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DecMate
Joined: 25.01.2009

Fold pre.
As played, i'd bet bigger on the turn. Look to jam most rivers.
Club isnt great, still bet here. half pot lead / fold to a jam.


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mjez1
Joined: 29.06.2015

Why do you open only for 2BB? Do you use different open sizing or this is standard?
I would personally never open from UTG for just 2BB. It's not a case on NL2, but I would feel I'm easily exploitable.


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by mjez1
Why do you open only for 2BB? Do you use different open sizing or this is standard?
I would personally never open from UTG for just 2BB. It's not a case on NL2, but I would feel I'm easily exploitable.

That was just something I was trying -- elsewhere in these discussions someone was advocating it quite strongly.

From this small test I found that you get 3Bet a ton -- which is to be expected.
Opponent showed me pocket kings


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mjez1
Joined: 29.06.2015

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
That was just something I was trying -- elsewhere in these discussions someone was advocating it quite strongly.

Oh, yes, I recall. It makes more sense to open 2bb from SB or BTN from time to time. But not from an early position but what do I know.
Are you going to continue to test these min opens?


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VorpalF2F
Joined: 02.09.2010

Originally posted by mjez1
Oh, yes, I recall. It makes more sense to open 2bb from SB or BTN from time to time. But not from an early position but what do I know.
Are you going to continue to test these min opens?

In the SB I always open for the full 3BB
In BU and CO I will continue to min-open.
In EP and MP will open 3, because otherwise you're stuck either folding or playing a 3bet pot OOP


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mjez1
Joined: 29.06.2015

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
In the SB I always open for the full 3BB

In BU and CO I will continue to min-open.

Sometimes, I open from SB for 2BB and I mix open sizings from late position.

Originally posted by VorpalF2F
In EP and MP will open 3, because otherwise you're stuck either folding or playing a 3bet pot OOP

Yeah, make sense :f_thumbsup:


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