10NLz A2s in EP vs 2 Callers in the Blinds
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10NLz A2s in EP vs 2 Callers in the Blinds
Hey guys,
I'm currently working on visualizing ranges and I would like to get your inputs on my line of thinking. If there's anything you can help me improve on I would love to hear about it.
BTN: 137.7 BB
SB: 97.7 BB
BB: 173.9 BB Vpip 24/PFR 14/3B 0 ~21 hands
Hero (UTG): 186.7 BB
MP: 200.2 BB
CO: 121.2 BB
SB posts SB 0.5 BB, BB posts BB 1 BB
Pre Flop: (pot: 1.5 BB) Hero has As 2s
Hero raises to 2.5 BB, fold, fold, fold, SB calls 2 BB, BB calls 1.5 BB
Flop : (7.5 BB, 3 players) 2h 3d 2c
SB checks, BB checks, Hero bets 2 BB, SB calls 2 BB, BB raises to 10 BB, Hero calls 8 BB, fold
I thought about range betting on the flop because of how this board still allows me to retain my equity advantage. I felt like their ranges were very capped given that 99-JJ isn't in their range since BB had a good chance to squeeze with all his medium-strong PP's, AJs-AKs, AQo-AKo against my EP open. Based on how BB's stats are forming [even with the small sample] he's looking to be on the more passive side preflop. When he raised, I thought he could've been raising a few hands here like 33, 54s, and now small to medium PP 55-TT that want to gain FE from overcards which is a good portion of my range. I'm not too sure if raising here was a good play because If I call the raise this contracts my range to A2s, 33, 99+, which puts him in a tough spot if called since he's playing OOP in the next street
Turn : (29.5 BB, 2 players) 5h
BB bets 22.1 BB, Hero calls 22.1 BB
When Villain barrels the Turn with this big sizing it looked like a bet that wanted either a lot of protection or a boat that was flopped or completed on the turn. Villain also could have 66-TT which I beat. I felt like playing the Turn cautiously because of Villain's line but I also might've gotten a lot of value from overpairs by shoving
River : (73.7 BB, 2 players) Th
BB checks, Hero bets 22 BB, BB calls 22 BB
This board seems like a board that wasn't dynamic at all which didn't allow it to change the nut advantage as much. I mean, TT completes but I think Villain would've bet a boat here since he wouldn't want to miss out on value if I check. Could he be trapping?
Now what hands would I have here that would bet river: A2s, TT+, I don't think I have a lot of bluffs here.
What hands do I think Villain can have: 66-99
I thought betting out 22% pot was a great way to get value out of those hands since a T isn't really a scare card for Villain unlike an A which I could've been floating withe
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Your thoughtprocess sounds decent here. Some thoughts from me:
I would cut out the thinking of rangebetting in MW-scenarios. The equities of all players run much closer and our favoring position is mich worse than HU. That doesnt mean we should play fit or give up, but we need to be cautious with cbets. I wouldnt be cbettimg 100% here and so i would choose a bigger sizing OTF (like 50%).
Your reasoning for turn-/riverplay is decent and i would also play it like this. Some players tend to XR merged OTF and i dont want to fold out overpairs. Not too many 2x-combos in his range that are going to stack OTF anyways i guess.
Interesting. I guess adding hands that completely whiff the flop here will be a great addition to the checkback range balanced with some premium overpairs QQ+ (a portion of the time) and some broadways that have showdown value. I like this because I never thought about the equity distribution MW since I've mostly been focusing on HU flop scenarios.
Yes, it's tough to fold out overpairs here since they're the hands I'll be getting value from
Yeah, because its not scare card I would just go like 3/4 for value. If he has a pocketpair that he thought is strong enough to raise flop and bet turn, he's just not going to have easy time saying good bye to it on a relatively blank river to any sizing, really.
I agree with rest of your analysis in general.
About flop/turn decision between call and raise -> I think I would always prefer to call against 100bb, becasue at this stack depth you dont have too much troubles in putting all your money into the pot anyway.
I feel like deepstacks are giving you more natural incentive to reraise with nut portion of your range tho, so I would propably just try to squeeze max value from his whatever worse 2x or overpair by reraising.
I see, it appears that your logic towards the larger betsize for the river can be an extremely exploitative one.
Makes sense to re-raise here with the nutted portion of our range. Just watched a video that covered a decent portion about range advantage and SPR which I'll have to learn how to implement. What I learned was that on specific boards, there are some hands that have trouble stacking off - when the SPR is high - even though they are perceived to be strong hands -- ie. 2pair, sets, overpairs, on low-medium connected boards -- because of how the equities can change throughout the streets. This has been a huge leak in my game because I've been used to stacking off with 2nd or 3rd set even on scary turns that complete a lot of draws.
It took me a long time to take this to heart - it’s valuable advice
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