Blind Play
Posted by Jet
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Jet
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Low Stakes
Blind Play
BN: $31.50
SB: $58.29 (Hero)
BB: $66.94
UTG: $74.84
HJ: $62.78
CO: $49.68
SB: $58.29 (Hero)
BB: $66.94
UTG: $74.84
HJ: $62.78
CO: $49.68
Preflop
($1.50)
(6 Players)
Hero was dealt
T
J
UTG folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN raises to $2, Hero calls $1.50, BB calls $1
UTG folds, HJ folds, CO folds, BN raises to $2, Hero calls $1.50, BB calls $1
Typical problem for me. I have a hand that I am on the fence about playing. The button villain has a fold to 3-bet of 82%, so I assume that if I raise I will get 4-bet with better, called rarely OOP with a hand that has to improve or he folds (which is the same result as ATC raise). So a fold or call is my thinking. I call.
Generally looking for feedback on playing out of the blinds as this is an area where I am often unsure what is the best play.
Generally looking for feedback on playing out of the blinds as this is an area where I am often unsure what is the best play.
Flop
($6.00)
5
4
J
(3 Players)
Hero checks,
BB bets $1,
BN folds,
Hero raises to $4,
BB calls $3
Not a bad flop, but no plan on donking flop. But BB essentially donks and I read this as a worse hand than mine.
Turn
($14.00)
5
4
J
9
(2 Players)
Hero bets $6.52,
BB raises to $14,
Hero calls $7.48
Can get villain to call with worse, so I bet. The raise confuses me as I was confident he was not strong. So I do what I hate. Call. Villain is fishy 25/4. 0 3-bet, 0 CR. Should have been a clue.
River
($42.00)
5
4
J
9
3
(2 Players)
Hero checks,
BB checks
Final Pot
Villain turns over 95o
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as played, preflop i don't mind calling but i'd very much like knowing villains steal%, if it's low.. i'll 3bet/fold my hand because it will be too hard to play our hand OOP with reverse implied odds, if it's high then calling is fine.
turn i would definitely cbet stronger.. villain looks like a fish and you want to value all of his draws he can have, i would of cbet/folded something like 10.50$.. as played since you made it so small i'm probably calling but definitely check/folding most rivers depending on his bet sizing.
you want to call JTs against someone that has a high steal% because he can be opening from the BTN a lot of worst Jx/Tx, so playing it postflop becomes more easy and you won't have to worry as much about reverse implied odds (a bit still but not as much)
If you're not sure about which flops to cbet against 3bet calling ranges, just download flopzilla you'll have a 7day free trial, it's fairly simple to use and it should help you a lot, it's a very good program overall too.
27% isn't a high steal from BTN at all.. so i'd guess your opponent is nitty, i'm very surprised to see him with this hand there, sample size could be an explanation/issue tho.
TLDR: JTs should never show a profit playing it OOP against tag/nitty opponents that open steal a strong capped/polarized range, in single raised pots. However it's very easy to play it OOP against LAG opponents or TAGs have have a high steal%, in single raised pots.
While the opposite for both, in 3bet pots.. it becomes very easy to play against nits/tight tags as you narrow down their range even more and cap it to almost strong hands only, which will get paid off when you hit something strong, two pairs, flush, straights etc when they don't expect you to show up with those hands, however you will never want to barrel off if you hit TP against them without specific reads.
kind of a long TLDR :(
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