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PLO 100 HU

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PLO 100 HU

BB: $142 (Hero)
SB: $181.75
Preflop ($1.50) (2 Players)
Hero was dealt 9 T Q 9
SB raises to $3, Hero calls $2
Flop ($6.50) 8 J K (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB checks
Turn ($6.50) 8 J K A (2 Players)
Hero bets $4.50, SB raises to $15, Hero raises to $42, SB calls $27
River ($95.00) 8 J K A 7 (2 Players)
Hero checks, SB bets $90
Villian is fish, who dont bluff alot, but when he have strong hand, he did big raise, so here he can have some semibluff with drow, but i dont sure in this read. Also last time in big pot he bet 1/2 pot with fullhouse (but it was not nuts fullhouse) on the river. Should i raise bigger turn here and how to play river?

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Eddie Spencer-Small 12 years, 3 months ago
Personally, I would 3 bet OOP pre, as it gives you the initiative with a playable non-nutty hand, and it will define his range, depending on if he 4bets or calls. You can then c-bet the flop and take it down a fair amount of the time.

In your scenario, I dont think betting bigger on the turn would achieve anything, I think he would still be calling with his entire range.

Due to the river card, (considering he doesnt bluff often) I think its profitable to put out a blocker bet of around $30-35. This way, he will call with his entire range that you beat and he will only raise if he has a big flush. By checking the river, you give him the opportunity of bluffing, and even though you have stated he doesnt bluff a lot, this is a very obvious situation in which to bluff, so by putting out a smallish bet, it will take away the opportunity to bluff profitably..
Phil Galfond 12 years, 3 months ago
Nice post, Eddie. I agree, I'd 3bet pre and though I often don't like block bets, this is a great spot for one against a weaker player.

As played, it seems like a clear fold. A weak player won't turn AA, AK , or QT into a bluff here.
Eddie Spencer-Small 12 years, 3 months ago
Going back to the turn raising point. If you raise bigger on the turn, then you will get more value out of him, as he will call with his entire range, so yeah, a bigger raise would be better. The only thing is, once youve done this, you will likely be put all in on the river if you check to him, so a blocker bet would be even more important, as he would be less likely to go all in on a bluff when he can call with his weaker value range.
Stewheels9 12 years, 3 months ago
I disagree with the blocker bet idea.. with what I can gather about this opponent, he isn't taking this line with QT. This means his range is pretty much polarized to a set or a flush draw (i think he always checks back QT on river). So let's say he has a set. He's probably folding to the blocker bet on the river with the completed flush out there and the likely straight in our hand- so there isn't much value in betting. Also, with a weak opponent i expect him to usually check back his sets here, so we don't have to worry about being bluffed off our hand. Now let's assume he had the flush draw (and got there). He's obviously never folding to our blocker bet and we might even be value-towning ourselves in situations where he has a baby flush that he might just check back. So in summation, IF we can assume his range is limited to sets and flush draws (which i believe we can with some certainty) any type of bet on the river is burning money. As played, i think the river is a check/fold
mark bourdon 12 years, 3 months ago
My first thought regarding a blocking bet was that i didnt like it. However the more i think about it the more i do actually like it. the blocking bet can easily be interpreted as a medium flush itself so i think its pretty reasonable to assume we are only getting raised by strong flushes. Especially if our read is that he doesnt bluff a lot. Also never underestimate a weak players inability to fold sets to these small blocking bets. Often times weak players will make a frustration call with a hand they are upset at. I always love giving my opponents the opportunity to make bad calls.
Aleksandra ZenFish 12 years, 3 months ago
Villain being the first to reraise indicate me that he does maybe have same hand as us~ QT for a str8, and rereraising the pot to 42 on turn i think supplies villain with exact answer on what our hand is ~ QT with no redraw because we aint playing for value but denying him flush draw odds. With such info suplied on turn to opponent, i think he could safely bet 90 on river solely on QT, specially given the fact villain half pot bets not nuts as a given history of his play. I think better way to play it is to call 15 turn bet and do blocking bet on river of some 30, giving us a chance to take down the pot if he doesnt have a flush and has same hand as we do but will fold , because in this case he is the one guessing our hand and what we called the turn for, and in case he has a flush ~ when he reraises us we can be sure he does have it.
newt 12 years, 3 months ago
Seems like a great place for a blocking bet, but use sparingly for sure. I'd also lean to a 3b pre, especially if you have some ideas of how he plays in 3b pots (which you probably do since you are both 140bb deep)

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