NL100 ZOOM - line check squeezed pot

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NL100 ZOOM - line check squeezed pot

BN: $101.50
SB: $195.48 (Hero)
BB: $100
UTG: $189.36
HJ: $113.59
CO: $380.49
HJ over 100 hands is playing 18/17 but has Rfi stat 38% from HIJ with 100% ft3b so far.
CO is loose reg 27/21/9% 3b and 80% fold to 3b. (305 hands)
Preflop ($1.50) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt A 8
UTG folds, HJ raises to $3, CO calls $3, BN folds, Hero raises to $12.50, BB folds, HJ folds, CO calls $9.50
100bb I think its pretty much perfect squeeze spot. Do we still like it when CO is deep with us?
Flop ($29.50) 9 3 8 (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO checks
Since he folds to 3b so much I thought his range was most likely PP's, maybe some SC's 78s+, ATs+.

Flop seems standard check planning to x/c.
Turn ($29.50) 9 3 8 T (2 Players)
Hero checks, CO bets $18.35, Hero folds
Not the best card for us given the range we assigned him. Standard x/f ?
Final Pot
CO wins $27.70

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Chael Sonnen 11 years, 3 months ago

Squeeze is fine give pre-flop fold equity, but make it bigger next time. You'd normally go 10.5 against one player, so just add the amount of the flatter, so 13.5.
Given that the most likely player to continue is the CO, whom you are nearly 200BB deep against, you should squeeze bigger than your regular size.

Flop checks looks good. Not sure he raises the flop too often, but you'll get floated by any weak draw or overs a lot, and it's hard to go from there. Sucks you don't have any blockers to his gutshots etc., but bet-calling puts you in tougher spots than check-calling.

Do you have more reads on CO? Does he stab any draw here once you check? If he does, then he won't hit the T super often, but if he checks back some hands like QTs, you're in trouble.
It is pretty gross, but I like your folds. Versus any gutshot, flush draw, overs you are not ahead by much, and he has a ton of cards to bluff on.

Check-calling is worst imo, check-raising makes little sense, so it's bet-fold or check-fold.
I think checking is best, hoping to get to showdown. And just fold once he bets the turn.

James Hudson 11 years, 3 months ago

I'd call the turn. You're getting a decent price and a bunch of his 10x (not that he's gonna have tons) bet the flop. Anything better than 10x almost always bets the flop too.

Hova 11 years, 3 months ago

I didn't feel like I could call the river profitably as well though. Do you think he's giving up enough considering how weak we look?

James Hudson 11 years, 3 months ago
You're not supposed to be calling the river with every hand that gets there though. Your range should, ideally, be narrowing by street and if we never get to the river with a hand that folds then there's no incentive for villains to bluff.


Hova 11 years, 3 months ago

Yeah but in this spot I can't think of any hands I call turn and river with once checking twice so I will likely get barrelled a bunch. 

like if my whole range is x/c'n once and folding river I feel like I should make it as small as possible? so like maybe AJo,J8s, Q9s stuff because at least they have outs? idk


James Hudson 11 years, 3 months ago
Ideally, you should have at least some stronger hands in your range. If you feel like you don't have any hands in your range that can call twice after checking twice on this board it might be an idea to re-examine your ranges. It's not necessarily a problem to have a weak range in certain circumstances but it makes your life easier and makes you harder to play against if you don't telegraph your hand strength when you take passive actions. 


SPrince 11 years, 3 months ago

It`s not a perfect squeeze spot due to stacks depth, otherwise it would be :).I like how you played the rest of the hand.

Samspeed 11 years, 3 months ago

Definitly if you dont feel confy continuing with ur hand better fold on the earlier streets to avoid tough decisions on the river

TimDog 11 years, 3 months ago

I dont think that he expects you to just c/f on a low semiconnected Flop. You rep the usual AJ+, 9x, 8x.. so i think he just tries to realize his equity or bluff some runouts. You do get a decent price on the turn but its a card that improves a big part of his flatting range  JT QT AT 9T 67 QJ..  so he def has a good amount of valuecombos and can bluff accordingly + he basically can u bluff u on most rivers since your range is capped.

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