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Interesting turn spot with nuts and redraw against weak range

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Interesting turn spot with nuts and redraw against weak range

UTG: Jon Doe: $0
LJ: Chicharitoe: $120.28
HJ: L.Skola1: $86
CO: lucylooose: $134.39
BN: Jrd222b: $100
SB: coschou: $31
BB: philnat: $193.64
Preflop ($1.50) (6 Players)
Jrd222b was dealt A 2 J T
Chicharitoe folds, L.Skola1 folds, lucylooose raises to $3.50, Jrd222b calls $3.50, coschou calls $3, philnat calls $2.50
Flop ($14.00) K Q 9 (4 Players)
coschou checks, philnat checks, lucylooose checks, Jrd222b bets $8.50, coschou calls $8.50, philnat folds, lucylooose calls $8.50
Turn ($39.50) 7 (3 Players)
coschou bets $19, lucylooose calls $19, Jrd222b raises to $88, lucylooose folds
River ($165.50) 4 (2 Players)
Final Pot
coschou has 8 7 Q 9 Jrd222b has A 2 J T Jrd222b wins $93.70 , Jrd222b wins $69

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Phil Galfond 12 years, 3 months ago
I think heading to the river with a dry sidepot is a bad idea, though I understand where you're coming from.

At least on the turn, you get to protect your hand or make him call with poor equity (as well as somehow get it in against JT, though he shouldn't have it, as you said).

I'd either pot the turn, or make a small-medium raise. At least that way there's a pot to bluff into on the river.

Unfortunately, there's just no good way to make much money here no matter what you do. Nice hand.
jloo87 12 years, 3 months ago
why pot the turn when our range is so strong raising here? wouldn't a smaller raise size be better as our range is so strong? I always think that when ever i am in a spot where i my range is skewed towards value than bluffs i should be betting smaller.
pacmang 12 years, 3 months ago
Phil I remember in your videos and even Hac's video that states how if we never bluff a spot we should always pot to give the worst odds.

I feel like after a all in lead and a call we would never raise here w/out a value hand. so wouldn't a small raise look even stronger? is it fine to just pot shove here with all the hands we want to continue with?
Lenny Seward 12 years, 3 months ago
To junzhong's point, if villain is thinking he should realize we're not bluffing into a dry side pot, so IMO any raise looks strong it's just a matter of villain calling or folding. That being said, I agree with Sam that a min-raise here would be very good because we get a little extra value from him and the river will be very easy to play IP.
Phil Galfond 12 years, 3 months ago
@pac good point. I think that it's possible we could convince him we are trying to isolate with a less than stellar hand, but in all likelihood he'd see through this. Just potting it is probably best.
Tom Coldwell 12 years, 3 months ago
If you think he's basically a bad passive player with a weak range, but likely to fold most of it to a shove, what about a small raise?

He probably holds some trashy draws - mainly flushes + gutters - two pair + gutters, and the occasional set (I feel this is by far the least likely option). This means that the majority of the time he will have substantially less than 20% equity. Therefore, if you raised small to maybe $45-$50, he would still be making an error calling, but may be more able to convince himself it's ok.

On top of this, such a small raise, when called, also gives you the benefit that you can put the rest in on the river giving villain such good odds that he'll feel compelled to pay off FAR more often than with the dry sidepot which exists when you just call. We almost certainly get to stack him if he makes a flush at the very least, something which should make up for those times we just can't get away when he fills up, although if he's truly this passive, maybe we can find a hero fold (unless it's a flush pairing card, I grudgingly click call on those).

Interested to see what others think, but I don't think I'm a fan of calling. Whether I'm raise>shove or shove>raise I'm undecided, although I am currently leaning towards a smaller raise just because this guy seems like a passive drooler who might just click call if it's cheap and it's always nice to force people to actually make a mistake.
Sam Lang 12 years, 3 months ago
Vs. this player where I am not too concerned with balance, I think a very small raise, perhaps even a CiB would be good. doubt a weak passive player will fold two pair to a minraise, where with your sizing they might, and might even end up calling otr if they're really bad.
pacmang 12 years, 3 months ago
I agree its safe to say that he never has JT but you're not really raising much back into him. I think I'd just get it in here with the $ in the middle
homer5554 12 years, 3 months ago
I like the flop sizing with your hand, most people make the mistake to bet very hard here and chase weaker flushdraws away. I think the only option on the turn is to raise here. But if you think lucyloose is very loose with his flushdraws (or two pair with weak flushdraw) i would raise a smaller amount like 62 (or even smaller) on the turn. Preflop is standard.

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