The whole is worse than the sum of its parts?
Posted by phil long
Posted by phil long posted in Mid Stakes
The whole is worse than the sum of its parts?
Sometimes I play a hand and during the hand I have good reasons for making the decision I make on each street but after the hand I look back and it doesn't feel right, like I must have made a mistake somewhere but I can't always see where.
Below is an example of one of these hands. Sorry I don't have a HH, it was played on a site where HUDs dont work. It was played at £1.5/3 which i guess is about $2.5/5.
HU against a reg, main reads are that 1) he doesn't like to fold much, but this is mainly when i have initiative and am barrelling 2) he bets merged with a lot of hands that he just doesnt want to check, so that when he does check he is very weak
At this point he was tilted and 3 betting 40-50% of hands.
Effective stacks 300
I open button to 6 with K4cc, he 3bets BB to 24, I flat
Flop ATTcds
He cbets 60% pot, I call. I figure I'm ahead of his range and im very protected on this board so he can't barrel relentlessly.
Turn 8d
He bets 60% pot again and I call. Here I feel like most players check Ax but barrel Tx and draws. On this turn he picks up a lot of straight and flush draws so my K high is good. I'm also protected on rivers with a ton of Ax and Tx that I play this way 100% of the time. This opponent is more likely to just bet like A2 on the turn which is bad for me, but he is still in a very difficult spot on rivers
River 2d
He checks. At this point I have so few bluffs and have all Tx, a ton of Axd and the broadway diamond combos that I feel like I have to shove my hand. He may play AJ this way and then call to protect his range but my range is so strong and I am at the bottom of it with K4cc so I have to shove.
So I end up getting to the river with K high with no previous draw and shove my stack in, which in hindsight sounds ridiculous, but in the hand I feel like I had good reasons for each street. Thoughts?
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