Micro stakes: Is my thought process correct?
Posted by hman1992
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hman1992
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Micro stakes: Is my thought process correct?
Blinds: $0.01/$0.02 (6 Players)
BN: $1.73
SB: $4.96
BB: $2.00
UTG: $2.02
MP: $2.10 (Hero)
CO: $2.11
SB: $4.96
BB: $2.00
UTG: $2.02
MP: $2.10 (Hero)
CO: $2.11
No reads. 87bb effective stacks.
Preflop
($0.03)
Hero is MP with
A
2
, , , ,
Suited A in an unopened pot. I believe this is a standard open from MP considering effective stacks. Plan to fold to any 3bet larger than 6bb.
Flop
($0.19)
A
5
6
, ,
Dry flop so i'm not worried about protection. I try to c-bet a polarized range so I think this is a good spot to check my weak TP and strengthen my turn range in spots where I check flop. Also my hand isn't strong enough to go three streets.
Turn
($0.19)
A
5
6
A
, , ,
After it checks through and BB checks again I think i've usually got the best hand and now want start getting value from all spade draws, TT-77, 44-22, 5x, 6x, 78,89,34,23. Is my bet sizing ok in this spot? Would appreciate advice on optimal size in this spot.
River
($0.39)
A
5
6
A
T
, , ,
All draws brick and after BB checks again I believe i'm still good. TT gets there but not certain it's in villain's range as they would likely squeeze preflop. I choose a small sizing but don't have great reasons for that so once again advice is appreciated. With the way villain played the hand I think the c/r is a response to my small bet sizing and could be a bluff. Is this a call or fold?
This is my standard thought process during a hand. I would appreciate any advice on whether this is incorrect or if i'm not considering things I should be. Also advice on the river spot would be appreciated. Thanks
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Looks good. You are hoping for a crying call from a T or so OTR. Def fold to a raise.
Easy river call. We block an A and none of everything that bricked. Villain also repping extremely narrow with a range that can be discounted when he doesn't cr turn.
Would also call on the river. BB does not really rep anything, could have bricked flush draw . Turn bet is fine in terms of size and so is river. When you bet in general, think about what he is going to call with.
In theory id say this is a call for reasons stated above. However at 2NL you have to adapt to the playerpool. Do you feel a 2NL player is capable of check raising a bluff here? If i was in your shoes im snap folding and not feeling bad here at all. Your reasoning is good, weaker players at 2NL love calling offsuit broadways and connectors from BTN and SB. Can get called by all suited and offsuit combos of kt, qt, jt, 9t. Also get called by lower pocket pairs because 2NL players think very linear, "he cant have an ace here since he would bet that on the flop, he is bluffing " would be there thought process. Also this is at the bottom of your value betting range on river, i suppose you could also be value betting on river qq jj kk if you were to check back turn and he checks river.
Im very interested to see if the turn would be a good spot to overbet here. Would love to know what people think. I suppose sometimes it wouldnt since we need to be repping a more polar range and its hard to do that once we check flop?
We can value bet pairs less than Ax ott making an overbet not great. If we wanted to overbet AX and bluffs we would need to either forfeit betting QQ type hands completely ott or use multiple sizings which can be bad here. Also it's not exactly a spot players can't have Ax either so we need to be careful w sizing ott. Lastly, if we wanted to overbet the turn we would probably need to be checking strong Ax+ on the flop which we don't want to be doing.
I think your sizings in this hand are fine. River can be slighty larger but against the range you are targeting your size is fine. If you folded the river that would be the only issue with this hand in my opinion.
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