Raise by competent reg on ultra dry board
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Raise by competent reg on ultra dry board
imo this hand is pretty interesting , because it opens a lot of room for discussion what a raising range on this kind of boards could be.
No Limit Hold'em Tournament T50/T100
Buy-in: $20+$5+$2 USD Hold'em No Limit
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9 players
Stacks:
UTG - UTG (T3.495)
UTG+1 - UTG+1 (T2.670)
UTG+2 - UTG+2 (T2.620)
MP - Hero (T3.090)
MP2 - MP2 (T3.225)
CO - CO (T2.630)
BTN - BTN (T2.825)
SB - SB (T3.440)
BB - BB (T2.985)
Preflop: (T150, 9 players) Hero is MP with Jh Ts
3 folds, Hero raises to T200, 2 folds, BTN calls T200, 2 folds
Flop: 7s 3d Kh (T550, 2 players - Hero: T2.890, BTN: T2.625)
Hero bets T200, BTN raises to T500, Hero calls T300
Turn: 6h (T1.550, 2 players - Hero: T2.390, BTN: T2.125)
Hero checks, BTN checks
River: 7h (T1.550, 2 players - Hero: T2.390, BTN: T2.125)
Hero bets T700
I make a standard C-bet (although I think it is too big on such a dry board) and the competent reg raises me. I think he will never raise his sets there and pretty much never his Kx hands, so his range should most likely consist of ??? If we were slightly deeper I suppose he could have 54,56,64 and 86 (all suited). Here it just looks like a cheap bluff to me or he is trying to level me with a set. I float and after the Turn goes check/check I am 100% sure he was bluffing and want to make him fold his Qx and Ax hands.
What do you guys think is a sensible raising range in that spot?
I will reveal his hand after later.
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As I have written this spot is quite good to talk about raising ranges on dry boards. I play a lot of HU and nowadays it is almost impossible to bluff raise such boards vs thinking regs, because they will always play back at you. I know that the normal MTT reg is making far less moves post flop than a HU player (also makes sense because of the tighter ranges), but is this is a board where you would generally have a decent bluff raising range? And if so, which hand would you do it with? Same goes for a value raising range.
In terms of the range I would say more weighted towards air, but it is tough to know without reads./stats?
Still not with you postflop. As stacks are so shallow, we can probably even discount some sets from his range, which as already mentioned he'll flat almost always. AK can also be discounted somewhat because he'd 3bet it pre pretty often. -> value range = ???
The plan here is to rebluff at some point or call at least 1 more bet if we hit a J or a T. Will be tougher if he barrels turn and river but I think I'd still go with it. We could c/shove a Q or a 9 on the turn (would also look quite strong). If we do not pick up any equity and he bets the turn we call, and lead the river (no other choice really as he could be bluffing with Qx).
Still this would be a rather unorthodox line, esp. because he has a hard time deciding what to do if i continue.
Chris isn't it irrelevant whether we have JT here or say 88 if we put the guy on a bluff and want to bluff catch? Only difference is that we are obligated to put a bet in at some point with JT in contrary to 88. But that bet doesn't even have to be that big (I think also my river sizing is far too big. Something around 450-500 would've definitely been enough). I also think CiB on the flop is a valid option.
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