2$/5$ Cash Game - NL - Live

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2$/5$ Cash Game - NL - Live

I sat down at this 2/5 table , players unknown to me . Stacks were pretty deep ~ 1000$ around , as if I had just missed the action . I sat down with 500$ (max buy-in). I won a couple of pots without showdown and was sitting on 750$ . So far , I think I have portrayed the "LAG Player" profile .

10-handed 2/5 NLHE
BB has live straddle on to 10$ , it folds to me .
BN (hero) raises to 45$ w AsQd
SB folds
BB called for another 35$ . I am thinking he is defending a wide range of hands at this point .
eff stacks 750$ .
Flop (95$): Jd 9c 4d
BB bet's out 35$ , Hero calls .
Turn (165$): 10d (giving me a open ended straight , with the Q high flush draw ) , BB bets out 50$ .
I raise to 185$ , He tanks and reluctantly calls .
River (535$) : 2c .
BB checks . I move all in for almost the pot , he calls me down with J3 off suit .

Throughout the hand , I thought about the range he's donk betting the flop with . And I knew a J was in there most of the time , and I thought a river jam would make him fold most of his air , and weak J . I didn't think he had a flush , because I saw him check raise flush draws earlier , and check calling , but never betting out .

What do you think I should have done differently ?



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clodomaster 12 years, 3 months ago
I'm not familiar with live play very much but what do you think he is thinking about your 3bet sizing on the turn? Would you normally size it down a little with your stronger hands, and do you feel he is capable of understanding when you are 3betting for value with a made hand or with a strong draw?
Given the board texture and his bet sizing, if I were him it would look a lot like you were trying to push me out of the hand rather than get value which would make sense given my small bet sizing. In addition, because the board is so incredibly wet it's unlikely that you would want to risk giving up value of a Q or a made flush my raising so much as it would only fold out weak weak hands and keep in stronger(you would think).
Overall, he's either a donk who can't fold a pair or a thinking player :D
If he is a donk then the river shove was bad. If he is a thinking player then I would lower your 3bet on the turn. Which ever is best depends on your additional reads.
Ahmad Aba 12 years, 3 months ago
Thanks for your input .

Why would the turn bet look like I am throwing him off his hand though ? The bet sizing I thought was decent given the pot . How much would you have raised if you had hit your flush on your turn let's say ?
weslie 12 years, 3 months ago
the problem is not your turn betting. its both turning betting and river betting. if at turn, u present a flush (i suppose its mid flush), why u at river shove with great value betting opportunity with mid flush. it does not make sense. if u present a nut flush at turn, why are u bet so high at turn. action on turn and river seem not consistently to me. the guy is good and looks through it and calls it down with J pair.

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