Live:2/4/8 straddle, question!

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Live:2/4/8 straddle, question!

Hello to all!

I played a hand yesterday witch got me thinking about my overall game.

About vilain and the hand:

9 handed live 2/4/8 where 8 is a mandatory straddle.

Vilain is one of the more looser and agressive players at the table, if i need to break down his preflop numbers i think he is somewhere in the range of 68/30/5 or something, and he overvalues hands in general.

On to the hand:

eff stack is 950 euro

a straddle and 2 calls, i'm in the hijack with QQ64ds and decide to call, 2 other calls, Vilain in the SB make's a small raise to 32 euro, and everyone calls.

Flop: QQAr, pot is 198 euro

Vilain bet's small 60 euro, all fold except me

Turn: 4d, bringin an FD, pot is 318 euro

Vilain checks, i decide to bet 1/3 pot, to keep in Ax , maybe some FD's and SD's , in hindsight i think i should have bet bigger.

River: 2, pot is 518 euro

vilain checks, i bet 240, close to half pot and vilain calls, vilain tables AAxx for the nutboat and i was amazed that the money did not go in at some point!

Question:

Vilain is def a thinking player and maybe this is a bit of a broad question to awnser, but what in you're opinion does this say about the way i play in general?

My general playing style is tight/agressive, since i think that's the best way to aproach loose/passive game's

All comments are welcome!


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TakeVitaminD 11 years, 3 months ago

I think you played it well. His range is really weak on the turn especially with your blockers so I like the small bet. Same reasoning on the river I think his range is really weak. You can't rep a bluff really on the river. Obviously he took a weird line on the flop turn and river.

PlasticLime 11 years, 3 months ago

If I put myself in villian spot, I believe the bet on the flop is a feeler/induce a raise bet. I know it is unlikely anyone has an Ace, and any queen is going to call me.  Your turn bet actually in my eyes looks pretty strong, and villian must have sensed something judging the way he plays his hand from the turn on. If your image is tight aggro I feel like QQ is a large part of your range here, you being later in position I would have a TAG players range QQxx+ mid wrap hands. I feel like villian can read your hand well, and knows he isn't getting value from anything but AQ which is as likely as QQ which he doesn't beat. Villian probably knows you aren't betting a bare queen that often after just flatting a small flop bet. So I don't think it is about your table image necessarily, I think its about villians ability to put you on a narrow range.

Eckesach 11 years, 3 months ago

Can't believe you got no stacks in with quads vrs overfull.

Feels that you either were giving away a huge tell that you had a monster (understandably with quads deep to get exited) or that the villain is a very strong player. Yust curious where you played btw :)

 


limpinski 11 years, 3 months ago

Well, i don't know either, vilain def. is a thinking player, and what i presume is that he viewed my turnbetting range as strong since there is so little i can bet for value except AQx, that said, i still dont get why stacks did not go in on the river
as for where i play, Holland casino, Amsterdam, the Netherlands

and thanks for the feedback guy's

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