Thanks for taking the time out to do some calcs and the clear breakdown... certainly felt close given the price on the flop, I just wanted a more exact analysis, appreciate it! Pretty wierd spot as none of my options seem great!
In terms of long term strategies when calling his flop c-bet in similar spots; if we were deeper I would certainly be flatting with my very strong made hands/drawing hands with lots of clean outs (sets, top 2, pair+open ender, wraps etc.). Then our opponents can't just go crazy double barrelling with us being unbalanced; knowing we are flatting with weaker parts of our range, jamming our strongest. Likewise if we can be flatting with strong drawing hands rather than trying to push our equity, on lots of boards he'll have to check turns that change the texture, which means we could also get away with some looser floats and cheaper stabs. Also reduces variance and allows us to play tougher IP; often see people going crazy when deep and hugely bloating pots when there's a lot of merit to pot controlling and seeing future streets.
As I say in the vid, in this particular situation, I felt I had essentially 0 fold equity, so would've probably just jammed with the top parts of my range given I expected to be called pretty much always; that probably makes my flat exploitable in the long run, but this was a pretty unique situation.

Hey,
I replayed this spot to myself and realised I may have made mistake, because I made it again! I've been playing a lot of zoom (plo50, 100 and 200) recently, so sometimes when I'm looking at stack sizes my brain automatically thinks of it as x amount of bbs, obviously in this case $200 is 40bbs, not 100+!
So I think this was just a mistake of my analysis in this spot given our opponent was shallow. There is some merit to checking here if we have a specific read on our opponent that he will go crazy when checked too, as our hand is doing well against a range that has some 0 equity bluffs thrown in there. The footage was recorded quite a while ago, so I'm not entirely sure what I was thinking at the time; if I was going for a check/call in this spot, I don't think it's a really bad mistake but not the best option.
Bet evaluating is fine; given we're only up against a 40bb stack I don't think I can fold this hand unless we have some sick read. I think check raising is probably the most viable option; get a stab out of hands that would be folding to a bet, and we get to apply more pressure forcing more money in. Hand doesn't have the best visibility on lots of turns so don't want to c/c and get blown off our hand, but have good equity against a decent chunk of his range that will get it in with us.
Thanks for pointing this out!

Good stuff thx man

Hi,
It's quite an unorthodox line that is definitely worth considering! As I discussed in the video, I flatted in the SB with a plan in mind, however after the action that took place and I gave it some thought, I think folding is best (probably should've just folded to the button open!). Equity wise, my hand in this particular spot isn't really crushing a range that consists of any four cards…When I describe the opponent as sticky and stubborn, this is more in reference to his pre flop play; it seemed like any opportunity to get large amounts in pre he would take! Obviously with this style of play, he's folding virtually no flops as the spr is so low he's being priced in with pretty much anything that has some equity.
The sizing you discussed is certainly an interesting option and one that I think could work pretty well; against tighter players, they will be in a very tricky spot pre which means I could do it somewhat wider if the squeezer will be jamming fairly light. As I said before, in this case I would want a more premium hand given our buttons pre flop calling range; if we have premium combos and the same action takes place, he will likely just flat the bb shove and then I can just jam over the top allowing me to get a larger % of my stack in pre with the best hand. It may also make opponents think twice before opening light/trying to make moves to isolate in multiway pots if we can be getting tricky.

Hey,
Given he only had $36.90 behind and there would be just shy $130 in the middle if I flatted pre, although there are some terrible boards such as you mentioned, I would have to flop very bad to want to fold (even backdoor flush and straighdraws, as well as pair outs all equate to having some equity in the hand and I may benefit from seeing an entire run out rather than being forced to fold).
One thing that I often note and think is important is whether people run it twice or not...I would rather see two complete boards against a high card heavy range; if the first board hits him hard it's more likely the second will be better for us, so I have a much better chance of chopping it up, and so be winning slightly picking up half the dead money.

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