should i have called? low stakes MTT

Posted by Jun Yamada

Posted by Jun Yamada posted in Low Stakes

Posted 11 years, 1 month ago

should i have called? low stakes MTT

Hey guys so there were two interesting hands that I played on Sunday in Pokerstars Bigger 11 and another low stakes MTT tournament. I need your guys opinion if I should have called these two hands that I played...

These are the hands:

(The Bigger 11) I'm in the bb with AQss with the biggest stack at the table, villain opens to about 2.5x on the hijack seat, I call. Flop comes Q high (8 Q 3 rainbow) villain bets just under half pot and I check raise him to 2000. This is the interesting part, he clicks it back (3200) 3 betting me, with the pot odds to good i call, then he bombs the turn (Td bringing in a flush draw) and I fold...should I have called or jammed the turn? His 3bet on the flop just showed so much strength, I was thinking maybe he had 88 or KK (after playing more with him he showed that he was loose aggro donk)...

PokerStars Hand #111565727727: Tournament #858625600, $10+$1 USD Hold'em No Limit - Level XIII (200/400) - 2014/02/09 16:50:24 ET
Table '858625600 493' 9-max Seat #4 is the button
Seat 1: HZH127 (11202 in chips)
Seat 2: carlitos350 (14456 in chips)
Seat 3: m.j.197588 (20349 in chips)
Seat 4: allan2555 (6896 in chips)
Seat 5: Cichosza (7330 in chips)

Seat 6: HERO (30803 in chips)
Seat 8: senemce (4198 in chips)
Seat 9: Kiku666 (19400 in chips)

*** HOLE CARDS ***
Dealt to HERO [Qs As]
senemce: folds
Kiku666: folds
HZH127: folds
carlitos350: raises 480 to 880
m.j.197588: folds
allan2555: folds
Cichosza: folds
HERO: calls 480
*** FLOP *** [8h Qc 3d]
HERO: checks
carlitos350: bets 800
HERO: raises 1200 to 2000
carlitos350: raises 1200 to 3200
HERO: calls 1200
*** TURN *** [8h Qc 3d] [Td]
HERO: checks
carlitos350: bets 5600
HERO: folds
Uncalled bet (5600) returned to carlitos350
carlitos350 collected 8760 from pot

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jamo 11 years, 1 month ago

By check raising the flop I think you get him to fold a lot of his bluffs that might fire again on the turn and river. My default line with TPTK OOP is to check/call down. What are you hoping to get value from by raising the flop? And when he 3bets the flop, what does his range mostly look like? If it's crushing you then TPTK is a fold. As played I think folding the turn is absolutely fine - you don't win the tournament on one hand and you don't have to make a crying call for a lot of chips to see if you're right. You showed you are strong and he showed he is even stronger. Nice fold!

dablancninja 11 years, 1 month ago

By calling in the BB there you've massively under repped your hand which ultimatly makes this hand hard to play.

It's not like the guy is opening from EP.

3bet and it makes things easier. As played, check calling this dry a board with this strong a hand is by far the best line to take. I'm likely to check call 3 streets (depending on sizing and river card) given this board texture.

CairyHunts 11 years, 1 month ago

Agree for the most part, tho underrepping your hand is really good in spots like these, because they just won't think we are at the top of our range here. X/C 2 streets at least, depending on runout. However, the min3bet on the flop is highly suspicious and I think most of the times in low buyin MTT's this isnt an info-raise, but a neonsign stating: 'i have it, pls fold'.

Jun Yamada 11 years, 1 month ago

thanks for the response guys..yea i should have definitely 3bet in this position...but if i 3bet n villain 4bets or 4bet shoves its an easy fold correct?