Bluffraise Spot at river with naked Ace 3-way
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Bluffraise Spot at river with naked Ace 3-way
Blinds: $0.10/$0.25 (6 Players)
UTG: $62.72
MP: $20.78
CO: $14.91
BN: $9.28
SB: $26.91 (Hero)
BB: $47.17
MP: $20.78
CO: $14.91
BN: $9.28
SB: $26.91 (Hero)
BB: $47.17
UTG is huge fish, 90/30/9. Others are somehow decent regulars from vpip and pfr stats.
Preflop
($0.35)
Hero is SB with
J
A
9
A
, , , , , ,
I obiously had an excellent hand and my betsizing was a little bit odd.
I expected that hand would become 3-way, regardless if I bet or not, but my hand would be more face up.
I decided to bet smaller, to avoid the annoying PSR where I feel committed and villains often hit better and stack me. So I wanted to bet a bit smaller and also hoped that fish would reraise with KKxx.
I expected that hand would become 3-way, regardless if I bet or not, but my hand would be more face up.
I decided to bet smaller, to avoid the annoying PSR where I feel committed and villains often hit better and stack me. So I wanted to bet a bit smaller and also hoped that fish would reraise with KKxx.
Flop
($7.00)
K
8
6
, ,
This is exactly the flop I hate with AA, especially 3-way. No glue how to play it. Against two opponents I don't feel like stacking off. I also hate to give free cards.
I also don't like to bet once and then give up and open great bluffing spots for villains. I probably would have folded to PSB and called 1/2 pots.
I also don't like to bet once and then give up and open great bluffing spots for villains. I probably would have folded to PSB and called 1/2 pots.
Turn
($7.00)
K
8
6
Q
, ,
Was planning to check-fold
River
($7.00)
K
8
6
Q
4
, , ,
Here I got the blocker and I felt that the stab was somehow weak.
Problem was that the raiser was 90/30/9 fish. I suspected that he wont fold to small raise.
I know that my line is suspicious as with Aces with two diamonds I would have not played it that passively. I also suspected that fish won't think it that way.
I had no glue how 90/30/10 fish will think it in that spot. I expected to get called with K-high flush and maybe get folds from smaller ones. Though I have been called by sets too in similar spots. I find it difficult to decide whether this is a good move or just stupid way to loose much in the long run.
Problem was that the raiser was 90/30/9 fish. I suspected that he wont fold to small raise.
I know that my line is suspicious as with Aces with two diamonds I would have not played it that passively. I also suspected that fish won't think it that way.
I had no glue how 90/30/10 fish will think it in that spot. I expected to get called with K-high flush and maybe get folds from smaller ones. Though I have been called by sets too in similar spots. I find it difficult to decide whether this is a good move or just stupid way to loose much in the long run.
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id worry about having low fold equity against fish...
Preflop: I pot my 3bets OOP, while sizing down IP, as I'm 3betting a stronger range OOP anyway. I'm not super confident in this aspect of my game, but just as my personal feedback, there you have it.
I think there's a case to be made that your AA here isn't so strong that you want it to go multiway postflop, so betting bigger to maybe push MP out could be good. (Again, not super confident here, so I'm open to other ideas.)
Flop: Correct: this is a bad flop for us. So I'm turning my hand into a bluff here. KK is totally credible as a holding for us and we block the nut flush draw. I'm betting like 2/3rds pot and folding to a raise. Don't feel bad about folding unimproved AA in PLO, especially OOP.
Turn: I think check/fold is okay but I like bet/fold a lot more. They both checked the flop, so they're ostensibly not enthusiastic about their hands. UTG is probably not super positionally aware, otherwise this KQ board is going to be hitting their opening range a lot.
I like this as a bluff spot that has outs to the nuts.
River:
"Problem was that the raiser was 90/30/9 fish. I suspected that he wont fold to small raise."
You had me at "I suspected that he wont fold".
I like bet/fold a heck of a lot more than check/raise here.
Your raise is super suspicious after three checks on this runout, and I won't be surprised if villain calls as light as 75 without diamonds here. Maybe even 44, honestly. And I'm never counting on him to fold any flush.
I started to bluff the naked ace sometimes at first in plo25. You gotta put a lot of pressure to make it work (rarely). By lot of pressure I mean pot/check raise/pot kinda of lines. But with one raise, I think you lose money in average, especially against a 90/30.
I personally tend to only use the naked ace as added encouragement to make a move that I had other reasons to make.
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