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Is this just a cooler?

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Is this just a cooler?

Blinds: $0.05/$0.10 (6 Players) BN: $25.36
SB: $10.35
BB: $18.62
UTG: $10.00
MP: $29.47
CO: $17.38 (Hero)
Not much on villain. 29 hands. has played 11/0 so far with no postflop action to speak of
Preflop ($0.15) Hero is CO with T K
UTG raises to $0.25, MP folds, Hero calls $0.25, BN folds, SB calls $0.20, BB calls $0.15
I give the UTG open range some respect and elect to flat rather than 3bet
Flop ($1.06) 7 8 Q
SB checks, BB bets $0.10, UTG raises to $1.00, Hero calls $1.00, SB folds, BB folds
Easy call in position think with an over card, FD and BDSD. Villain raising the min donk bet as pre-flop aggressor doesnt narrow his range that much
Turn ($3.16) 7 8 Q 3
UTG bets $2.23, Hero calls $2.23
Again, an easy call here having made my flush
River ($7.62) 7 8 Q 3 9
UTG bets $6.51 and is all in, Hero calls $6.51
Final Pot UTG wins and shows a flush, Ace high.
CO lost and shows a flush, King high.
UTG wins $19.71
Rake is $0.93

When he shoved the river i just knew i was running a K high flush into an A high one, but called it off. There is a chance he plays a lower flush, straight or maybe even a set this aggressively, but mainly i'd be expecting him to slow down with something worse than mine

Should i have played this differently at any stage?

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BigFiszh 4 years, 8 months ago

I give the UTG open range some respect [...]

Not enough, obviously. ;-) Fold preflop. Nothing good comes from playing a highly dominated hand with little to no cooler potential. Three remaining active players add up to the negative list.

Rest is a subsequent fault.

DNegs98 4 years, 8 months ago

I think folding KTs here is a bit too tight, I would rather 3B than flat due to the ability to fold out dominating offsuit Kx and also some Axs that dominates your suit, also rake and the fact that you're only going to face 4B from very strong hands so that you can comfortably fold but I think call is still making money assuming a good understanding of post flop to go with this decision. If the advice is to tighten up to make life easier due to hero not being familiar enough with the post flop spots that they're likely to encounter then I think that's reasonable to suggest but is different to saying that there's no way to make money with this hand.

Also just in answer to the initial post poker doesn't revolve entirely around bad outcome avoidance, if you 3B, get 4B and have to fold then that sucks but also you were almost certainly dominated it's not the end of the world, most of the time this doesn't happen and you end up in a favourable situation where you either take down the pot pre or get to play post vs a capped player who is likely to play very face up.

darren2607 4 years, 8 months ago

Thanks. Interesting points here. I felt folding was too tight, but you are right that I am going to be playing a pretty dominated range even in position

Samu Patronen 4 years, 8 months ago

Preflop sims that I've seen play this hand UTG vs CO as a 3bet, but it's possible that a tight UTG open and high rake make this a fold.

Rest is fine, folding river would be a fairly big mistake.

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