How much history / dynamic to attack capped ranges?

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How much history / dynamic to attack capped ranges?

HJ: $103.55 (Hero)
CO: $104.15
BN: $64.20
SB: $65.70
BB: $25.50
UTG: $32.80
Preflop ($0.75) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt K J
UTG folds, Hero raises to $1.50, CO folds, BN calls $1.50, SB folds, BB folds
Flop ($3.75) J 5 4 (2 Players)
Hero bets $2.50, BN calls $2.50
Turn ($8.75) J 5 4 T (2 Players)
Hero bets $6.35, BN calls $6.35
River ($21.45) J 5 4 T A (2 Players)
Hero checks, BN bets $10.50, Hero raises to $93.20, and is all in, BN folds
Final Pot
Hero wins $40.35
So i have been attacking a bunch of capped ranges and weak bet sizing lately, over the last 120K hands i am 50+ buyins below EV which has made the task of sorting out whether some of my losing plays have been good plays badly timed or texturally good plays (as i believe this hand is) but at the wrong time / with the wrong dynamic.

So i am looking to analyse a few spots that occur and work out whether i am being to optimistic with my bluffs. Villain in this hand has a wide call otb, and a reasonably standard fold to C-bet. For this reason (plus i have a blocker) its pretty hard for him to show up with KQ here. Only way would be a float by KQdd or KQss, which i don't expect him to do all the time. Also his 1/2PSB otr is not the standard size that unbalanced low stakes fish take with the nuts when checked to. Now i expect him to have AJ here a decent amount, and its gonna be tough to make him fold that, which could be the thing against this play imo. Kinda expect him to raise sets by the turn given the number of draws and our stack depth.

What kinda stats / tendencies would you be looking for when making this kind of river plan for a villain???

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chigah 12 years, 2 months ago
Not a fan of this hand to be honest. I think villain has a very hard time folding a better hand and wont ever call worse. Villain still has AJ in his range along with Kq so its gonna be hard to make him fold since a lot of his other pairs will be AX that has two pair.
EmanuelC16 12 years, 2 months ago
What about 3 barrels for value in this hand? AJ more unlikely... KJ has better value... Check/raising in a spot where you barrel your value and his range is not that capped (KQ, sets don always raise turn) is bad imo.
Parker Muir 12 years, 2 months ago
I think you can go right a head and help yourself to a bluff here when he makes it this size, while check-folding to something much bigger. Definitely can get JT, A5, A4, Axh, all to fold. You block both AJ and KQ (which is already unlikely for reasons you said).

Looks like a good choice of spot/hand/opponent bet size to attack for me.
chigah 12 years, 2 months ago
Going to have to disagree with you, I don't think villains bet/fold 2p here at 50nl. I think they are more likely to bet/call A5 A4 AJ. I guess JT is the only reasonable hand that folds (but at least some JT will raise the turn).
mike 12 years, 2 months ago
i think villains range after call-call-bet is:

1) busted draws in which case there is no reason to bluff

2) AJ, Ah4h, and the occasional slow played 45/JT/set, and KQ and bluffing into this range is not going to get enough folds vs average 50NLH reg - they might sometimes fold say JT or 54 everything else is calling and i think the 45/JT hands are a small part of river range as they are more likely to have raise flop or turn.

3) AhXh - i think the bluff works vs this part of his range but i don't think there are always in PF calling range and turn calling range so we need to discount them a bit and they are sometimes checking back on river with weak AhXh

i still don't think i like river XR bluff but this might be closer than i first thought - got to get equilab on my labtop :)
John Mackay 12 years, 2 months ago
Does anyone like trying to bluff a tightish decent tag off trips ion a spot like this??? http://weaktight.com/5415288
vanity02 12 years, 2 months ago
I take this line alot, it works really well vs regs in my opinion. A few things about this hand that is different though and I feel like it works better overall. When playing vs a reg, the board pairs and is dry I like to raise about 2-2.5x vs your jam. It looks more like tiny value bet. Makes it really hard for them to call with a large portion of their value range and we can do with pretty much our whole range. I'll look for some examples and post it. I havn't tried doing it on a wet board like the one you show, I feel like unless we know villains range really well and tendancies we could be spewing money if not careful.

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