NL25 76o resteal from BU

Joined: 31.07.2008

12.10.2009, 09:47 0

MP2 is passive loose preflop, but will shove big hands directly. I felt he'd fold to the 3-bet 90% of the time.
BB is aggressive player who seems imaginative and deceptive, thus I felt this move would have a high chance of success against a player who could think that I:
A) am observant enough to expect him to raise limpers (I did expect a raise, and was planning this resteal)
B) imagine that I could do this play with QQ+ (I feel that I could in this spot).

I have been playing tight, and have shown down 0 hands that I've raised or 3bet in more than 100 hands this session.

Hand converted with online PokerStrategy.com hand converter:

Play hand

$0.1/$0.25 No-Limit Hold'em (9 handed)

Known players:
[tg]CO$44.70:///////;BU(Hero)$27.10:///////;SB$15.10:///////;BB$30.35:///////;UTG1$24.55:///////;UTG2$55.55:///////;MP1$24.05:///////;MP2$24.85:///////;MP3$27.80:///////;[/tg]

Preflop: Hero is BU with 7:c, 6:s.
3 folds, MP2 calls $0.25, 2 folds, Hero calls $0.25, SB folds, BB raises to $2.00, MP2 calls $1.75, Hero raises to $6.75, BB calls $4.75, MP2 folds.

Flop: ($15.6) T:c, 6:h, 5:d (2 players)
BB checks, Hero bets $8.00, BB folds, Hero gets uncalled bet back.

Final Pot: $15.6.

3 replies

VTomukas

Joined: 30.12.2007

Posts: 251

12.10.2009, 13:50 0

From my point of view (if I'd were BB), there is no way I can put you on monster (your call showed you'd like to see a flop with 3 more players on the flop - that would be very bad play, and only could be applied, if BB is almost always isolating limpers. He has to be a maniac).

I his place I'd 4bet preflop any hand I raised with.

_Anonymous_

13.10.2009, 13:15 0

Interesting approach
I wouldn´t take that line, since I would most of the times never limp, rather isolate myself ip. Also to make limp/raise profitable BB should isolate quite loose pf, since most of the other times he´d just go with his hand by 4-bet/calling
If you´re going to limp/raise then c-bet is fine
I guess that would often work if you don´t get 4-bet pf.

GrantJennings

Joined: 31.07.2008

Posts: 232

13.10.2009, 15:42 0

Since MP2 was a limp-bot, openlimping into most pots given the chance, I got many opportunities to see how BB handled limpers into his bb - he'd almost always try to punish them with a raise, which gave me the idea of re-punishing him.

MP2 wouldn't call for serious chips preflop without a monster, but he would defend his limps with a call of a 2-bet much of the time. So if I 2-bet there, I'll end up taking a flop hu with the fish ip, which is a good result... but it was near the end of my session, and I was feeling creative, expecting BB to raise light, and thinking about squeezing him against MP2.

Of course, I couldn't do this kind of play against a player who only raises limpers with a hand. VTomukas, if you are at my table, I'll have to be much better behaved :f_cool:

Thanks for the comments. I felt weird/tilty after this hand, and wanted some feedback.

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