I don't understand the second hand, (call me a fish I don't care, I'm here to learn) why would you want to let that hand go on the turn? I mean your kicker is bad but on the flop you had the flush draw, and then the board paired, but would he really play a boat like that? Why not check behind on the turn (for the other player, not you)? In all the books I've read, they say to fast play good hands and to check the boat. But none of the books make reference to position in this subject. Can someone please explain this?
There's no such thing as slow playing boats for the sake of slow playing boats. You slow play for one and one reason only - to get more value than by fast playing. Since he's IP and my range isn't crazy strong nor bluff heavy, he can't expect me to bet rivers, once he x/backs, with a high frequency so he doesn't gain much value by x/backing. On the other hand, if he bets he gains a lot. My range consists mostly of Jx and Ax: Ax might very well never fold, Jx is probably the exact opposite - is never calling, so in such scenario where my range is either calling or folding regardless of how much opponent bets - it's kind of an ideal scenario to go for a bet (and a big one) with value hands.
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12:53 your line seems to be not having AK, so I think he can value bet with one.
I want to know your further logic ;)
Well it's only 4 combos against which we have some equity but we're still behind so it doesn't really help us much if at all.
I don't understand the second hand, (call me a fish I don't care, I'm here to learn) why would you want to let that hand go on the turn? I mean your kicker is bad but on the flop you had the flush draw, and then the board paired, but would he really play a boat like that? Why not check behind on the turn (for the other player, not you)? In all the books I've read, they say to fast play good hands and to check the boat. But none of the books make reference to position in this subject. Can someone please explain this?
There's no such thing as slow playing boats for the sake of slow playing boats. You slow play for one and one reason only - to get more value than by fast playing. Since he's IP and my range isn't crazy strong nor bluff heavy, he can't expect me to bet rivers, once he x/backs, with a high frequency so he doesn't gain much value by x/backing. On the other hand, if he bets he gains a lot. My range consists mostly of Jx and Ax: Ax might very well never fold, Jx is probably the exact opposite - is never calling, so in such scenario where my range is either calling or folding regardless of how much opponent bets - it's kind of an ideal scenario to go for a bet (and a big one) with value hands.
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