Is this how Pro's think when playing a PLO hand?
Posted by Joe Tonkin
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Joe Tonkin
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Is this how Pro's think when playing a PLO hand?
BB: Dii" marce18: $2.50
UTG: samaleks: $2.39
HJ: gnideox: $5
CO: Cauchy10: $7.03
BN: melacmil1899: $8.45
SB: tigertonkin: $11.83
UTG: samaleks: $2.39
HJ: gnideox: $5
CO: Cauchy10: $7.03
BN: melacmil1899: $8.45
SB: tigertonkin: $11.83
Ok, I have watched Melacmil1899 raise every un-opened pot on the BN. Plus his VPIP is sky high. Must be around 75% of hands. I haven't got my HUD working but everyone else is playing super tight, so I know I can widen my range on this guy.
Preflop
($0.07)
(6 Players)
tigertonkin was dealt
K
A
8
T
samaleks folds, gnideox folds, Cauchy10 folds, melacmil1899 raises to $0.15, tigertonkin raises to $0.50, Dii" marce18 folds, melacmil1899 calls $0.35
samaleks folds, gnideox folds, Cauchy10 folds, melacmil1899 raises to $0.15, tigertonkin raises to $0.50, Dii" marce18 folds, melacmil1899 calls $0.35
So I get dealt my hand and decide that if it folds to the BN, I am going to 3 bet his raise. My hands ok and I am pretty sure its above his range. If I get 4 bet I will call as I am OOP.. Anyway I do 3 bet to the size of the pot and he calls.
Flop
($1.07)
A
J
2
(2 Players)
tigertonkin bets $0.85,
melacmil1899 calls $0.85
Obviously I hit this flop pretty nicely, and decide to C-bet just over 3/4 of the pot. The BN calls which I then try to elimate cards from his hand such as (Trips & 2 pairs, which I think he would probably re-raise with.)
Turn
($2.77)
A
J
2
8
(2 Players)
tigertonkin checks,
melacmil1899 bets $1.50,
tigertonkin calls $1.50
The turn hits my nut flush draw. This is where I used to just bet out or try to check raise for value but decide because he plays LAG and to make myself look weak that I will check/call his bet with the plan to take it on the river. I thought here that he may have hit A 8 but other than that I put him on a draw with a hand like 10 9 X X or maybe the Q flush/weak flush. The fact I had K 10 d in my hand I didnt want to bet to scare him off he did have the flush
River
($5.77)
A
J
2
8
J
(2 Players)
tigertonkin checks,
melacmil1899 bets $5.51,
tigertonkin raises to $8.98, and is all in,
melacmil1899 calls $0.09, and is all in
The rivercard was a massive Scarecard for me and he basically bet all-in. So I ran through the hands in my head and felt if he had A J or trips he would of raised on the flop so I called feeling confident my flush was good.
Final Pot
tigertonkin has
K
A
8
T
melacmil1899 has
T
2
7
T
tigertonkin
wins $16.25
I also didn't think 'what does he think I have'. (But do I need to think like this at this micro-level?) I feel like I do need to because if I don't I will fall into a trap and get owned at higher levels.
1) Is this how you should be thinking throughout a hand?
2) What else do I need to focus on or leaks to fix to improve my game?
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back to what i was saying, when he bets the turn, he's either got a flush or doesnt, sets are out cause they raise, two pair is out cause it either raises the flop or if he's playing cautious then he's checking the turn, so betting is air or flush, (and yes id say one pair is no better than air in this situation), so when he bets the Jd, he's now doing one of two things, he's either bluffing or has the nuts, he could of had a hand like J2hhQ4dd, all you have to do is figure out would he have played his nuts like this....it depends on how raise happy this guy is.....it wouldn't take long to realise what he likes to do, if you figure out hes raising 2pair with the second nut flush before the paired board hits on the river then its a easy call/shove against this villain...
and to answer part 2)
reads, when he has it, does he just call in position and raise the river...or with his monsters does he like to raise, etc, how often is he turning his 2 pair hands into a bluff, or how often is he not raising the flop with sets, basic stuff like that makes rivers alot easier,
He might be a player that like to peel off the flop with a set and hope for a blank on the turn, didn't get one but wasn't ready to fold, might of been folding to a blank on the river...if he has these tendencies then its less of a call...etc etc.
Please heart if you liked it or let me know where i went wrong if you didnt :)
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If he was good LAG player but played tricky flop having AJ at least, you would be in problem with your turn play. Aggressive players can sometimes play dodgy....Firstly I would have bet full pot on flop.
Then, I would either:
(a) bet full pot turn and check call the river if the board pairs
(b) check raise the turn ( I would consider even check-raise to cca 3$ if he bets half pot i.e. 1,5$ and by this "min-raise" induce his ALL IN bluff or whatever)
That's just how I see it, doesn't need to be "way to play".....
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