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Tough spot with JJ OOP in 3bet pot.

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Tough spot with JJ OOP in 3bet pot.

BN: $129.96
SB: $25 (Hero)
BB: $26.42
UTG: $25.74
HJ: $35.96
CO: $25.34
Preflop ($0.35) (6 Players)
Hero was dealt J J
UTG folds, HJ raises to $0.50, CO folds, BN folds, Hero raises to $2.20, BB folds, HJ calls $1.70
Flop ($4.75) 9 9 4 (2 Players)
Hero bets $3, HJ calls $3
Turn ($10.75) 9 9 4 A (2 Players)
Hero checks, HJ bets $7.25
Hero?

So when villain peels my c-bet IP, I think his range is mostly hands like 88, TT, QQ, sometimes 89s, 9Ts, and A9s, and sometimes floats with AK and AQ. I didn't really want to barrel this A myself because I thought I'd probably get him to fold everything worse and just call with his 9x and Ax hands. So when he bets big here it's a pretty tough spot because all his Ax floats got there, and I don't really see him betting this large with hands that I beat, which are going to check back a large % of the time anyway. So did I take a good line here? and how should I procede on the turn?

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Hoothoot 11 years, 10 months ago

if I 3bet any smaller it's hardly even going to be worth it. I shouldn't really let him see a flop cheaper IP just because he decided to open min, should I?

PhilG86 11 years, 10 months ago

I agree that he would probably fold out everything that you beat to a turn bet and only call when you're behind unless he decides to get sticky with the hands afiguy mentioned. However, I like betting on the turn probably just over half pot as it should hit your range strongly and will allow you to set your price to see the river. I think if I get called or raised I'm probably giving up on most rivers. The problem with checking is it is just asking to be taken advantage of. If I was in the villain's shoes I would see your check as most likely an underpair or a weak ace and apply a lot of pressure on the turn and river.

TimDog 11 years, 10 months ago

If we have no reads on Villain and you assume that he might be a reg than i think you should bet 2.8$ on the Flop and 4-5$ on this Turn. Obviously he will have a hard time calling with his med Pairs but nonetheless you should valuebet. You just cant turn your hand into a Bluffcatcher on a perceived Scarecard that his YOUR Range better than his. 

Obv you can also bet KQ KJ JT as a bluff. I think a bet of whatever size (up to pot) is bettr than a check without reads.

As played i just fold to this bet. He would need to bluff with 55 33 66 etc and floated Broadway Hands  i dont think we can assume that . (also given your rel. big preflop 3b)

Hoothoot 11 years, 10 months ago

yeah I agree that betting turn is important for defending my bluffing range. The question is will that compensate for the times that I'm value-towing myself vs his Ax floats and his sticky QQs. But yeah as played it needs to be a c/f I think cause sure sometimes he'll sense weakness and blow me off the best hand here, but he won't always bluff, and that's the important thing. A large % of the hands that I beat are checking back here, which means his betting range is probably weighted towards value bets, not bluffs.

BigFiszh 11 years, 10 months ago

TimDog nailed it pretty much.

Nevertheless I have to criticize that NO single information on Villain was given. It would really help if you told us anything you know on Villain. Even an information of 10/8 over 8 hands would be more than zero information. I can´t believe that 90% of the hands posted here happen when Villain played the very first hand.

Obviously in this hand any additional information (if available) like WTSD, W$SD, WWSF, AF, fcb, rcb, f2b would be helpful.

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